The Community Foundation For Surrey’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.
As I near 160 engagements in my Shrieval year, this location was one of the highlights. Robert & Tanya Lewis were the fabulous hosts for the Community Foundation for Surrey’s 20th anniversary celebration, showcasing their wonderful private car collection and other auto memorabilia. I was wearing three hats at the event. Firstly, as High Sheriff making a speech, secondly, as the longest serving current trustee of the Community Foundation and thirdly, as a Panel Member and until recently Chair of Guildford Philanthropy, one of the Community Foundation’s Area Funds.
It was wonderful to see so many people that have been connected with the Community Foundation including Wendy Varcoe the founder CEO and Sir Stephen Lamport, one of the Founding trustees. Fund owners, grantees, individual donors, staff, trustees, vice presidents, ambassador and volunteers past and present were all in attendance both to celebrate twenty years of serving the community and also to take home a copy of the new Impact Report detailing area of hidden need, the role the voluntary sector is playing and the ability of the Community Foundation to bring donors together to help remedy that need.
Beccy Bowden, Zoe Coltart and Sarah Ferguson should all take a bow for organising such a wonderful event and for reminding us all of the thought leadership, collective philanthropy and purposeful giving the Community Foundation for Surrey brings to our County.
