As Chair of the local UNICEF patrons council, Anne McLellan "welcomed Lt.-Gov. Norman Kwong and his wife Mary" to the UNICEF Unite for Children Gala at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. The event raised $200,000 to help the children of Malawi, one of the world's poorest nations. A detailed account of the event is recounted in Nick Lees' article, "Drumming Up Support for Children of Malawi Who Want To Live," published in the Edmonton Journal.