Spearheaded by the Fairport Beach Neighbourhood Association, head of the Pickering Animal Services, Lindsey Narraway of the Pickering Animal Services department, and FBNA President Phil Warne held this fund raising event at the home of FBNA chief volunteer, Mani Shanker, CEO of Mr. Lube, on the very shores of Lake Ontario. A great crowd of neighourhood residents along with political guests from the Durham constituency and City of Pickering, well over 300 attended the event making it an outstandingly successful event for its fund raising purpose.
The BBQ pit was smokin’ managed by two of the best outdoor BBQ chefs in all of Durham, Chefs Ajib and Chef Karim. They charred up an endless supply of hamburgers, hamburgers with cheese bits, and hot dogs so big they could have been used for floats on the nearby waters. In fact, Councillor Shaheen Butt was enthusiastic about evaluating Richard Szpin’s swimming capability never tested though, thankfully.
The political hoy polloi of the region, both municipal and federal were in attendance. Councillors Shaheen Butt, Maurice Brenner and Mara Nagy, along with federal MP Juanita Nathan. Each was smiling and glad handling the many guests with laughter and good humour. There were numerous other important guests, many of whom lived in the adjacent neighbourhood of Fairport Beach: former FBNA president, Paul White, resident Craig Bamford, Jake, Executive of the Westshore Community Centre Association, Nadine Cameau, local Rosebank resident, Garry Winsor, Abby ‘Major Domo’ to MP Nathan, Joe Pacione, #1 Pickering paparazzi, Carol McGuffie, Treasurer of the FBNA, Margaret Eskins of DARS, and many, many, many dogs. Only one didn’t attend, Fermo, as he home rehabbing from his series of vaccine shots.
A great event, hosted wonderfully by volunteer Mannie, his wife and his cohort of family and other volunteer assistants.
For those who could not attend….visit now…. see below:
[Photo gallery by Richard]
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