THE DARLING DINNER SERIES
For over 20 years, the Comfort & Joy Gala has raised important funds for The Darling Home for Kids (DHK). From helping to fund the original build of the Home, to supporting our operational programming, proceeds from the Comfort & Joy Gala have built The Darling Home for Kids and helped to ensure it remains a Home that families canturn to for comfort; a rest and for support when needed. Guests look forward to attending year after year, seeing old friends and raising funds to support medically complex children and their families.
Building upon the success of our virtual event last year, and keeping the safety of our guests top of mind, The Darling Home for Kids, is hosting the Comfort & Joy No Go Gala Online Auction featuring an online auction and,new this year, The Darling Dinner Series.
We know the hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. By partnering with restaurants in our large catchment area to establish The Darling Dinner Series, together we can create an exciting program that helps the families of The Darling Home for Kids, while encouraging support for your local restaurant. We’re inviting restaurants in the Halton, Peel and Hamilton areas to partner with us by offering a set meal or menu option during the 10 days of the event (October 18-28, 2021). A portion of funds from each meal or item will be donated to The Darling Home for Kids. A comprehensive marketing campaign will be developed to promote The Darling Dinner Series, utilizing both traditional advertising and social media.
Your restaurant is unique and, for that reason, we are presenting a few ways for you to get involved. We look forward to working with you to create an opportunity that meets your business objectives.
Option 1: An Evening In Support of The Darling Home for Kids
Working with you to select an evening in which, together, we will sell tickets to an intimate dinner in support of The Darling Home for Kids. Guests will enjoy a pre-set 3-course meal with wine pairings provided by your restaurant at cost. Dinner tickets will be purchased directly through The Darling Home for Kids. You will bill The Darling Home for Kids for the number of guests in attendance with the difference in the ticket price equating to a donation to the Home. Guests will receive a tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount under CRA guidelines.
Option 2: Chef’s Table Experience
Working with you to select an evening in which, together, we will sell tickets to an intimate dinner in support of The Darling Home for Kids. Guests will enjoy a pre-set 3-course meal with wine pairings provided by your restaurant at cost. Dinner tickets will be purchased directly through The Darling Home for Kids. You will bill The Darling Home for Kids for the number of guests in attendance with the difference in the ticket price equating to a donation to the Home. Guests will receive a tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount under CRA guidelines.
Option 3: Feature Meal or Menu Item
Working with you to select an evening in which, togetYour restaurant would identify a set menu or menu item and donate a portion of the proceeds to The Darling Home for Kids. For example – on a certain day (or during the entire 10-day program), 10% from every meal is donated to The Darling Home for Kids. The restaurant would be responsible for tallying the total and making the donation directly to The Darling Home for Kids at the end of the program.
As a valued restaurant partner in the Darling Dinner Series, we are pleased to offer you the following benefits:
Promotional Recognition
- Logo, with link, on The Darling Home for Kids website – The Darling Dinner Series Page
- Specific mention of your offering/program available on The Darling Home for Kids website
- Full page colour ad in The Darling Dinner Series Digital Restaurant Guide
- Promotion of restaurant on No Go Gala Online Auction website (Live from October 18th – 28th)
- Logo placement on event e-blast promoting The Darling Dinner Series
Media & Public Relations
- Logo recognition in regional media advertisements pertaining to the event
- Mention, with tag where applicable, on DHK social media (Facebook, Instagram & Twitter)
- Logo recognition in the DHK Homefront Newsletter – Spring 2020 edition (1,500 printed)
- Name recognition in the DHK Annual Report
Additional Opportunities
- Support from the team at DHK throughout the entire process
- The Darling Dinner Series promotional window cling to display in your restaurant
- Printed table cards and/or bill inserts to promote your restaurants involvement
With your help, we will build more space for the moments that matter
Children at The Darling Home for Kids are embraced within our walls, our corridors, and our spaces. Held safely in a space that encourages them to be free – to explore, to play, to make memories. We have a dream to help more kids and families. With your help, we’ll make that dream a reality. By joining us as a partner in The Darling Dinner Series, you’re not just helping us expand our programs and services to accommodate more children and families, you’re helping build a new playroom where kids can just be kids, you’re helping to create quiet areas for overwhelmed families to find support within one of our family programs, you’re helping expand our Snoezelen room to engage kids’ senses and imaginations with lights, textures, images, sounds, and colours, and you’re helping to add more bedroom spaces so that families in crisis can call in times of need.
For more information please contact:
Nicole Walker
Events & Sponsorship Lead
The Darling Home for Kids
(905) 878-7673, ext 232
nwalker@darlinghomeforkids.ca