Sweethearts for SickKids
I have two amazing friends who started Luke's Legacy with me and since the inception of Luke's Legacy I have been blessed with many more amazing friends that have joined our group and who have supported this journey.
In December 2008, Lynn and
Laura approached me regarding a fundraising idea for The Hospital for
Sick Children. While Lynn was in the United States visiting family for
American Thanksgiving she was at a restaurant where they were decorating
cookies for charity. Lynn then thought this may be a good idea for a
fun, easy fundraiser for Sick Kids in honour of Luke. She came to me
with the idea of a Christmas Cookie decorating fundraiser. At the time,
and since Luke's passing, December is a very difficult time for our
family. Being the first Christmas without Luke, I knew I would not be
able to devote the time, energy and enthusiasm needed for a successful
fundraiser. We then decided to hold this cookie decorating fundraiser
in February 2009, Luke's birth month as well as Heart Month. What
better month to honour Luke and his courage. We then decided on what
else, heart shaped cookies to decorate, cookies that would not only
represent love, but represent what we are trying to raise money for,
paediatric cardiac care and research.
We then approached France at Whole Foods Market in
Oakville, Ontario about our idea and she was immediately on board with
our idea and offered us the community events room to host our event.
France then put us in contact with Jennifer at Tickle Your Tummy
bakery, who immediately agreed to donating heart shaped nut-free cookies
and icing for our event! We were off and running!
2009 raised $4,800.00
2010 raised $15,662.00
2011 raised $20,700.00
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