๐ŸŽ„ Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ„

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate ๐ŸŽ„ we hope you get to spend time with the ones you love and keep those missing in your hearts.

We are so grateful for the support of our family and friends – both old and new. You have this a memorable year and we thank each and every one of you.

Christmas may be tomorrow, but we are already planning for next year. So, if you happen to receive a gift you canโ€™t use or are lucky enough to receive too much, consider donating your items to us for our Free Market event next December. We will be collecting items all year long and will provide more details in 2025

Thank you again from Oliviaโ€™s Trust ๐ŸŽ„

2024 Online Fundraising Auction is LIVE

Our first ever online fundraising auction is live! Letโ€™s make this a success by sharing and bidding generously. The auction will run until Sunday, December 1 at 7 pm.

There are over 100 great items up for grabs. This is a fantastic way to kickstart your holiday shopping. If you are the successful bidder itโ€™s a win-win, you get your item and we get to continue to help Olivia do โ€œgreat things!โ€ like our recent $1,000.00 donation to the Santaโ€™s for Seniors program ๐ŸŽ„

Click the link below to participate . (All details are under the AUCTION photo)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.972576618246915&type=3

Upcoming event

Oliviaโ€™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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

2024 Annual Bowling Tournament and Silent Auction Extravaganza ๐ŸŽณ

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? Thatโ€™s okay, come out for the fun of our silent auction, bake and plant sale, 50/50, sale of Oliviaโ€™s Signature Tree items and draw for our anticipated beer/wine/cider/spirit board ๐Ÿ˜Š

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 โ€œgreat things!โ€

SAVE THE DATE ๐Ÿ“†

Itโ€™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 donโ€™t need to bowl to participate in the silent auction – you just need to bring your wallet ๐Ÿ˜‰

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

Back-to-school Supplies โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“š

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.

Oliviaโ€™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) ๐Ÿ™‚

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 ๐Ÿ™‚

Smudge helped of course! (cat hairs have been sprinkled in for good luck ๐Ÿ€)

SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED

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. Thatโ€™s where we aim to help out ๐Ÿ™‚

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 Oliviaโ€™s Trust and let us do the shopping for you.

Letโ€™s make this year amazing for our students ๐Ÿ˜Š

Drum roll pleaseโ€ฆ

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 ๐Ÿ˜‰). We could not be more grateful!

More than anything it was just wonderful to see longtime supporters and people newly introduced to Oliviaโ€™s Trust coming together to do all her favourite things – bowling, shopping and eating ๐Ÿ™‚

This event is our largest fundraiser and it gives us the ability to continue on our mission of helping Olivia do โ€œgreat things!โ€

SAVE THE DATE

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!