Draw raises

By Casandra Turnbull

It was one year ago when local businessman Scott Dammeier passed away after a courageous battle with cancer – a battle that gripped the heart of this community.

Dammeier, owner of Scott’s Family Restaurant in Paris, passed away on June 29th 2023, at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in his 51st year The community rallied behind Scott and his wife Kim throughout his yearlong battle A successful Go Fund Me campaign, launched by longtime family friend Tina Graziano, helped to support the self-employed business owners, who were just emerging from a tough financial period following the Global pandemic.

The Paris Firefighters Club hosted a successful Touch a Truck event raising over $10,000 to help the couple as they tried to keep the restaurant open while navigating a multitude of doctors’ appointments and treatments. Money raised helped the pair with day-to-day operational expenses, financial recovery from the Covid pandemic, medical expenses and allowed them to spend precious time with one another, and with Scott’s children Griffin and Devlin

money for SPCA in memory of local business owner

Scott Dammeier, owner of Scott’s Family Restaurant.

Throughout his battle, Scott never lost sight of recovery. His focus remained on battling cancer and taking each obstacle as they came, doing what he could to squeeze out extra time with his family, friends and children.

In an effort to give back to the gracious community who supported her and Scott and keep his memory alive in a way Scott would have approved, Kim has launched a fundraising campaign this week in support of the Brant SPCA. It will also recognize Scott’s Family Restaurant’s 25th Anniversary in business. She’s selling 50/50 tickets, as well as raffle tickets for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates to Toys R’ Us and the Brantford Mall The winner of the 50/50 will take half the money home and the remaining funds will go to the SPCA. All the funds raised from the raffle tickets for the gift cards will go to the SPCA.

You can pick up the tickets at Scott’s Restaurant at 70 Scott Ave during business hours –Wednesdays to Sunday, 8 am to 2 pm The 50/50 Tickets are 1 for $3, 3 for $5 and 10 for $20. Raffle tickets for the gift cards are $2 each. The lucky winner will be drawn on July 7th . Follow Scott’s Family Restaurant on Facebook for draw details.