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TASTE OF THE KINGSWAY
Friday, September 6 - Sunday, September 8
Patti Lee will be selling our Cambodia scarves at the Taste of the Kingsway
(in front of Salon Allure (3032 Bloor St West)
The Taste of the Kingsway Festival has been held, with great success, for more than fifteen years.
The festival takes place along West Bloor Street (from Prince Edward Drive to Montgomery Road). Bloor Street is closed to vehicle traffic for the weekend.
FUN for the whole family. During its days the visitors can enjoy diverse foods, live music and various entertainment shows.
Please see https://www.carnifest.com/taste-of-the-kingsway-festival-2019/ for details.
Salon Allure allows Patti to use their space free of charge. They have been donating silent auction items (many) each year for NINE years. It is a great salon for those who live in or near to the west end of the city, located at 3032 Bloor St. West In the Kingsway Area. Website: www.salonallurespa.ca
In Memory of CAROLYN HEYN
On Monday May 6th and Tuesday May 7th, Joan Johnson ran two bridge games in honor of Carolyn Heyn, who died earlier this year. These games were in memory of a wonderful bridge teacher, a good friend to many, and an amazing, fantastic lady. 
Carolyn loved the charity, that Barbara Seagram and Patti Lee started, to assist the children of Cambodia to get educated and to learn good sanitation habits. It also helps village families by supplying families with toilets, and helping the adults to learn new skills and thereby to get jobs.
Together, Carolyn and Joan had run a fundraiser in May, 2018 to raise money for this charity; at that time, they raised over $12,000USD .. a huge amount of money. Knowing Carolyn's love for the Cambodian projects, Joan suggested that anyone, who wanted to, might contribute to this good cause. And so many people responded with donations. The total is now over $4,200 USD.
Money goes a long way in Cambodia. $4,200 USD represents 1/8 of all the costs to support all 5 schools and over 600 students for a full year OR it means that 7 families will each have a good, safe, private toilet.
As Joan said, "Carolyn will be looking down from heaven with a big smile on her face".
We will miss Carolyn, but we will honor her memory with these funds. Thank you all so much.
With gratitude
Patti Lee and Barbara Seagram
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Canadian Kindness Felt in Faraway Cambodia
Most people in the bridge world know Barbara Seagram as one of the top teachers, a prolific author and an intrepid tour guide. What's not so well known is how far she will go to help her fellow mankind.
About three years ago, Seagram and fellow tour guide Patti Lee discovered a need in Cambodia and went into action.
Today, they and their supporters sustain the operations of four schools in Phnom Penh area, paying for electricity, supplies (including computers) and the salaries of teachers and librarians.
Funds to help run the schools come from the bridge players of Canada.
"We couldn't do it without them," says Lee, a retired IBM accountant executive who took up teaching and directing bridge after leaving the company.
Lee has traveled with Seagram for 20 years, organizing and escorting bridge groups in various parts of the world.
Seagram is gratified at what she and the bridge players of Canada have managed so far but she is realistic: "There's so much that needs to be done." Continued...
Please visit the Banyan Tree Organization website. Your donation will be used for the construction and operations of the schools. The schools are supported from donations through the Bridge Groups from Canada and the U.S.A.
