NEWS RELEASE
ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION
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This coming Sunday, Sept. 20, would have marked the 23rd annual Taste of Guelph – a garden party fundraising event that’s raised more than $600,000 in the past five years alone to support patient care and equipment purchases at St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph.
In March, St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation made the difficult decision to cancel the event to protect the health and safety of our Guelph community amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of the cancellation, the event has continued to raise significant funds for St. Joseph’s.
“We’re inspired and humbled that so many of our generous Taste of Guelph sponsors have chosen to change their traditional event sponsorships into outright donations to St. Joseph’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response Fund. Together, our sponsors have contributed nearly $70,000 to support the infection control initiatives and personal protective equipment we need to continue to protect our patients, residents and team of caregivers from the COVID-19 virus,” says Jennifer Hall, Vice-President, Development at St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation.
St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation understands how much our community is missing the food, fun and friendship the Taste of Guelph event has brought to the grounds of the Health Centre for so many years, so they worked with 20-year Taste of Guelph participant, Cox Creek Cellars, to provide a recipe so our community can craft a signature cocktail in the comfort and safety of their own home and enjoy a little taste of Tate of Guelph this weekend.
Nothing says fall like crisp apples and warm spices. Enjoy!
Cox Creek Cellars’ Autumn Sangria with Apple Dream
Ingredients:
1 bottle Cox Creek Apple Dream wine 1 cup caramel flavoured vodka
6 cups apple cider
2 medium apples, cored and sliced
cinnamon sticks
Instructions:
In a glass pitcher, stir together the wine, vodka and apple cider. Add the sliced apples and ice. Stir again. Serve over ice in individual glasses, and garnish with additional apple slices and cinnamon stick for stirring.
The fifteen Taste of Guelph Sponsors that have made charitable donations to St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation’s COVID-19 Respond Fund include:
Barzotti Woodworking Ltd., Canadian Equipment Finance & Leasing Inc., The Co-operators, Eve Claxton Realty Inc. Brokerage, Rick & Annie Eleveld, Guelph Manufacturing Group Inc., Hammond Power Solutions Longo’s, LS Logistics/Lane Sales, Planet Realty Inc. Brokerage, RBC Royal Bank, RLB Chartered Professional Accountants, The Room To Go Company, Sleeman Breweries and TD Bank.
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