Over 200 people joined us in supporting feminism from the stage up at our 2017 premier fundraising event: Grit & Grace: A Pink Tie Gala on November 3rd at the CLB Amoury in St. John’s, NL.

Featuring a performance by Petrina Bromley of the Tony award winning Broadway smash Come From Away, guests enjoyed a five-course meal prepared by five of Newfoundland’s finest chefs (SEE MENU BELOW).
The evening was a wonderful celebration of the finest contributions from our women – from the stage to the dining tables to the auction tables. Fabulous items were won under the direction of St. John's maestro of the auctioneer's gavel Wayne Bartlett.

The evening kicked off with live entertainment from Play Date - an all-female pop/rock trio consisting of recording artist Joanna Barker, joined by Sarah Harris (Dame Nature/City on the Coast/Property) and Kelly McMichael (Thelma and Louise/Renders/The Gloss).

Later in the evening, Fionn Shea kept the room lively with his fabulous fiddle.

The event was generously sponsored by:
All meals included plenty of wine, water, tea, coffee
Dessert was "by auction" and featured many gourmet desserts from local bakers

Thank you to our generous auction donors!
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Land Acknowledgement 

We respectfully acknowledge the land on which we gather as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk [bee-oth-uck], whose culture has been lost forever and can never be recovered. We also acknowledge the island of Ktaqmkuk [uk-dah-hum-gook] (Newfoundland) as the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi'kmaq [mee-gum-maq]. And we acknowledge Labrador as the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Innu [in-new] of Nitassinan [ne-tass-eh-nen], the Inuit [in-new-eet] of Nunatsiavut [nu-nat-see-ah-vut], and the Inuit of NunatuKavut [nu-nah-tuhk-ah-vut]. We recognize all First Peoples who were here before us, those who live with us now, and the seven generations to come. As First Peoples have done since time immemorial, we strive to be responsible stewards of the land and to respect the cultures, ceremonies, and traditions of all who call it home. As we open our hearts and minds to the past, we commit ourselves to working in a spirit of truth and reconciliation to make a better future for all. 

Our humble thanks to First Light for sharing this land acknowledgement within our community and providing valued guidance to many organizations such as ours. You can learn more by visiting their website at firstlightnl.ca.