The photos above are from Allan’s “Bridge and Dinner" at-home fundraiser from Thursday, May 19th. He and his wife Meredith had the bright idea to invite eight of Alberta's best known tournament bridge players to their house for a mini-tournament and a traditional Austrian dinner, with 2 bottles of fine wine as reward for the winners. Allan participated in his autographed Mikael Backlund Flames jersey.

“A good time was had by all. Not surprisingly, many-times Canadian champions Judy and Nick Gartaganis (on the left in the bottom-left photo) emerged as winners.”

They then asked for donations to the ALS Society of Alberta, raising $750 for our ALS families!

“I believe the main point is that people are happy to donate when they are offered something enjoyable in return. We plan to invite a different, and larger, circle of friends for a lobster dinner on June 18th to raise more money. And of course my wife Meredith will run Betty's run again. We are so grateful to the Society, it has meant so much to us in the last three years.”

Allan’s creative and fun methods of support are a huge inspiration to us and our ALS families. Thank you Allan and Meredith!