Hi Stephen,  Everyone was most impressed and thoroughly enjoyed the food.  The servings were generous and no-one went home hungry.  The platter went down well at 2.00 am!  Our next door neighbours who were there on the night, are having an outdoor (marquee wedding) for approx 120 guests on 8 February and I have given them your contact details.  Thanks again for a great night

 Regards,

Heather Bradbury

 A Free Range Chef menu and evening is being auctioned of for a Charity night put on for a NZ charity called So They Can.

Winners of the auction will get a 4 course menu for 12 guests cooked in there home with wines and waitress to serve.
Current ambassadors are Conrad Smith, Neil Finn and wife Sharon, Kimbra and Miranda Harcourt. Will attend a function in Auckland, with 200 guests attending their annual fundraising event to help educate and support the poorest children in Nakuru, Kenya and Tanzania.
 So they can was established in 2009 and has to date:
• built a primary school educating 440 students (by 2017 we will have completed a full primary school with 1080 students and will be opening a secondary school);
• constructed an orphanage for 3-5 year old orphans who were living alone in the local dump-site;
• built a medical clinic for the 100,000 strong community;
• established an adult education and micro finance business school to generate employment; and
• developed a sustainable farming project to alleviate food shortages.

So They Can was established after Cassandra Treadwell visited an IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) refugee camp in April 2009. There are 6,700 people living on 16 acres in tents. They asked for a school for their children. We believe education is the key to breaking the poverty cy-cle so we agreed to build them one.

There are three reasons why our projects seem to work:
1. 100% of donations go directly to the projects;
2. We have a unique partnership with the Kenyan and Tanzanian Governments that provides us with financial support and unfettered progress;
3. Our projects are tangible with working bees to the projects at least twice a year and regular correspondence.

For all up to date photos and information please visit:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/So-They-Can/#!/pages/So-They-Can/257097317688331
You tube general overview: http://gallery.me.com/orrmelanie#100459
The visual story of how we came to take children from the local dumpsite into our orphan-age: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHIks4R-R-Q




For more info http://www.sotheycan.org
Watch this space for updates

Comments from the Auction winner after the dinner-