68th Annual Salmon BBQ is Aug. 12 – tickets go on sale July 1

Joyce Babula

On behalf of the Directors of the Gabriola Island Community Hall Association (GICHA)

We are excited to be organizing our 68th Salmon BBQ.  Outside!  With Entertainment, Raffle, Silent Auction and the delicious Barbecued Salmon Dinner.  It will be on the 2nd Saturday of August, August 12th, so mark your calendar and get your tickets, online or at Colleens.  They will go on sale July1st.   This is our major fundraiser with the funds being used to pay some of the operating costs of your Community Hall so that we are able to keep rentals of the hall affordable for our local community. 

We look forward to a great day – four hours of local entertainment, and, of course fresh salmon and all the trimmings.  There will be a raffle, silent auction, and a kids’ area.  Beer and Ravenskill Orchard cider will be available – and Gertie has runs that can deliver you to and from the Hall.

We have a multitude of loyal and hard-working volunteers – who faithfully turn out every year, both in preparing the event and also on the day of the barbecue.  But there is always room for more – organizing beer sales, setting up the site, helping with the raffle, picking up various items and delivering them to the Hall, cooking potatoes for the salad, helping with finding more volunteers and so on.

If you would like to lend a hand please contact Julie Stewart at gicha.salmonbbq@gmail.com –

The organizers of the Raffle and Silent Auction have started looking for items and more people to help with the organizing.  Donated items are needed and gratefully accepted.  If you would like to donate an item, please contact the organizers at salmonbbqfundraising@gmail.com.

Remember, Tickets will go on sale on July 1st and will be available at Colleen’s, North Road Sports, and online at www.gabriolacommunityhall.com.

See you there!