ANOTHER DONATION TO HELP US OUT FOR THE CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER

Just to let my blog-watchers know that we are inching up slowly but steadily in donations, to help offset costs of the Christmas Variety Show, “A Night Before Christmas,” at the Gravenhurst Opera House, on Saturday, December 18th. Just this week we received news of another wonderful donation to help with the fundraiser for the Salavation Army’s community Food Bank. Each year we do this as a business sponsorship, and as a family, because we are all committed to help our neighbors in crisis, and each year we have benefitted from the support of other businesses and individuals who believe, like we do, that we must share with others in that hometown tradition which has served us well and long, since the late 1850's when the hamlet began its history in Muskoka.

We have sold tickets in the past to offset costs and raise funds but this year we decided to abandon ticket sales and go to a voluntary donation format......of both sponsorships, cash donations and non-perishable food items at the door, the night of the variety show. We weren’t sure it was going to work the way we wanted it to but so far the generosity has allowed us to move on with the show, and plan for a generous donation to the food bank. On previous occasions there was a lot of nail-biting until the final accounting was complete. This year we got the nail biting out of the way early. In the entertainment business there’s always something to worry about.....that just a tradition moreso than a negative situation.

If you can help us out with a corporate / business donation, (we will be placing with prominence, at the concert, a list of those enterprises who have helped us rent the Opera House and make a donation), please let us know as soon as possible. You can visit Andrew and Robert Currie at their music shop across the road from the Opera House, to ask about the concert and fundraising.

No donation is too small. It all goes to help keep the Food Bank shelves stocked, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year. And this is an important point we should all be aware of.......that the need is year round not just on holidays.

Thanks for your interest in this fundraising mission.....and it will be a good show with some very talented musicians.....who always volunteer to help us whenever there is a need.