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Olivia’s Trust COVID 19 🦠Update

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This is the time of year we excitedly put out a post announcing our upcoming annual Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction fundraiser. This event has always been held the Saturday after the May Victoria Day long weekend. While we have the alley booked for May 23rd, it is currently closed due the virus 🦠. We do not know if it will re-open by this date or what social distancing will look like at that time.

We will likely have to postpone or possibly cancel our event for the safety and well-being of our supporters. We are debating whether to run some of the components such as the ever popular Craft Beer, Wine and Spirit Board and a handmade quilt raffle. Stay tuned for updates.

Olivia’s Trust still plans to award a post-secondary scholarship to a student currently set to graduate from Prince Andrew High School in June 2020. Since schools are closed and we do not know when they will re-open, it may not be possible for students wishing to apply to get their applications in to Student Services by the May 15th deadline. Therefore, if you are a student or know of a student that will graduate this year and wish to apply for our scholarship, please send your essay along with 2 letters of recommendation directly to dale@livstrust.com for consideration.

Olivia’s Trust will soon be making donations to organizations in most need that meet our mandate. Once we have made our choices, another post will go out to let you know where your support is helping during these uncertain and challenging times.

Thank you and stay safe ~ Dale, Nicole and Tom

Silent Auction Donations

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Our Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction is just around the corner (May 28)!

If you or someone you know has a company with a product or service you would like to donate we would love to have it!  No matter how big or small all would be greatly appreciated!  Donations are starting to arrive.  Let’s make the silent auction a huge success so we can help Olivia do what she wanted to do most – help others!!!

2024 Annual Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction Extravaganza 🎳

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Dust off your balls and go to the ATM as we get ready for an action packed night of bowling, shopping, food and fun when teams of bowlers go head-to-head for bragging rights at our fundraising extravaganza!

When: Saturday, May 25, 2024 Where: Woodside Bowlarama Time: 7 pm bowling begins Cost: $25 per person (includes shoe rental) 5 per team

Bowling not your thing? That’s okay, come out for the fun of our silent auction, bake and plant sale, 50/50, sale of Olivia’s Signature Tree items and draw for our anticipated beer/wine/cider/spirit board 😊

Contact us to book your team of 5 for the tournament (lanes are limited and go quickly). Remember to bring your wallets and your sense of fun as we do all the things Olivia loved to do.

This annual fundraiser for the Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust enables us continue our mission of helping Olivia do “great things!”

SAVE THE DATE 📆

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It’s confirmed!!! Our annual bowling tournament and silent auction fundraiser will be held on the evening of Saturday, May 25 at the Woodside Bowlarama.

Lanes are limited, so if you would like to participate in the bowling portion please reach out to dale@livstrust.com or via messenger. You don’t need to bowl to participate in the silent auction – you just need to bring your wallet 😉

NOTE: We are now accepting donations of new or like-new items for the auction. If you like to bake, we would love a commitment to supply some items for the bake table too.

A Facebook event with more details will be created closer to the event so make sure you are following the Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust like page 😊

💥 Happy New Year 💥

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Thank you to everyone who has made 2023 so memorable. We truly appreciate the kindness, encouragement and support we receive from our family, friends and supporters.

We wish you joy, happiness, health and peace in the New Year!

We look forward to continuing our mission of helping Olivia do “great things” in 2024 as we continue to help animals, our youth and those less fortunate in 2024 💥

Holiday shopping? We’ve got you covered 🎄

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Are you one of the organized folks that has all your Christmas shopping done and wrapped under the tree? Or one who hasn’t started? Maybe you have just few items left to grab for stocking stuffers?

We’ve got you covered! Olivia’s Signature Tree items are great gift ideas. We have hoodies, tees, pop sockets, ornaments, coffee mugs, wine glasses and all things in between.

We can’t think of a better way to get your shopping completed while you support a fantastic local non-profit. Help us continue our mission to help Olivia do “great things!” by considering one of Olivia’s Signature Tree items for your loved one 🎄

(Contact dale@livstrust.com for availability of hoodies, tanks and tees)

Hoodies = $40.00
Tees-$20 / Mugs-$8 each or 2 for $15 / Wine Glasses-$10 / Water bottle-$10 / Ornament-$10
Water Bottle $10.00
Tees $20.00
PopSockets $15.00
Ash Coaster = $5.00 each
Long Sleeve T-shirt = $25.00
Flowy Racer Back Tank Top = $20.00

Back-to-school Supplies ✏️📚

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As some of you know, Olivia loved school and especially loved shopping for schools supplies. Since we know how difficult this time of year can be for families who are already stretched thin with the rising costs of every day life, we can think of no better way than to help those families by donating supplies to take some of that burden from them.

Olivia’s Trust is thrilled to once again donate back-to-school supplies! We have been doing this every year since we began and this time we have donated $725 worth of supplies for all age levels and grades (special thank you to our supporters who donated specifically for this endeavour) 🙂

We want to wish all the kids heading back to school in the next few days a wonderful year of learning, enrichment and of course, fun 🙂

Smudge helped of course! (cat hairs have been sprinkled in for good luck 🍀)

SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED

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The most wonderful time of the year is here as kids are heading back to school in a few weeks. However, for many families this is a very stressful and expensive time of year as well.

With the cost of every day life seemingly rising by the minute, we know the added stress of getting all the necessary back to school items may be out of reach. That’s where we aim to help out 🙂

If you are shopping and can afford to grab an item or two, please do so. Your simple act of kindness will benefit a student going back to school in September and possibly ease the burden on some families in your community.

The Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust, with the support of Tim Halman, MLA Dartmouth East will be a accepting donations at the Dartmouth East Constituency office at 73 Tacoma Drive (Suite 204). We can also accept donations at Jym Line Glassware Ltd. located at 23 Venture Crescent in Elmsdale or you can reach out to Dale via email (dale@livstrust.com) to make alternate arrangements.

Any donation is welcome and needed. If you cannot get out to purchase school supplies, consider a donation to Olivia’s Trust and let us do the shopping for you.

Let’s make this year amazing for our students 😊

2023 Scholarship Recipients 🎓

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The Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust would like to formally announce the recipients of Olivia’s Scholarship!

Congratulations to Caelan DeViller, a student at Drumlin Heights Consolidated School. Caelan is planning to attend university to study sciences in pursuit of a career as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Steele, a student at Hants East Rural High , Jacqueline plans to attend university to study a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Climate and Environment.

Thank you both for the exceptional volunteer work in your communities to make them a more inclusive and safe place for all. We appreciate you taking the time to learn about Olivia and understanding why this scholarship exists.

We truly hope these scholarships help you achieve your goals! Best of luck in the future – you’ve earned it 🙂

Drum roll please…

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The 2023 Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction Extravaganza was a huge success! Together with all our volunteers, bowlers and bidders we raised a whopping $6,504!

We have so many to thank for making this event possible. From the very generous donations of items for the silent auction to the bake table and of course the very popular booze board (congratulations to Lorraine for winning 😉). We could not be more grateful!

More than anything it was just wonderful to see longtime supporters and people newly introduced to Olivia’s Trust coming together to do all her favourite things – bowling, shopping and eating 🙂

This event is our largest fundraiser and it gives us the ability to continue on our mission of helping Olivia do “great things!”

SAVE THE DATE

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We are beyond excited to announce we are holding our “Annual” Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction fundraiser on Saturday, May 27!

This is such a fun event filled with bowling. bidding, food, laughter and joy. You don’t have to bowl to bid and there is much more going on to keep you engaged while the tournament and silent auction take place. We will also have a bake sale, 50/50, drawing for prizes and of course, Olivia’s Signature Tree items will be up for sale too.

Watch for our Facebook event to pop up in your feed to get more details and book your lane for this epic fundraiser for the Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust. Remember, lanes book quickly.

We are accepting donations for our silent auction – please reach out to dale@livstrust.com or through the Facebook page.

Can’t wait to see you all there!