First Host and Help Event All Fun and Games in California

In mid-June, local volunteers organized the first Host and Help event in California.

The proceeds benefited a serious cause, but the evening really was just about all fun and games. To start the evening off, guests enjoyed watching a game for the favorite local basketball team, the LA Lakers. At various stations people competed at their own games with ping-pong and foosball. At the end of the evening, the hosts of the event held a raffle competition with a grand prize that also means fun and games: a brand new Nintendo Wii entertainment system.

The entire evening used donated items: local grocery stores donated food and snacks, and another local institution donated the dinner. Even the venue for the event was hosted in the clubhouse of the volunteers’ local housing development.

As fun and inexpensive as it was for the volunteers to organize and host, the results were astounding. About 70 friends and acquaintances enjoyed a donated dinner followed by a presentation by two visiting Coptic Orphans staff about the work of Coptic Orphans for children in Egypt. The evening raised $2,000 in all for the children in Egypt.

Coptic Orphans congratulates all the volunteers who organized this event and made it such a smashing success, particularly Mariam and Martha Girguis, Kathy Makarom, and Chris Habashy.

The evening really shows that anyone can organize a truly successful Host and Help event and have fun doing it.

Host and Help is a way that sponsors can invite others to get involved in the vital work of Coptic Orphans by inviting their friends, family, co-workers, and others to an event at their home. Coptic Orphans provides our expert guidance and even a Coptic Orphans speaker if you have more than 50 people at your event.

volunteer event hosts Sali Guirguis, Cathy Makarem, and Nancy and Mariam Girguis proudly display their board explaining the evening’s raffle contest .