Music and dance reverberated from the banquet room in Brooklyn Park where RHCI held its major fundraising event of the year, Taste of Africa, on October 22, 2023. Special guests from outside of Minnesota included Alice Karpeh (RHCI Founder, now living in Sierra Leone), RHCI Board members Lamin Foray (Ohio) , Maggie Pilacinski (Colorado), and Riley DeLude (Chicago, Illinois). Other out of state guests were Sheri and Steve Miliano (St. Louis), Kevin Dowling (Colorado) and Nick Gaines (Illinois).
Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered and participated in this successful evening. Special thanks to all the sponsors and table sponsors (see separate blog) and to everyone who purchased items or donated to RHCI. Your support made it possible to reach our goal of $125,000, which will sustain our programs in Sierra Leone.
Featuring African food from Afro Deli, the event included an amazing program, an African marketplace, drawings and the Titambe West African Dance group. Also on display was the Bunce Island Cultural Exhibit. Bunce Island is located near Freetown and is the port where the British shipped slaves from back in the 1700 and 1800’s. It has been preserved as a Sierra Leone national treasure.
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