Spaghetti dinner nets thousands for Sherwood Park Manor
Community members earlier this month raised more than $10,000 for the Sherwood Park Manor redevelopment project.
A sold-out crowd filled the Brockville Country Club for “Eddie Spaghetti Night,” a spaghetti dinner fundraiser hosted by Ed Vanderbaaren, his wife Jane, and Lianne Glendinning, in support of the non-profit long-term care home on County Road 2.
“It’s no secret that here in Brockville and equally so across the province, we have a shortage of long-term care beds. Sherwood Park Manor’s redevelopment project is in full swing and will help alleviate that shortage for people in our area,” campaign co-ordinator Brooklyn Patrick said in a prepared statement.
“This new home is not only on track to being completed by this time next year, but will add more than 20 additional beds and has been designed to exceed modern building standards so that all our residents, their families and our staff can benefit from a pandemic-proof and purpose-built space.”
Along with the spaghetti dinner, the fundraiser included a silent auction and art exhibit featuring the works of local artists Bruce Lounsbury, Rosemary Waggott, Eda Brown, Bob Shackles, Rocci Pagnello, Susan Blanchard and Eddie Vanderbaaren himself.
More fundraising events are planned in support of Sherwood Park Manor’s redevelopment project in 2025, and the home’s management says community business partners are still in need.
