ROAR hosting Picnic en Blanc to celebrate 10th anniversary

An elegant annual garden party in Nanaimo is back and celebrating a special anniversary with dance, delicious food and a personal story from a LGBTQI+ refugee.
Picnic en Blanc will take on Saturday, July 11 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at a private garden setting in north Nanaimo.
The event serves as Reaching Out Assisting Refugees largest annual fundraiser, which has now spent a decade bringing persecuted LGBTQI+ people from countries around the world to Vancouver Island.
This picnic will be the char