A significant birthday

In January, SRF trustee Rosie Mayston (right) celebrated a

significant birthday with her friends at one of her favourite

restaurants in Waterloo, London. In so doing she raised money for

the Santa Rosa Fund. All is explained in her own words below.

Dear All,

As I have one of those ‘significant’ birthdays approaching, rather

than trying to ignore it, I thought I'd organise a party/charity event to

celebrate and raise some money for SRF.

I have a lovely venue booked in Waterloo and the woman who runs

one of my favourite restaurants is going to provide some delicious

Ethiopian food. My flat-mates and I are going to do some puddings.

There'll be a DJ too. My main aim is for people to have a good time and raise some money

for SRF – hopefully people may then be amenable to coming

to future events (we'll see how this one goes!)

To ensure people are well-informed about SRF, can I request

some help with literature or photographic material? It'd be

lovely to have some nice photos for the invite; I also thought I

may project photos during the evening on the wall. Also,

could I have some written info – some of the cards for the

actual day would be good, but any brief digital material would

be helpful for sending out with the invite.

Love, Rosie

Dear All,

I just thought I'd update you with how things went last week.

We all had a great time, although there was a fair bit of

running around at the last minute, I had some really helpful

friends and so it was all alright on the night! After costs (food

+ hall) we made £265 for SRF which I was pretty pleased with

for a first attempt! Have attached a couple of photos to give you an idea of what it was like.

xx Rosie

February 2012