The Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust was created to help people and make a difference – just like Olivia wanted to do with her life ♥ Join us on our mission!
Olivia’s Trust is going to host an online auction in November.
We will be accepting new and gently used items for the next month, so if you have an item or gift certificate you think would be suitable, please consider us.
Items can be dropped off at 23 Venture Crescent in Elmsdale or 16 Brigadoon Avenue in Dartmouth or by reaching out to dale@livstrust.com to arrange a pick up.
We are excited to host this new fundraising adventure and look forward to keeping everyone updated on start times and how to participate – so make sure to stay tuned 😊
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!”
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 😊
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 🍀)
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.
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!”
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.
Thank you to everyone who came out last night to volunteer, bowl and bid! Despite all the obstacles of Covid 19 restrictions we still raised $3,974.75! This money will be going back to our community as we make donations to organizations that support our youth, animals in need and those less fortunate.
There are so many we need to thank who come together to make this event a success. A special shout out to Nicole and Tom for their suggestions, time and continued support. Thanks to Steve, Courtnee, Jennifer and Jason for volunteering your time to help this event run so smoothly. Thank you Tom, Aly and Ragan for the bake table goodies. And thank you to Nicole and Courtnee for the plant table- it was an addition this year and a huge hit!
To all those who donated an item for the silent auction, we are so grateful for your generosity. This really is the key to making this event a major fundraiser and we could not do it without your support. We want to take the time to acknowledge all those who donated this year:
Big Spruce Brewing
Lake City Cider
Bulwark Cider
Marmor designs
Saint Mary’s University
Charm Jewelry
Doodle Custom Designs
Sweet Eagle Bakery
Sage & Sweetgrass
Dartmouth Central Plumbing and Heating
Hirtle Promotions
Chef Inspired
Studio East
Courtnee’s Weighted Blankets
Propeller Brewing Company
Grand Pre Winery
The Church Brewing Company
Underwood Baitworks
Scott McKenzie
Nicole Murray
Guilio and Sabina Accardi
Cathy MacKay
Ross Lloy
Bill Pratt
Brent Hirtle
Ragan Eagle
Dale Jollota
Tom Adams
Rias Jollota
We are so glad everyone who came out enjoyed their time and celebrated Olivia’s 25th birthday doing all the things she loved most. We bowled, we shopped, we ate and we laughed our way through a fantastic evening of fun-filled fundraising to continue our mission of helping Olivia do “great things!”
Stay tuned for an online auction we will be holding in late November for those who were unable to attend this event but still want to support Olivia’s Trust 😊 (details to follow)
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre Emergency Shelter opened its doors January 2021 as a 25 bed emergency shelter. Now with the addition of 15 new beds, they have become the largest emergency shelter in Halifax!
Through the power of social media we heard they were in need of several items to be able to handle the increased occupancy and of course we responded immediately! We have donated over $500 worth of much needed wish-list items and hope others in our amazing community can donate as well.
Below is a list of some needed items:
Spring/Summer clothes for all genders
Footwear for all genders
Backpacks
Socks/underwear
Juice boxes
Individual snack items
Coffee grounds/tea
Reusable cups
Plastic utensils
Toothpaste/razors/feminine products
We realize we are in difficult times (this is the second year we have not been able to hold our major fundraiser), but if you can, please consider helping those less fortunate – just like Olivia always did ♥️
Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust 