Thank you to all of those who attended the Sustainable Living, Sustainable Giving Dinner last Thursday. The evening was truly unforgettable! After a delicious dinner served by Sodexho Dining Services, attendees were introduced to three current Habitat families, Alexia Taylor, Brenda Mahaffey and Baja Dalla, who have excelled as Habitat families. The story of Baja Dalla was dramatically portrayed in a wonderful film produced by Dave Porfiri and Linda Duvoisin.
The McCallie Strings provide dinner music at Sustainable Living Dinner
After a couple of tears were shed, the excitement grew as people placed bids on items ranging from tools for volunteers to homeowner education classes. As the total amount pledged grew, Cessna Decosimo kept tally by filling in the tree on the original piece he created for the dinner. A special thank you goes to Cessna for his artistic talents, Spencer McCallie who is one of the best auctioneers in town and Sumner McCallie for chairing this event!
Cessna Decosimo helped track gifts by adding details to a large painting of a tree during the auction.
When all was said and done, $52,000 had been raised thanks to the generous support of guests, table hosts and event sponsors. These funds will help Habitat continue to work with more families and put them on the path to homeownership. Habitat would not be able to work toward fulfilling its mission of ending substandard housing in Chattanooga without people like you!
