As thunder begins to rumble and raindrops hit the window on Sunday, June 25 I’m reflecting on how incredibly lucky we were on Saturday — we had the perfect weather for our party in the park — not too hot and no RAIN, which seems to be a rarity in this summer of 2017.
There are many people and businesses to thank, but first of all, we would like to thank YOU, our Duranders, who came out, enjoyed the day and had fun meeting neighbours. Our park is a special place, beautiful and inviting, and we can be thankful again for the pioneers in 1972 who fought for our green space.
Anne Tennier worked hard gathering items for our raffle prizes, and we would like to thank the contributors:
Aquarius Lounge – $50 gift certificate for Aquarius Lounge or Mattson & Co on Locke Street
Beckers, Caroline & Herkimer – Two Canada 150 hats + their bucket of cold beverages delivered to the park at about 4 p.m. on Saturday — so generous!
Durand Coffee – Half pound of coffee and $15 gift card
Guardian Drug – Body wash and hand cream caddy
Hamilton Store – gift basket valued at $65
Hammercloth – gift blanket
House of Java – Chocolate sampler gift pack
Mercedes Spa – product bag and pedicure gift card
Mezcal – $10 gift card
Red Crow – Two $10 gift cards
Royal pizza – Two $10 gift cards
Shoppers Drug Mart – Two kit bags full of product samplers
Wass Ethipoian Restaurant – $15 gift voucher
Vendors also donated to a gift pack: Hammercloth donated a blanket, Sassafras Botannical donated handmade soap and House on Hunter donated home-made granola.
We will be posting photos soon plus an update on the progress of repairs to our splash pad. Watch your email inbox for the latest news from Durand NA.
I wish I could have made it! I’m a new member of the association, and I want to get involved. However, I was struck by a bit of a medical condition that day and had to forgo the pleasure. Next time for sure!
It was indeed a lovely day for the event and the renovations in this park are stunning – well done, however my family (with 2 grandsons) were really disappointed at the short amount of time given to the face painting and the fact that there was no notice about when the line was cut off. We lined up and a person came up and said the end of the line was just in front of us – most disappointing!
The music was excellent and the ice cream booth and the horse wagon ride with commentary about the houses in the neighbourhood.
It was a great event! Thank you to the DNA and the awesome volunteers for your hard work.