Special Events
Sutter Home Winery, the LCBO,
Kelsey's
and Corby Distilleries Limited support our
BMO Financial Group
Breast Diagnostic Centre
Sutter Home for hope Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign launched
On Wednesday, April 27, officials from the LCBO, Corby Distilleries Limited (representing Sutter Home Winery) Kelsey's and North York General Hospital put on their chef's hats and aprons and served up hors d'oeuvres and Sutter Home wines at the LCBO, Bayview Village Store, to officially launch the Sutter Home for hope Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.
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The Sutter Home display at the LCBO, Bayview Village Shopping Centre before the 11:00 a.m. April 27 launch. Tess Michelis, Marketing Manager, Wines Division, Corby Distilleries, said that she went back to the Bayview Village store at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, and the large display of Sutter Home products was half the size it was in the morning!
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Sutter Home Winery, the LCBO, Kelsey's and Corby Distilleries Limited are working together to raise funds for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. From April 25 to until May 22, 2005, a portion of all sales - $1.00 for every 750 ml bottle of Sutter Home White Zinfandel, Sutter Home Merlot, Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon, Sutter Home Sauvignon Blanc and Sutter Home Syrah - will be donated to NYGH's BMO Financial Group Breast Diagnostic Centre.
The BMO Financial Group Breast Diagnostic Centre at NYGH is funded almost exclusively through community donations raised by the NYGH Foundation.
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From left: Dianne Anderson, Georgina Veldhorst, Jacob Ripshtein, Provincial Sales Manager, Corby Distilleries Limited, Dwayne DiPasquale, Director, Annual Fund and Marketing, Foundation; Brett Marshall, Sales Manager Canada- Sutter Home Winery and Sarah Rothwell.
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All Kelsey's locations in Ontario will be featuring Sutter Home wines from April 27 to May 29 on their current Tastes of Spring dinner board as well as Kelsey's Mother's Day weekend special menu available May 6 to 8. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to NYGH as well. On Mother's Day, all moms who order from the special menu will receive a pink Sutter Home for hope Breast Cancer Awareness pin.
On Thursday, July 7, representatives from Sutter Home Winery, the LCBO and Corby Distilleries Limited presented the
Foundation with a cheque for $10,000, with all proceeds going to the BMO Financial Group Breast Diagnostic
Centre-funded almost exclusively through community donations raised by the
North York General Hospital Foundation.
Thank you to everyone that visited their local LCBO store or Kelsey's restaurant in support of NYGH.
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From left: Sandra Sivitilli, Co-Chair, 2005 Heart of Fashion, and Nishi aubin, Special Events Officer, Foundation, show their strong support for NYGH!
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Dianne Anderson and Anne CameronSmith, Chief Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Officer, at the launch.
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LCBO staff, including Irwin Zon, LCBO Bayview Village Store Manager (centre), and Cat Williams, Special Events Coordinator (right), with delicious hors d'oeuvres. They are wearing a Sutter Home for hope t-shirt.
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