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Vol.16 No. 18
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Travelling basket winner will blog about businesses BY SARAH MURRELL VOICE Staff Allison Wyatt celebrated her birthday by visiting the First Sunday Stroll on June 3 with some friends. “The artists were very unique, I hope they do it again,” she said of the show. Aside from buying some unique items she also dropped a ballot into the draw for the Pelham’s travelling basket. “I forgot all about it,” said Wyatt, noting she only filled out the one ballot at the First Sunday Stroll. When Cathy BerkhoutBosse of MyPelham.com emailed to say she’d won, Wyatt says she thought it was a joke. It wasn’t a joke and Wyatt is the lucky winner of the travelling basket, which actually turned into baskets, plural, with a value of more than $800 in gift certificates and items from local businesses. “There’s so much,” says Wyatt. She’s already used a chocolate pizza from Sweet Thoughts to take to a Canada Day barbecue.
CANDY ASHBEE (left) of Presentations presents Allison Wyatt with the baskets full of donations from various business Wyatt won in Pelham’s Travelling Basket draw. /Special to the Voice “That was much appreciated by my friends,” she said. This past weekend she hosted a family barbecue and used the gift certificates from Klagers and Country Corner for
burgers, sausages and buns. Wyatt also started a new job this week, so she’s planning to use the massage gift certificates in a couple of weeks to ease the stress of starting a new
position. “The timing is perfect,” she says. She also loves Cafe on Main, which donated a prize, noting she meets up with friends there for breakfast when they’re
home from school and can’t wait until there’s a patio out front. Wyatt grew up in Fonthill and she and her husband recently moved into their first home on Merritt Street. She says her husband is a huge shop local supporter and so when they go shopping they usually head to Fonthill. She’s also involved in the Pelham community, as a member at Holy Trinity Church, where she takes care of the facebook page and helps out with Messy Church, and is a member of Fonthill Fitness. The local gym donated 10 fitness classes to the basket, so Wyatt says she’s going to take a friend with her to Zumba. Wyatt is going to blog about her experiences as she uses the items in the basket and visits the various businesses who donated. “I want to thank the businesses in a sense and help promote them,” she says. The blog will be posted on MyPelham.com. The Traveling Basket concept was conceived at
a monthly brainstorming session attended by MyPelham.com sponsors. It began with an empty basket donated by Presentations and ended with $845 worth of goods and services from a variety of local business, including Café on Main, Pilates Niagara, The Lifetime Vision Centre, Studio Twenty, Bella Vita Salon Spa, Fonthill Art & Home, Klager’s Meats, Fonthill Fitness, Massage Therapy Clinic, Fonthill Fair Trade, Country Corner Market, Denise Dunkley Dominion Lending , Advanced Health Massage Therapy, Herbal Magic, and Sweet Thoughts. People were encouraged to seek out the basket to enter the draw as it travelled around Pelham. Hints were given through the use of social media and on the MyPelham. com site. The draw for the basket was held at the bandshell concert on June 28. Wyatt says she is really going to enjoy using everything in the basket, and hopes her blog will help the businesses who made the basket possible.
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