12/01/2025
Thank you to the Myshaniuks
AN EXTRA FEEL GOOD THIS MORNING - we live in the most amazing community 🎄
From: The Stettler Community Hamper Society
“Greetings to you all on this chilly November Morning,
I wanted to send a quick email to recap the events from last evening at the Festival of Lights Gala, to both account for the gifts received and their disbursement, and to say a mighty Thank You from the Stettler Community Hamper Society for being able to benefit from everyone's kindness.
First, Diane Trenholm gathered a number of gifts and gift certificates from various businesses in town, in honour of the amazing (and wacky) Bernie Wells, her dear friend. These were all wrapped and packaged, and then put up for auction last evening as a mystery gift collection. The live bidding was a frenzy and in the end, Kayla Myshaniuk at Thrive 360 (with support from her parents, Dwight and Laurie of Heartland Automotive) won the final bid at over $4000! Her generosity towards the Festival Committee and their work (Thank you Allison, Amy and crew!) then rebounded onto us at the Hamper Society, when she donated all the mystery gifts to us. I was there, and able to get a picture (included), and we made a deal that if there were items we could not use, I'd get them to Kayla this week.
Included in the gifts were blankets, stuffed animals, candles, puzzles, candies, warm hats and mitts, and many gift certificates. We (Stettler Community Hamper Society) will be able to use all of these, save a few (flowers, catering, and a couple of other items) which I'll get to Kayla. The rest will be included in a number of our Toy Hampers, including the gift certificates to our wonderful businesses, frequented by some of our teenage recipients, and/or used to purchase specific items requested on our toy hamper applications.
In short (which is not my norm...obviously!), we want to say thank you to everyone who continues to think of our organization and the people we serve...you have all made an amazing difference in our community and represent Bernie and her kindness well”
Thank you again,
Kim Smyth
Stettler Community Hamper Societyg