2008 Homes Tour Summary:
The Canadian Federation of University Women/Orillia Homes Tour and ProgressiveTea, held on June 7, was a huge success for scholarship fundraising. The combination of beautiful and unique homes, enthusiastic participants, tasty refreshments and summery weather made this annual event memorable. The club is pleased to announce that over $7500 was raised from the tour and that this money is used solely for scholarships. This June, nineteen scholarships will be presented to young women graduating from the four Orillia secondary schools at their graduation ceremonies. These deserving students met CFUW/Orillia criteria of Academic Ability, Integrity, Love of Learning, Leadership and School and Community Involvement. The club wishes to sincerely thank the all of the homeowners.
Sponsors, businesses and individuals who assisted in ticket sales and offered donations were: Hudson's Kitchen and Homewares, Mariposa Seasons Shop, Key and Gift Shoppe, Manticore Books, Settings, KICX106, Street's Flowers, Evans Flowers, Flowers by June, Sandy's Flowers, Zehrs Flower Shoppe, Elite Awards & Gifts, Platinum sponsor Mike Davenport of Subaru Davenport, Gold sponsor Peter McKinnon of Nesbitt Burns, Silver sponsors Jeff Campbell of The Water Market, and Rob Coulter of Zehrs, A & P, Twin Lake students and teacher Tony Kaija, Sophie's Landing's residents, Patrick Fogarty students , and Joella Sidhu at the Packet and Times.
CFUW/Orillia extends a very sincere thank you to all those who have continually supported this event. Plans are well under way for the 2009 and 2010 June tours, showcasing very unique and beautiful homes in the Orillia area.
CFUW/Orillia received a "special project award" at the AGM held in Oakville in August 2005 for the Orillia Homes Tour.
Canadian Federation of University Women / Orillia
This webpage updated July 11, 2008.
Canadian Federation of University Women / Orillia
