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It takes place in the cold heart of winter, but it will warm your heart and body. You will be rewarded with door prizes, a fabulous dinner and entertainment by Innerphase as you dance the night away. Bring your family, friends, neighbours, and co-workers. You will be feeling even warmer knowing that your contributions will help support all our special athletes.

The Lisa Kelly Heart of Winter Gala is named in honour of the late Lisa Kelly, long-time volunteer and founder of this event.

Tickets go on sale starting December 10, 2022.

For all the details and to purchase tickets go to https://grandravinetornadoes.org/heart-of-winter-gala/

The Grandravine Charity Classic golf tournament will be back to its normal summer date on July 15, 2022. The weather will be warmer. There will be trophies and prizes, lots of food and lots of fun. No better way to spend the day and no better way to support our favourite charity. Tell your friends and co-workers.

For more details and to register go to: https://grandravinetornadoes.org/golf-tournament/

What a great feeling to be back to this wonderful event. While attendance was down a little from previous years because of the pandemic, April 9, 2022 was a terrific evening for everyone. All those in attendance returned to this special celebration after a one year absence. A delicious dinner was served up by Premier Place Banquet Hall, and this in turn supplied the energy needed for the evenings entertainment courtesy of Innerphase Disc Jockey Productions. There were raffles. There were door prizes. It seemed like just about everyone went away with something.

One thing that we all did go away with was the heart felt feeling that we were able to raise some money to help get Grandravine Special Hockey back to normal in the coming season. After two years of limited or no hockey, everyone is looking forward to a full 22/23 season. A great big THANK YOU to all those who attended and all the sponsors who generously donated funds and prizes.

And let’s not forget those who made this evening possible. Thank you to Silvia Rizzuto who spearheaded the event. And thank you to the group of volunteers that helped make this another memorable evening.

Christina Iamascia

Joe Rizzuto

Luci Liotta

Mary Egizii

Michael Liotta

Val Vescio

Vicki Iamascia

Francesco shows off his new gear.

The dream did come true for our very own Francesco DeSanto at Nathan Phillips Square this past Tuesday, as the recipient of a complete set of hockey equipment from Dreams Come True . Dreams Come True is a partnership of the Toronto Police Foundation, the Hockey Canada Foundation, the City of Toronto and TCEU Local 416, bringing hockey equipment to young players across the city. One deserving young player is chosen in each ward in the City of Toronto. Grandravine Special Hockey would like to thank councillor James Pasternak for having chosen The Grandravine Tornadoes and Francesco for the York Centre recipient.

The presentation at Nathan Phillips was attended by representatives of all the organizations involved and was followed by a practice session on the ice. Parents looked on in pride as the volunteer coaches worked with the young players to get their new equipment broken in and try out a few new skills. And to top it off, it was the perfect winter day a little outdoor shinny, just cold enough and full of sunshine. A special thanks as well to Aytakin Mohammadi from councillor Pasternak’s office for his efforts in making all the arrangements.

Mary, Francesco, Claudia, Rebecca and Louie DeSanto.

Hard to loose this face-off.