聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The 5th Annual Wawota Rocks Children鈥檚 Gala was once again a huge success. The dinner theatre is an event, which welcomes families to the Wawota Town Hall to enjoy an evening of entertainment and fun while raising money for the paediatric brain tumour charity Meagan鈥檚 Walk.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Gala raises money for Meagan鈥檚 Walk to honour the memory of a young girl from Wawota, Cienna Friesen daughter of Rochelle and Darren Friesen, who passed away at seven-years-old from Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The young girl is remembered throughout the year and has inspired 鈥淐ienna鈥檚 Rocken Runners鈥� who walk in Meagan鈥檚 Walk to raise money and do what they can to help others. Over the past four years, this has meant over $45,000 raised.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Tickets for the event were sold for $25 鈥� supper, a theatre performance, and a photo booth session. Additionally there was a silent auction, Chinese auction, face painting, and treasure maps available throughout the evening.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In addition to all of that fun, a very popular feature was the mocktail bar, which whipped up all kinds of concoctions that everyone 鈥� young and young at heart 鈥� enjoyed.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The theatre portion saw volunteers take to the stage dressed as Disney characters to entertain. The volunteers had also made themselves available throughout the evening for photos with the children who were extremely excited to see them.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A total for this year鈥檚 event was unavailable at press.
