GORE BAY—A local woman has come up with a unique idea that will see beautiful flowers blooming to help further beautify Manitoulin and funds derived by the sale of flower seeds, going to several local service clubs and organizations.
Bonnie Hore, of Gore Bay, has personally purchased over 2,000 packages of seeds that she will be selling through the ‘Seeded Soul’ campaign, which will also raise funds for the local groups and organizations. “Let’s beautify the Island and benefit our local charity clubs so they can continue to support people in need. With a small donation, you can help.”
“I will be selling the flower plant seeds at the Valu-Mart in Gore Bay, to raise funds for three area fire departments, the Gore Bay, Burpee and Mills and Billings Volunteer Fire Departments, the Gore Bay Rotary Club, the Gore Bay Western Manitoulin Lions Club, and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 514 (Gore Bay),” said Ms. Hore.
The seed packages will be sold for $7 each, “and all the proceeds from the sale of the seeds will be divided equally among the four groups,” said Ms. Hore. She purchased the seeds from Seedville Supply Store, an Ohio based business.
“We have different colours and flowers for the seeds available,” said Ms. Hore. “I wanted the flowers to match the colours of the four organizations. There is blue ‘Forget Me Not’ flowers to match the Rotary Club colours, yellow perennial flowers representing the Lions Club colours, red ‘fire chief’ petunias for the fire departments and perennial poppies for the Legion.
Ms. Hore is planning to sell the seeds from Tuesday-Thursdays at Dean’s Valu-Mart in Gore Bay from 11;30 am to 4 pm, on a weekly basis until all the seeds are sold.
“If this goes really well, I will do this again next year and begin selling the seed packages earlier than this year,” added Ms. Hore.
