Wine Tasting in the Park

Auxiliary Winetasting a resounding success

To 200 partygoers who attended NHH Auxiliary’s sold out Second Annual Winetasting in the Park, the party had all the hallmarks of a good event. The weather cooperated. The Lions “Refreshment Tent” was elegantly decorated with hot and vibrant accents, beautiful floral arrangements and trees, umbrellas and lights. The Classics provided an upbeat musical background. Wines were plentiful and varied, poured with style by our Lions Smart Serve partners and winery reps. Food, provided by Sprucewood Caterers, On the Side Gourmet and Railside Restaurant was elegantly delicious and plentiful. A silent auction and a draw provided guests with opportunities to win great prizes. The icing on the party cake was that it more than $7000 was raised for Auxiliary fundraising efforts. In short, the party was a seamless, effortless and successful event.

But successful events require vision, planning and some heavy lifting.

No successful fundraiser can survive without event sponsors. In this case, sponsors DePalma Construction, Cameco, Morrow Transport, Acme Electric, York Super Pharmacy, Vosburgh Furniture and Refinishing, Royal LePage, Vandermeer Toyota, Quality Construction, Joice Sweanor, Ganaraska Chiropractic, Charles Wickett and Pharmacy 101, ensured the event’s success by defraying most of the costs of the event.

To them, many thanks.

Further generosity is expressed on the part of prize donors. Among them we number Dieter Pung-Phipps, Herma Ender, Petticoat Lane, LSS Interiors, Stage Right, the North Side Grill, Johnson and Johnson and the Little Treasure Shop. The combined profit from the Silent Auction and the Draw was $2329.00

Special thanks must go to the Cobourg Lions Club, whose generosity toward this event seems boundless both in facilities and person power. Canadian Tire has, for the second year, allowed committee members to have free range in their garden section, then delivered beautiful plants and trees to the site.

All this was accomplished through the work of the Winetasting Committee, energetically chaired by Young Mee Kim, Auxiliary Director Fundraising. She was assisted by committee members Audrey Levtov, Linda Sedgwick-Sharpe, Jackie Oliver, Ruth O’Donnell Konecny, Dale Hodge, Anna Jackson, Sharon Gerber and Patricia Fenner.

For this event, even the planning is fun!