Alliance for Rebuilding Palestinian Villages--Rising to Occasion

Peninsula resident Sophia Omar is Chief Operating Officer of Rebuilding Alliance. She arranged for the Raging Grannies, of which she is a member, to provide entertainment this February 16th event. The Grannies sang to start off the evening at the full house fundraiser.

Photos here, by Brent Turner and Ruth Robertson, show some of the guests in attendance, as well as some of the live auction items. The auction included a juried exhibition of paintings by 15 prominent Palestinian artists from Bethlehem, the West Bank, and Gaza.

It also featured exact models of famous sailing ships, created by Wayne McCoy of San Francisco, a donation from his family. The ships were beautifully lighted, as was the entire evening.