Pink Shirt Day Ladies Luncheon raises $45,000 for anti-bullying (photos)

Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Mariel and Lauren Armstrong, Partyskirts
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Pink Luncheon emcees Fiona Forbes and Karen Khunkhun
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Lawrie Ferguson, Coast Capital Savings CMO
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Pamela Martin, BC Liberal Party director of engagement; and Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, Absolute Spa CEO
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; Fred Lee, auctioneer; and Sophie Lui, Global BC Morning News anchor
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Pink Luncheon guests
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Pink Luncheon guests
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

The Pink Luncheon at Blue Water Café
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Auctioneer Fred Lee had the ladies on their feet during the live auction
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

Pamela Martin, BC Liberal Party director of engagement; Jacqui Cohen, Army & Navy CEO; and Jill Killeen, Killeen Communications principal
Pink Luncheon committee members Anna Wallner, Anna & Kristina; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Lynn Gervais, Toptable Group communications director

CKNW Orphans’ Fund is in the Pink

On February 20, more than 170 influential Vancouver women joined hosts Fiona Forbes and Karen Khunkhun at the CKNW Orphans’ Fund’s fourth annual Pink Shirt Day Ladies Luncheon. The event, held at Vancouver’s Blue Water Café, raised more than $45,000 through a silent auction of more than 60 donated items and a live auction hosted by Fred Lee with packages.

Pink Shirt Day started in 2007 after two students in Nova Scotia witnessed a younger student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. The students bought 50 pink T-shirts and encouraged schoolmates to wear them as a message of solidarity. CKNW was inspired by the story and to date has raised more than $650,000 for anti-bullying programs in British Columbia through the sale of Pink Shirt Day T-shirts.

This year’s Pink Shirt Day is on Wednesday, February 25. Official T-shirts are sold at London Drugs.