VIVA - Goes Polynesian, April 10th

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VIVA - Goes Polynesian

Once again I am delighted to be on the committee for Haven's Hospice VIVA event. It will be held April 10, 2010 at The Rembrant farm in Alachua. Viva has moved from the bayou to the South Seas. Here is some inspiration for the event.

Special Table

We were asked to provide the decorations for a special table at The Bayou Bash. Something to stand out, and not look like any of the other tables. This table was to be auctioned off at the end of dinner for 10 guests to enjoy a special desert of truffles, champagne & strawberries, while the other items were being auctioned off. Since there was so much color used, I thought it would be good to go with a more neutral theme: white, cream & lime green. We used orchids, roses, hydrangea, hypericum, and carnations. Once the sun set, the table glowed from the use of LED lights we had in each vase.

A roaring good time

Here are some of the highlights from Haven Hospice's Bayou Bash 2009. This greeted guests as they arrived. We handed out Mardi Gras Beads, which hung from our black metal tree. To get the party started a jazz band strolled around.

Theresa & her husband Paul, enjoying the meal supplied by Harry's.

We supplied half of the centerpieces for the event. We worked around the event colors of Purple, Gold & Green. To do that we used: purple orchids, bells of ireland, soidago, monstera leaves & curly willow which supported Mardi Gras beads.

Here is the centerpieces supplied by Crevase Regency Florist.

Chad "Cracker" Johnson was the auctioneer for the evening.

To continue our support we provided balloons for the gaming tent.

Money is still being tallied, but the rumor is that we raised close to $300,000 with our event. Thank you to all who supported us with your work, donations and money.

Haven Hospice Helpers

In preparing for the 5th Annual Haven Hospice Bayou Bash, on Saturday the 18th. We had members of the decorating committee come & help make the centerpieces. Thanks Barbi, Becky & Barbara for your help. Here are the flowers, before we arranged them. We used a mix of Orchids, Bells Of Ireland, Solidago, Curly Willow & Monstera leaves.
Here are the ladies preparing the Curly Willow.

VIVA! 2009

Haven Hospice’s bayou bash—ViVA! 2009—returns for a fifth year!
Buy your tickets now…sold out in 2008!

WHAT: ViVA! 2009—A Bayou Bash, featuring music, dancing and other bayou festivities, Cajun cuisine by Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille, live and silent auctions of vacation adventures, jewelry, a private wine-tasting party and more.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009.

WHERE: This fifth annual benefit for Haven Hospice returns to the Rembert Farm in Alachua, Florida.

WHO: Reservations and tickets are required. The cost is $125 per guest. For tickets or more information on becoming a sponsor of ViVA! 2009 -- A Bayou Bash on Sat., April 18, contact (352) 271-4662, email klgove@havenhospice.org, or log onto http://www.vivameanslife.org/.

WHY: One hundred percent of the proceeds from ViVA! 2009 support patient care, services and the many programs provided by Haven Hospice that are otherwise unfunded.

About Haven Hospice
Haven Hospice is North Florida’s expert in end-of-life and palliative care and is one of three 2008 Circle of Life Award® winners nationwide to be recognized as leaders in improving the care of patients near the end of life or with life-threatening conditions. Haven Hospice has also been recognized as a Florida Pacesetter for its leadership in promoting living wills. Haven Hospice has served more than 44,000 patients and families since 1979 and has been licensed in Florida as a not-for-profit hospice since 1980. For more information, visit www.havenhospice.org or call 800-727-1889.

Haven Hospice is an affiliate of SantaFe HealthCare, a family of community-based, not-for-profit organizations serving Floridians throughout all phases of life. In addition to Haven Hospice, SantaFe HealthCare also operates AvMed Health Plans, which serves over 240,000 commercial and Medicare members throughout Florida, and SantaFe Senior Living, which operates senior living retirement community in Gainesville, Clearwater and Miami.