An evening of emotion and glamour as the Angels looked on…

For the two hundred and eighty guests at The Sunflower Fund ‘Celebration of Angels’ Charity Ball in Association with International Bank Vaults, Saturday evening was one of glamour, emotional tributes to the five children who has lost their lives to leukaemia in KwaZulu Natal last year, amazing entertainment and dancing into the early hours of Sunday morning.

The evening started with KWV champagne around a Lexus SC430. The guests then made their way to a platform with Steve Mandy painting live and then through his ‘Angel’ exhibition which depicted angels of all shapes and sizes using a diversity of art techniques.

After official photos, guests were led into the room transformed into a haven of fairy lights, feathers, cupids and crystals by Lemontree Concepts.

On Saturday evening 18th October guests gathered at the Bryanston Country Club to a thundery raining sky to cocktails for the annual Sunflower Fund Gauteng fundraising banquet.   Whilst enjoying champagne cocktails guests took the opportunity to take a look at the “Stars” board which highlighted both survivors and also young patients still searching for a bone marrow stem cell donor.

The theme of this evening was “Night of the Stars”  - the stars being survivors who have had successfully undergone bone marrow stem cell transplants not forgetting the young patients still searching for their perfect match!

Guests arrived to a glittering banquet room awash in black, gold and silver with tall silver luminous decorative lights.  Stars were sprinkled in the beautiful boxed table settings interspersed with bright yellow and orange flowers.  This beautiful decor was kindly donated and arranged by Sheldon of Icarus Conceptual Design.

The African themed Gauteng Banquet was held on 15th November in the Ballroom at Montecasino. Dr Michael Mol was the MC for the evening, and Professor Dan Ncayiyana, one on the members of the Sunflower Fund Board was the evening’s guest speaker. In addition to Professor Ncayiyana, the guests were treated to a very special young man, 16 year old Tlhogi Maseko who addressed the 250 guests. Tlhogi gave a very moving speech full of hope and promise even though he has leukaemia and is in need of a bone marrow stem cell transplant. As he is still searching for a donor you can read his personal story under our People link on the website - click here to read more about Tlhogi Maseko.

The decor on the evening was sponsored on FFDecor and the evening was a bright vibrant African theme showered in yellows and oranges. One of the highlights of the evening was the auction, ably conducted by Joff van Reenen which raised much-needed funds for the Sunflower Fund.

An unforgettable night in the Orient at the annual Sunflower Fund Ball held at the Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel on Saturday 3rd November 2007.

The evening kicked off with arrival drinks at 18h30 and fun at the street market. Guests enjoyed visiting the various stalls and haggling with the vendors, negotiating the best prices for their wares, including sushi, vodka shots, beaded key rings and other exciting wares.

The next part of the evening took ourguests into the Ballroom for the formal proceedings - a touch of a more tasteful Orient, fine cuisine and a fun fast auction of lifestyle items. Guests then danced the night away to the sound of Spectrum. Check below for more pictures!