Fairway Market: whose stores cater to the value-conscious shoppers from all income levels. "We have always offered value, variety and selection to our customers." - $500 donation for food at the concession!
Country Grocer, Cobble Hill: family-owned and operated grocery chain providing exceptional products, service, pricing, and community support, striving to provide freshest products, support local British Columbia suppliers and reinvest earnings in our own communities - $265 donation of food for the concession!
Thrifty Foods, Colwood: committed to providing quality food products at competitive prices with friendly staff in clean, well-stocked stores, and giving back to the communities it serves - $200 donation for food at the concession, plus a tent
My Chosen Cafe: Metchosin's own "best place to eat", with a bonus farm/zoo out back for the kids - 50 baked potatoes for the concession.
Lifestyle Market, Victoria: Canada‘s best source for quality vitamins, minerals, herbal remedies, nutritional supplements, organic & natural groceries and organic produce - $150 donation for food at the concession
Island Bakery Ltd., 3744 Trans Canada Hwy, Cobble Hill, 250-743-4244 - 200 hot dog buns for the concession!
2% Jazz Coffee: working to creating great coffee in Victoria, BC. Part of this is their roastery where all beans are roasted by or overseen by local coffee (& homeschooling) guru Sam Jones. All blends are hand-picked, change seasonally, and available online through their website. - $155 towards the special event insurance, plus all coffee on carnival day and the fruit syrups for the sno cones!
Michell Brothers Farm, 2451 Island View Rd - 100 cobs of corn at cost for the concession.
The Market on Millstream, Victoria: 2009 Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year, carries the freshest produce, meat and grocery items, so you can find wonderful, healthy foods for your lifestyle - $50 donation for food at the concession
Safeway : "Ingredients for Life" - $80 donation for food at the concession.
Village Food Markets, Sooke: Come on in and experience quality in action! - $50 donation for food at the concession.
Western Foods, Sooke: Locally owned and operated since 1974 - $50 donation for food at the concession.
Royal Bay Bakery, a family owned business with a commitment to going local to source as many of our organic product ingredients as possible - hot dog buns and baked goods for the concession.
Origin Gluten Free Bakery: their use of high quality, natural and organic ingredients, along with their discerning sense of taste, ensures they provide baking that everyone -gluten intolerant or not- can love. - $36 in gluten free hot dog buns and cupcakes for the concession & cupcake walk
Jennie Stevens, Woodruff Music School - Malaika Marimba & "The Other Band" to play concerts
Mandy Webb & Jeni Luther of Metchosin Jazzercise led a "kharma" jazzercise class at 10:30am on Friday August 20 at the West Mont School gym from which all proceeds went to the Remembering Tara Fund! Their class participants donated more than $400!
Boys & Girls Club "WildKids" camp staff - Lindsay and her energetic WildKids crew have enjoyed having Zack, Noah & Piper along for the ride since the very first class - Lindsay is organizing field games on carnival day and several others have made generous donations to the auction!
Alpine Disposal & Recycling: your top local choice for refuse and recycling pick up, offering commercial and residential refuse collection, recycling, yard waste pick up and roll off bins - donated complete drop off and pick up of all refuse and recycling for the carnival
Eric Hartley of Bill Hartley Insurance Services, a family-owned, independent insurance brokerage, who has arranged for and subsidized $100 of the special event insurance for the day.
Metchosin Community House - use of house and grounds
East Sooke Volunteer Fire Department - use of dunk tank
Kernel Popcorn - magic show
Sooke Video to Go - donation of their popcorn maker and all popcorn supplies for carnival day!
Ice Depot, 2340 Douglas St, Victoria - 4 @ 50lb bags of ice for the concession and sno cones.
Audrya Corbett, 4 Cats Arts Studio Langford - organizing a communal art project on carnival day, plus auction donations
Radway in Cowichan Bay - a gorgeous selection of natural fibre clothing, locally printed t-shirts, fair trade accessories, locally made soaps, and the cutest baby clothing and gifts - $200 cash donation
And HUGE HUGE thanks to so many others behind the scenes who have helped, donated, given time, suggestions, money, solicited businesses, given in so many large & small ways - it was a true gift to see so many people coming together to make this amazing celebration happen - We can only imagine what it has meant to Tara's family to watch this unfold - what an incredible expression of love and support!
