Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust family and volunteers wish you a very Happy New Year and all the best in 2025!
Thank you for your continued support over the last 10 years – none of this is possible without your donations, following our social media, coming to our events and sharing our work – we are beyond grateful.
We know 2025 will bring “great things!” We are already planning fundraising events and ways to give back to the community that Olivia would approve of 💜
Our first ever online fundraising auction is live! Let’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 it’s a win-win, you get your item and we get to continue to help Olivia do “great things!” like our recent $1,000.00 donation to the Santa’s for Seniors program 🎄
Click the link below to participate . (All details are under the AUCTION photo)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.972576618246915&type=3
Please help us congratulate the 2024 Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust Scholarship recipients:
Rihana Hamilton
Rylee Wallace
Faith Whitehead
Faith, Rylee and Rihana submitted essays that prove they make their schools and communities a better place through their volunteer work and dedication to make their environments more inclusive and accepting. Their compassion and kindness is obvious in their words and actions. They also took the time to learn about Olivia, which means the world to us.
We truly hope your scholarship helps you on the next step of your journey as you complete your studies. We wish you all the success in your future endeavours.
Thank you for what you have already done and no doubt will continue to do. We hope you take your lessons with you and share them with others.
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 🙂
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 😊
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.
Can’t wait to see you all there!
Are you a student graduating high school this year and plan to attend post-secondary education? Is so, consider applying for our 2023 Olivia Jollota Memorial Trust Scholarship.
Olivia’s scholarship is not based on your academic achievements, it determined by the quality of your character. Tell us what you have done for your school and community to make it a more inclusive and welcoming environment for others.
In order to apply you must be a Nova Scotia high school student applying for post-secondary education. Please write an essay to tell us about yourself and your efforts to make the world a better place. You must include at least 2 references. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2023.
Send your essay and references by email to dale@livstrust.com or by mail to: 23 Venture Crescent, Elmsdale, NS B2S0B1
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