Darlene loves music and being involved in events, so she also volunteers to help in Bravo Niagara offerings.
Darlene is very
organized and this year she served as the Garden Manager at the Shaw 2022
Garden Tour at the 27 Delater Street location.
This prime garden property had a plein air artist and 2 musicians and a
steady flow of patrons throughout the day. The Shaw 2022 Garden Tour was a huge
success this year with outstanding weather, great garden offerings, terrific
volunteers and appreciative patrons.
In her spare time since
2018, Darlene co-ordinates gift collection for Christmas and Easter for the
Women’s Place Shelter in South Niagara. With a group of 20 Christmas Elves and
Easter Bunny donors, Darlene coordinates the gift collection for the children
and their mothers residing at the South Niagara Women’s shelter during the
Easter and Christmas seasons each year. During these most difficult times for
the shelter residents, Darlene and her donors try to find a way to lift the
spirits of those in need through gift donations.
Darlene loves to travel when not volunteering
in the Niagara Community. She has
visited Africa, Europe, Russia, India, and the Caribbean. Her favourite country
to visit is Tanzania, and also hiked
a mountain in Rwanda to see the silverback gorillas.
Darlene loves to visit with her son and
daughter- in-law and her daughter and son-in –law who live in the GTA, and
especially to spend time with her 2 and a half-year-old granddaughter. She
recently took her daughter-in-law, son and granddaughter to The Shaw Festival
production of A Year of Frog and Toad.
What a great play choice to get young children interested in live
theatre. Way to go Darlene! Not sure how
her granddaughter would react to her encounter with a live theatre performance,
she asked her what she liked best about the play. Her immediate response was when
Christmas was shared between Frog and Toad. Thank you, Darlene for bringing in
a new theatre patron to the Shaw Festival, even though it will be a while
before your granddaughter can make the Shaw theatre ticket arrangements on her
own.
Bravo to you, Darlene, for your outstanding
service to the Niagara Community!