13 days until BUILD DAY! A big thank you to Glenn Mitchell for his fudnraising efforts!

Glenn Mitchell works in Norman Wells, NWT but lives here in Twillingate
with his wife and son, Andrew.  Andrew told his dad about the walk-a-thon
to help raise money for the new playground and Glenn thought it was a
great idea.  Glenn, who was away working at the time decided that he would
try his best to raise some money for the playground as well.  Glenn talked
to people he worked with from all the different companies in Norman Wells
and in the end he raised a total of $1110.00 for the walk-a-thon.

18 days until Build Day - Check out our interview with LTBK!

Scotiabank Canada Day Garden Party a HUGE Success!!!

It was a Happy Canada Day for children and adults of all ages who came out to the Scotiabank garden party.  Despite the weather, which forced the “Garden Party” to be held in the stadium, it still received great support from the people of our great community and visitors alike.  It was a wonderful day of fun, food and socialization.  A HUGE thank you to Manager, Lucy Jenkins and her employees of the Scotiabank, Twillingate Branch who have spent many weeks planning activities to make this event successful in a BIG way!  Many of the day’s activities included; a fish pond, cake walk, PLINKO, dunk tank, barbecue hot dogs and hamburgers, popcorn and cotton candy booth, face painting, just to name a few.  Also, thanks are being sent out to a number of people who helped the Scotiabank employees, these include, Ross Gambin the Manager of Twillingate Save Easy and his employees who provide the barbecue supplies and served during the day, Twillingate Lions and Leo clubs for running the popcorn and cotton candy booth and all individuals who donated cakes for the cake walk, and helped out with the activities, especially those who volunteered to be dunked into the cold water of the dunk tank.  The grand total for the day’s event was $4445.00 but it still gets better, this money was matched through team Scotia community program becoming a fundraising event with a total of $8890.00.  Awesome job everyone!

Photo Shoot Fundraiser

Over the month of June, I had the opportunity to "play photographer" and raise money for the playground at the same time. Thank you to everyone who participated, I really enjoyed the experience and I hope you are all happy with your photos. As a result of your support, I was able to raise $500 for the playground! Below is a short video I made, highlighting just some of the photos taken. Hope you enjoy.

WalkAThon Update

It has been a little more than one month since the Giant Community walk took place

but now that all the money has been collected we are very excited to announce the

grand total to be $8752.50. A HUGE thank you to all who participated! We live in a

community of fantastic people!!!!

Lemonade for Sale!

 

Caitlin Gillard, Evan Greenham, and Lekeisha Greenham decided to do some fundraising on their own with all proceeds going to the Twillingate Playground and Fitness Park. On June 27, they decided to have a lemonade sale at the Top of Twillingate Trail, and later that day Evan contacted Grant White to inform him that he would be bringing him some money. Shortly after the conversation all three showed up at the door with their bag of money, a total of $21.74. What an awesome Lemonade Sale. When matched by Let Them Be Kids, this is doubled to $43.48. Thanks guys!!