Following a Valentine’s Day gala, Country Kitchen restaurant and catering service and Seaway Valley Entertainment teamed up to offer a bit of love to Carefor Hospice Cornwall.
Ghislain Mayer and Emily Mayer presented a cheque to the not-profit agency on Tuesday.
“We wanted to fundraise, but we wanted to keep it local,” said Country Kitchen owner Ghislain Mayer. “We’re hoping this will be an annual event for years to come.”
The gala included an eight-course meal with tickets going for $75 each. Seaway Valley Entertainment helped provide the show for the evening, with performances from an Elvis and Tina Turner impersonator.
“These are really great community-based events,” said fundraising manager for Carefor Hospice Cornwall, Wendy Knechtel. “When people do community-based events it helps the rest of the community understand what hospice is for and all the services we provide. Hopefully it encourages other members of the community to support hospice.”
Hospice Cornwall relies on community donations to help fund renovations and to purchase new equipment. Most recently, it’s invested in cuddle beds, which is a larger hospital-style bed allowing family members and loves ones to be physically and comfortably closer together.
While this event, and similar community-based events are spearheaded by community members or groups, such as the Legion or the Seaway Valley Riders, Hospice Cornwall’s main annual fundraiser, Hike for Hospice, is set to take place on May 4. Community members can sign up here. The Hike for Hospice raised $30,000 last year.