This is a reminder email to our loyal supporters and friends to purchase tickets to next week's annual lunch. If you don't wish to use EventBrite, you can use direct deposit to BSB: 032719 Account no. 243317 (please insert your full name).

The Canberra Committee of the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) has much pleasure in inviting you and your friends to join us for a delicious gourmet lunch, champagne, wine, punch and our iconic petits-fours.

The Committee selected Thoroughbred Park this year as we had approached and visited many local rural properties in the ACT and NSW. All property owners were reluctant to offer their gardens due to the drought and water shortages, most believed their gardens would not be up to our high standard for hosting the annual lunch in November. Other well known Canberra venues were unavailable this year.

Accordingly, this year's lunch is completely different from last year. Lunch will be served to guests, no lining up, seating will be at beautiful decorated tables with covered chairs. We will be offering entertainment, MCs and an auction of a "High Tea experience in the Pavilion restaurant at Pialligo Estate for 15 people, which will include a selection of sweet and savoury treats, as well as quality tea, coffee and a glass of sparkling. "

In addition, we are offering a Christmas shopping experience with numerous stalls selling exclusively designed jewellery, handcrafted wines, home-made jams & conserves, gourmet olive oils, vinegar and soap, upmarket aprons, handmade chocolates, pashminas, exclusive French tablecloths, watercolours, pencil drawings and gift cards. We will be selling our famous CMRI Christmas cakes, puddings, gingerbread, chutneys, major raffle and CMRI merchandise.

If you cannot attend this year's lunch, please consider a DONATION or purchasing the major raffle tickets online, your tickets will be mailed to you. Accordingly, you do not have to be present for the major raffle draw, prizes will be delivered to you.

MAJOR RAFFLE PRIZES

1. Buvette Bliss package (2 rooms x 1 night and 2 course meal for 4 people) valued at $900 from DOMA Group Canberra

2. Rodger Bartholomew Menswear voucher for $500 from Wendy and David Swan

3. Craft ACT gift pack from home.by holly with a surprise value

4. Freshwater 12mm Pearl Studs valued at $295 from Jane Brown Pearls

5. Zoo Venture voucher valued at $250 from National Zoo & Aquarium

2019 STALLS

CMRI Christmas cakes, puddings, gingerbread, homemade chutneys, Christmas decorations and CMRI merchandise

Jane Brown Pearls – Exclusively designed jewellery with pearls and precious stones

Nick Spencer Wines – Handcrafted red & white wines

Beverly Wallace – Homemade jams & conserves

Le Pin Paraso – Exclusive French fabric tablecloths and place mats

Guardi Designs Aprons – Upmarket & exclusive aprons

PJ Creative – Watercolours and pencil drawings, gift cards

Morella Grove – Gourmet olive oils, vinegar & olive oil soaps

Jill Nazar - pashminas

Kirkwood Body & Bath - beautiful body products for men & women

Christine van Aalst - hand-made chocolates

The Plastic Free Shop - environmentally sound products by Loren Howell

GENERAL EVENT INFORMATION

• PLEASE WEAR a little or a lot of hot pink!

• ON ARRIVAL show your tickets on your mobile or a copy of your payment/order form. If you order Major Raffle tickets online, please collect your tickets near the Welcome Desk.

• TABLES and chairs will be arranged in the pavilion for all guests (this year each table will seat 10 guests but you do not have to book for 10 guests, you may be sharing your table with other guests)

• ATM and CREDIT/DEBIT card facilities available at venue

• LIGHT RAIL available, disembark at EPIC/Racecourse

• PARKING including disabled parking available at the venue, enter through the main gate at 1 Randwick Road, Lyneham

SPONSORS

Special thank you to Thoroughbred Park Canberra

ACT Self Storage, amandabeer.com, Blue Illusion Westfield Woden, Broadbean Catering, Capitol Chilled Foods (Aust), Coca-Cola Amatil, Deputy Heads of Mission of Australia Spouses Club, DOMA Hotels, Florey SupaExpress, Glav Corp, home.byholly, Jane Brown Pearls, L.J Hooker, Marilyn Allen, Naked Wines, National Zoo & Aquarium, Nick Spencer Wines, O’Sullivans Waste, Rodger Bartholomew Men’s Outfitters, RSM Canberra, Screenmakers, Spotless Group, Wiffens Premium Green Grocer

CANBERRA COMMITTEE

Jane Beer – President, Karen Ligdopoulos – Vice President, Leslie Ralph – Treasurer, Sanchia Glaskin – Secretary, Ning Clark – Equipment, Regina Neary – Equipment

Judy Barnes, Mary Constable, Marijke Creer, Koula Diamand, Carolyn Forster OAM, Nancy Ganter, Anna Giannakopoulos, Sarah Grieves, Genny Herbert, Deborah Hicks, Carolyn Hughan, Bronwyn Johnston, Katie-Jane Lubiejewski, Jane Nock, Loren Piper, Judy Shalders, Fiona Spencer, Wendy Swan, Velinka Vecchi, Effie Vlandis, Irene Vlandis, Ruth Weaver

THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT