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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Philanthropy - Grand's and More Art Sale Photo of Jean Altemeyer, co-coordinator of the annual Art From the Attic event, with a work by the late Chris Burrows, a local artist that will be for sale Saturday. Sharon Twilley, co-chair of Grands 'n' More and Jean Altemeyer, co-coordinator of the annual Art From the Attic event (purple) organize and pre-price over 2200 works of art for upcoming Art from the Attic sale taking place on Saturday. at St. Vital Centre. Story: Philanthropy. October is an important month for local grandmothers and their supporters. Grands n More Winnipeg, (part of the Stephen Lewis Foundation supporting grandmothers in Africa whose families were devastated by HIV/AIDS), wants the broader community to know about the desperate plight of African grandmothers and their orphaned grandchildren. Their annual Art From the Attic sale of over 2,200 pieces of donated art will take place October 15 at the St. Vital Centre. The event sees art from donors across Winnipeg sold to help grandmothers in Africa who are raising grandchildren orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. Story publication date: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 Sept 29th, 2023