Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea Event-Don Of All Trades

Throughout the year, Don Of All Trades Professional Home Maintenance Services held a number of charitable events in Durham Region benefiting Herizon House, a not-for-profit, charitable organization that provides a place of safety where women and children will feel accepted, supported and empowered as they move towards living their lives free of violence in Durham Region.

We were delighted to invite our friends, family members and women in businesses to our Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea Event held on November 14 hosted by   Yolanda D’Orazio, Volunteer Coordinator of the Don Of All Trades Helping Hands Building Tree’s of Hope Program. This was a charming and super delicious way to spend an afternoon and help the community.  Our Goal was to  drop off 30 donated items to ensure every women and child received  something special this Christmas from the community.

Our lovely  Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea table setting.

 

We wanted to start off by thanking Carmela and Angela, two very special and dear friends who volunteered their time including donating their special flavoured teas,  china, food and for beautifully setting up the table arrangements for our special Helping Hands Women’s High Tea Event.

 

Our Menu

Savory

We started things off with a variety of dainty finger sandwiches. Of course, high tea wouldn’t be complete without the traditional scones with clotted cream and preserves!

Sweets

An assortment of mini butter tarts, mini cupcakes, cakes and cookies including the classic Dutch Butter Cookies and so much  more were beautifully displayed on our tables!

There was  no charge for this event but we asked  each guest to donate gifts for the women and children who are staying in the shelter and help  make this Christmas a little better for them.

 

What an incredible experience spending a few hours together, enjoying company, delicious teas,  sweet and savory treats and helping women and children fleeing from violence have a special Christmas this year.

Our prize table was filled with a variety of prizes donated by friends, family and local businesses from all over Durham Region. Tickets were sold at this event in order to raise funds and 100% of the proceeds went to  benefiting Herizon House.

 

Sending out a special thank you to Don from Don Of All Trades who donated this 11 piece kitchen gift basket as a prize to help raise funds at our Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea event. It took 2 people to carry this one out to the car!

 

I just picked up my Helping Hands Building Trees of Hope Tote that someone is going to go home with on November 14nth!- So exciting!!! Our Helping Hands Trees of Hope represents commitment, inspiration and community. Every hand on this tree represents Everyone (our clients, local businesses, friends and family members) who have donated and continue to contribute items to our Helping Hands Building Tree of Hope Project benefiting the women and children staying at Herizon House. We are working hard to reach our goal of completing our first actual Built Helping Hands Tree with Helping Hands by December 2016! I am pleased and very proud to announce that I am donating this very special tote as another addition to our raffle prize table! I hope which ever lucky lady wins this tote shares our story and knows that so many good people have contributed to this tree benefiting Herizon House.

 

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Carmela D’Alessandro who won the Helping Hands Building Trees of Hope Tote! It’s a symbol of everyone today and past and the future who have made a contribution to our Helping Hands Building Trees of Hope Program benefiting Herizon House. I’m so proud and so happy to have donated it to some truly inspirational women.

 

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Michelle Medeiros who was the winner of Lina Cully’s Manicure and Pedicure Gift Certificate.

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Natasha Tarrant who won the Dog Pet Gift Basket donated by Sandra Howlett owner of Apple Melon Designs! Grif is going to love it!!!

Prize Winner! Congratulations going out to Brenda Baird who won baby outfit #3 donated by Marg Stevens. Brenda was VERY happy!

Prize Winner! Congratulations going out to Carmela D’Alessandro who won baby outfit #2 donated by Marg Stevens.

Prize Winner! Congratulations going out to Michelina who won Jessica Spear’s Avon Independent Sales Representative , donated Avon basket!

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Angela Gazze who won the Candle Warmer Set donated by Yolanda D’Orazio.

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Carmela D’Alessandro who won the Amber Pendant donated by Cat Kay owner of the The Secret Lotus!

Just wanted to mention that Carmela D’Alessandro was the prize winner of the Godiva Chocolate Gift set donated by Rhonda Lee Axhorn from Island Heritage Realty. Thank you Rhonda for donating this prize!

Prize Winner! Congratulations going out to Natasha Tarrant who won baby outfit #1 donated my Marg Stevens!

Prize Winner! Congratulations to the beautiful Rhonda Lee Axhorn who won the Cat Pet Gift Basket donated by Sandra Howlett owner of Apple Melon Designs. Your cat is going to LOVE IT!

Prize Winner! Congratulations going out to Katrina Anne Dafoe who won the 11 Piece Kitchen Set Gift Basket donated by Don of All Trades. I was glad to give you a hand carry it off to the car. We hope you enjoy it!

 

Prize Winner! Congratulations to Carmela D’Alessandro who won the Benjamin Moore Whitby Shores Cottage Paint Gift Bag donated by store owner Cindy Hewitt.

 

Prize Winner! Congratulations to me( Yolanda D’Orazio) who won the Snow Flake Painting donated and created by Michelle Medeiros from House Dreamer.

 

Everyone who attended our Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea Event went home with a swag bag filled with lots of goodies including a special gift donated by our team here at Don of All Trades Professional Home Maintenance Services.

 

Our November Helping Hands Women’s Charity High Tea was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

Look what we all did to make some very special women and children and staying at Herizon House a little extra special this Christmas!

So here’s what we collected at this month’s Women’s Helping Hands Charity High Tea benefiting Herizon House:
– Body benefits foot bath with heat and vibration…
– 2 women’s scarves
– 1 bag od gently used women’s clothing
– 2 Big Kids Christmas Bags stuffed with toys, pillows and Dolls and accessories, gloves, hats and construction set for boys and puzzles.
– Spring Cherry Blossom Skin nourish body cream
-St Yves pink lemon & mandarin body wash
– Spring Blossom Skin Silkening Bubble bath
– 5 scarves
– Total Relaxation lit-10 piece set
-shea butter beauty bars
– 1 Dove Set
– bottles of Finesse conditioner
-silkening body splash
-fragrance mist
Fisher Price Mega Blocks First Builders Set
-18 writing journals!!!!!
-1- 3 piece bath & body works body wash gift set
– 1- 3 piece Avon bath and body set
– 1 set of Candid Cologne Spray and shimmering body powder
–1 set of Minions Bubble bath
–fruit & passion hand soap & hand cream set
– Kirkland pre moistened towlettes
-Neutrogena all in 1 make up remover wipes
-2 bath and body works hand soaps
– Biocollasis Complex Day serum
– compact make up
-mineralized  skin finish compact
-Estee Lauder lip pencil
-Rimmell Match Perfection Foundation
-Nivea gentle eye makeup remover
-Marykay women’s hydrating skin finisher

and……..

  

 we raised $185 from the raffle prize tickets!!!!

On behalf of Don and I, we thank you so much. We look forward to doing all of this again and more in 2016 and I hope you will join us! Thank you and God bless you all!

Special Thank You to the following Local Business Owners who donated gifts for our prize table at this event:

Jessica Spear – Avon Independent Sales Representative

Michelle Medeiros – House Dreamer

Rhonda Lee Axhorn – SRES Realtor Island Heritage Reality

Don D’Orazio – Don Of All Trades Professional Home Maintenance Services

Cindy Hewitt- Benjamin Moore Whitby Shores Decor Centre

Cat Kay-The Secret Lotus

Sandra Howlett- Apple Melon Designs

Katrina Dafoe- Origami Owl By Katrina  Independent Designer

Linda Cully- Linda’s Esthetics

 

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Don Of All Trades is giving back to our community. Please donate to our Helping Hands Program benefiting women and children.

Every gift is a gift of hope. Your donations make a difference in the lives of women and children who are survivors of violence and abuse that are provided with a place of safety, support and hope at Herizon House women’s shelter.

You can help improve the lives of abused women and children in the  community. Please visit www.donofalltrades.ca community page to find out how you can make a difference.

At Don of All Trades Professional Home Maintenance Services, we’re so much more that just a great  home improvement company. Visit www.donofalltrades.ca to find out more about our services and how we can help you with all your home repairs today!