On 10 July at The Xara Lodge, the Zammit Tabona Family, together with the management of The Xara Collection, had the pleasure of organising the eighth edition of the dinner in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, held under the distinguished patronage of His Grace Mgr Joseph Galea Curmi, Auxillary Bishop of Malta. All proceeds and donations collected throughout the evening went towards the Home.
Throughout the evening, guests celebrated and enjoyed flavourful food prepared by the talented Xara Catering team, paired with fine wines from Farsons and Marsovin, live music by Louise Ellul Bonici Quinet, while donating to such a worthy cause. This year an outstanding amount of €54,000 was collected on the night, contributing to the already existing tally, totalling the wonderful sum of €251,380, from its first edition in 2017.
Big players of the evening were the sponsors, who support the cause, year after year. The main sponsors were Mimici Foundation, APS Bank, Seifert Systems, MIA, PWC, The Point Shopping Mall, EY, Halmann, KPMG, V. J. Salomone, Camilleri Paris Mode, Concept Stadium, General Soft Drinks, Raico, MUMN, Mavenry and Wearworks. Additional sponsors included Albert Camilleri (The Creatives) for photographic services, Louise Ellul Bonici and the musicians for the entertainment, Zaffarese, Joinwell FXB, Charles Grech, Alistair Floral Design, Somm Escape, JUGS, Jimmy Vella, The Master Cellar, Kontrada Wines, Stephen Cordina, MacBake, Alf. Mizzi & Sons, Farsons, Mvintage Jewellery, il_lokal, The Phoenicia Malta and Iniala Hotel Valletta.
For the third year, Art played a big role in the evening and an exhibition, sponsored by Wibke Seifert and Seifert Systems, was held, depicting art from 17 locally-renowned artists. Throughout the night guests were invited to view the fine pieces of art and all paintings bought had from 25% to 100% of proceeds donated to Id-Dar tal-Providenza. Any paintings not sold during the night, have been moved to The Xara Palace Relais & Châteaux and displayed for sale for the coming weeks.
Commenting on this, director Nicola Paris said: "We are grateful to Fr Martin Micallef, Nadine Camilleri Cassano and all the team at Id-Dar tal-Providenza for their unwavering dedication and compassion, many thanks to each and everyone of the guests for the presence on the night, to all the companies that have very generously donated the prizes for the evening, and those that have offered their support for logistics, and of course the main sponsors for their support in this event.
A very special thanks goes to all the team at The Xara Collection who have selflessly donated their time, wages and energy to ensure the success of this charity dinner, which was a night of celebration and giving."
Julia Grech Ehrentraut, PR and Marketing manager at The Xara Collection. Contact email: [email protected]