2018 - JANUARY - ATHENS - CANADA NIGHT 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'

UPDATE: This may have been the most jovial Friends of Canada (FoC) ‘Canada Night’ to date. Spirits were high when Ambassador Morrill cut the official vasilopita, along with the embassy’s Political Counsellor, Debbie Desrosiers, its Common Services representative, Marie-Helen Xynogalas, and FoC coordinator Kathryn Lukey-Coutsocostas. The winner of the lucky coin (flouri) was not discovered, so let’s say everybody won! The lucky winner of the individual vasilopitas was young, new member Theodore Rizopoulos – may he have a terrific 2018.
Following our FoC tradition, we each wrote down a New Year’s resolution – 8 lucky winners got door prizes (and a whole pizzeria full of witnesses) to resolutions like ‘I will give up smoking’ and ‘I will learn Greek and speak more French to my two little boys.’
Before we all left, our FoC Welfare Network (in collaboration with the Salvation Army) collected the personal hygiene products generously brought for families and youngsters in need.

FoC sincerely says THANK YOU to the following:

FOR THE VASILOPIA :
 Jim Kromida – Chartered Professional Accountant - www.kromida.com – www.greecetaxes.com

FOR GOOD PRICES:
 La Piazza pizzeria, Halandri (for our FoC set special - and for the Ambassador’s and Political Counsellor’s meal) - http://lapiazza.gr/
 Mesogeiakon bakery (www.mesogeiakonbakery.gr, https://www.facebook.com/Mesogeiakon-968091683257183/) (for vasilopita)

FOR THE VASILOPITA PRIZE:
 The Morrills (for bottle of maple syrup)

FOR THE FOR THE DOOR PRIZES (alphabetically):
 Isabelle Cervellin, writer (www.isabellecervellin.com) for her book ‘La danse des sept voiles’
 Canadian embassy (http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/greece-grece/ ) for 2 gently used library books
 Irena Karafilly, writer (www.irenakarafilly.com) for her book ‘The House on Selkirk Avenue’
 Dawn Lefakis, FoC member for bottle of maple syrup
 Katerina Trambakou, manager, Diktion & FoC member (www.yvesrocher.gr) for 3 Yves Rocher facials

FOR VOLUNTEER DUTY (alphabetically):
 Cathy Alexiou, Anastasia Georgouli, Ray Lamont, Aris Makris, Achilles Malamelis, Angela Malamelis, Panos Malamelis, Vasili Malamelis, Lilly Nikolopoulou, Katerina Papamarkou, Lena Papazafeiropoulou, Natalie Papazafeiropoulou , Jean-Curtis Plante, Marie-Thérèse Rolland, Georgina Theoharopoulou and Katerina Tsitsipi

EVENT PHOTOS
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Thanks to Kathryn Lukey-Coutsocostas, Panos Malamelas and Vasilis Malamelas for taking most of the photos!