No Place Like Home Returns To Huron Hospice And They're Serving Dinner
by Bob Montgomery
No Place Like Home returns to Huron Hospice this Saturday, but this year they're serving dinner.
On Saturday, September 21st, the team at Huron Hospice will serve dinner at the Holmesville Community Centre. The No Place Like Home event is now a farm to fork fundraising dinner and auction. Hospice Executive Director Willy Van Klooster says the No Place Like Home event was first held in 2020 as a solution to fundraising during a pandemic. “We thought it would be one night only! However, the event was so successful we just had to do it again and again and again. This year, we are celebrating a completely different aspect of Huron County: its food producers.”
Huron Hospice Manager Fund Development Christopher Walker says it's an exceptional dinner. “We're feeding people from a wonderful menu from Part II Bistro of Goderich. It's a dinner and auction so people will be able to buy items on the live and the silent auction and we have some really cool auction items, like a Muskoka Deck Chair made of hockey sticks autographed by NHL Alumni and a raffle where people can win bottles of Ontario and Huron County wine.” Celebrating the theme of home invites conversations, memories and stories about hospice and also the best of our home in Huron County. By profiling home, the No Place Like Home event has become the signature Huron Hospice fundraiser. It supports end-of-life care as close to home, and as much like home, as possible.
The organizers announced that Alecia Anderson, Huron County Coordinator of Tourism and Local Food, will act as co-emcee and be joined by Ben Lobb, Member of Parliament, as co-emcee and celebrity auctioneer. Walker also thanked Gil Garratt, Artistic Director at The Blyth festival, who supported the telethon for the past four years and was instrumental to the event’s success.
Tickets for the Dinner are $150 each or $1,200 for a table of eight. Again this year, complimentary dinner shuttles are available. However, guests must reserve their shuttle seats by calling Christopher Walker. Murphy Bus Lines generously donated the use of three buses for the evening. Tickets can also be purchased by calling Chris Walker at 519-525-7352.
