12th Annual Helpline Gala

The Helpline Gala is an evening designed to raise funds and awareness for the services
we provide, 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year for women who have
experienced any form of abuse.

This year marks our 30th anniversary as an agency. Since 1985 the Assaulted Women's
Helpline has provided telephone crisis counselling in over 200 languages.

Join us as we bring our 12th annual fundraising gala to Toronto on Friday May 29, 2015
at the trendy Burroughes Building in the heart of Queen West.

Featuring a keynote address by Bev Wybrow, former CEO of the Canadian Women's
Foundation and founder and first chair of the 1985 Inter-agency steering committee whose
work led to the establishment of the Assaulted Women's Helpline.

Time: 6:30-10pm | Cocktail attire

Guests will enjoy:

Evening hosted by Melissa Grelo, co-host of CTV's The Social
Dinner by Chef Martin Aller-Stead and his budding culinary students from Monarch
Park Collegiate
Complimentary craft beer from Beaus Brewery
Live musical entertainment by the Samba Squad
An opportunity to bid on silent auction items & win 50/50 draw
All guests have a chance to win a stunning $6,000 diamond tennis bracelet door prize