Charity Fundraiser: Auction and Reception - May 18, 2024

We're going to top off our 2023-2024 club season with a fun fundraising event, with all proceeds going to CCR's charity this season, Differenza Donna! Since 1989 this registered Italian non-profit organization has been helping women affected by violence through information campaigns, interventions, shelters and a dedicated help line, along with medical, psychological and social support.

The modest participation fee will cover basic costs, including refreshments, but we really hope many of you will also get involved with our silent auction to raise funds. Let us know by April 23rd if you also have an appropriate item to be auctioned in a very fun way. Have you received a gorgeous gift that just doesn't fit your home décor? Have fine duplicate items at home? Switched from gold to silver jewellery? Instead of re-gifting or having it take up precious space, let it become someone else's treasure!

If you don't have any items or services to contribute, you can still help this worthy cause by bidding on a special item to take home.

Do you have a small business with a product or service to donate to our silent auction? Join others who have already donated items like a winery excursion, restaurant meals and beauty treatments. You'll contribute to a great cause and have an excellent opportunity for promotion with a friendly, interested crowd.

Thank you to our club sponsor Air Canada Italy for their invaluable contribution to this charity event.

When: Saturday, May 18, 2024

Where: CCR members' private residence, Corso Trieste area; exact address sent to confirmed participants by email.

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Cost: CCR members €10, guests €15, which includes aperitivo foods, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. We also welcome donations for the auction but let us know by April 23rd. All proceeds will go to this year's charity, Differenza Donna.

RSVP to canadarome@gmail.com by 14 May, 2024, or until full. Advance payment is required. When booking, please let us know whether or not you'll be donating an item for the silent auction so we can prepare a descriptive card and bidding sheet.

More information on our charity, Differenza Donna: see here.

CCR Talks: A Doctor on the Frontline - May 17, 2018

Ambassador Dennis Savoie and Madame Claudette Savoie have  kindly offered the hospitality of their residence on May 17th for an informal talk regarding a doctor’s experience with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors without Borders) and other international organizations in Africa. Our friend Maurizio Bagarani will be pleased to share with us his many years of humanitarian work in the field through images and inspiring stories, while providing us with an insight into the world of volunteers who spend part of their lives helping countries stricken by war, unrest and famine.

A Q&A session will follow. 

When: Thursday, May 17th
Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Residence of Canada's Ambassador to the Holy See (near Porta San Sebastiano); exact address details sent to confirmed participants.
Cost: Free.                                     
RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Marielle, providing your full name in advance. For security reasons participants may be asked to provide ID in order to enter the premises.

CCR CHARITY FOR 2016-2017: Project Rome - Tiburtina Tuesdays

Started in early 2015 by British expat Mary Stuart-Miller after an initial volunteer experience with a local Roman charity left her feeling she could do a lot more for the homeless and refugees by taking action more directly, “Tiburtina Tuesdays” became a weekly opportunity to bring fresh, hot meals to those most in need. Along with chef and formerly homeless fellow expat Steven Barnes, Mary has since expanded it into a larger “Project Rome” charity to also provide clothes, shoes, bags and bedding to Rome's poor and disadvantaged  -- not to mention the comfort of a friendly face and warm embrace.

This year the CCR has chosen this local, multi-national initiative to support as its 2016-2017 Season charity. We’ll be heading out on a “Tiburtina Tuesday” to lend a hand, we’re going to collect food, clothing and other supplies, and we hope to raise plenty of funds for this wonderful project. Have you always wanted to help more directly and give back to the Roman community? Here’s the perfect opportunity.