Events and raffle fundraisers
Special fundraiser - Send dante to dc
dante is part of our mission make MERRY military program
Through the generosity of our donors and one of our sponsors who picked up the cost of the program -
WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL!
WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL!
Dante, a Mariner High School sophomore, has been nominated to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum: National Security – Diplomacy, Intelligence & Defense in Washington D.C. this summer. Dante is from one of our first Mission Make Merry families. His family has had many hardships these past few years.
“Dante Ellis is one of those exceptional students,” his teacher, Mr. Ways said. “While not all students who are recommend take advantage of this opportunity, the few who do are never disappointed.”
While Dante is in Washington, D.C., from July 23-28, he will have the opportunity to learn the latest intelligence strategies, listen to experts, as well as experience public service in action. -The experience will give attendees a direct view into various careers, such as national security, foreign affairs, intelligence and defense.
“We are excited,” Jessica Ellis, his mom, said. “But, just a little nervous. He is on the spectrum and has never really done anything without us. I think he will do fine. He is mainstreamed in high school.”
“I wanted to join JROTC because my dad was in the Army. I enjoy it because I am learning to be a leader and I have shown improvement, as well as gone up in rank,” he said. Please help Dante reach his goal to raise $5,000 for his trip, as the program session will cost $3,295, which does not include travel to Washington D.C and lodging.
Please help us send Dante to DC. You may contribute by visiting our website www.holiday4heroes.com/donationstickets.
“Dante Ellis is one of those exceptional students,” his teacher, Mr. Ways said. “While not all students who are recommend take advantage of this opportunity, the few who do are never disappointed.”
While Dante is in Washington, D.C., from July 23-28, he will have the opportunity to learn the latest intelligence strategies, listen to experts, as well as experience public service in action. -The experience will give attendees a direct view into various careers, such as national security, foreign affairs, intelligence and defense.
“We are excited,” Jessica Ellis, his mom, said. “But, just a little nervous. He is on the spectrum and has never really done anything without us. I think he will do fine. He is mainstreamed in high school.”
“I wanted to join JROTC because my dad was in the Army. I enjoy it because I am learning to be a leader and I have shown improvement, as well as gone up in rank,” he said. Please help Dante reach his goal to raise $5,000 for his trip, as the program session will cost $3,295, which does not include travel to Washington D.C and lodging.
Please help us send Dante to DC. You may contribute by visiting our website www.holiday4heroes.com/donationstickets.
Operation Make our Heroes Whole Again and Mission Make Merry
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Mission Make Merry is Complete! Thank You!!!!!!!
We hope you are all safe and are moving through the many steps it takes to get our lives back on track.
We at Holiday 4 Heroes have in-need Military Families who have been greatly affected by this catastrophic event in our community. These service members served our country bravely and honorably, yet struggle to return to “normal” life. Some are homeless, some are in Section 8 housing, and those with homes still struggle to meet the needs of their family. Hurricane Ian has created an incredible hardship on these veterans and their families. Holiday 4 Heroes has exhausted nearly all resources in an attempt to provide assistance for food, household goods, and basic clothing. We have also pledged to adopt 20 In-need Military families for our yearly Mission Make Merry Program.
Our major fund raiser schedule for October 10, which supports our Mission Make Merry Program, has been postponed thus affecting our current funds to help our in-need families as well as our major holiday initiative Mission Make Merry.
Thank you for your time and generous support. Even if you cannot donate at this time, please share this information with your friends and loved ones; we appreciate your help.
Please help us fill that gap.
If you are able to help you may choose to contribute to our
Operation Make our Heroes Whole Program
Please visit our Donation/Raffle Page to Donate.
WE Could not do what we do without you! THANK YOU!
We hope you are all safe and are moving through the many steps it takes to get our lives back on track.
We at Holiday 4 Heroes have in-need Military Families who have been greatly affected by this catastrophic event in our community. These service members served our country bravely and honorably, yet struggle to return to “normal” life. Some are homeless, some are in Section 8 housing, and those with homes still struggle to meet the needs of their family. Hurricane Ian has created an incredible hardship on these veterans and their families. Holiday 4 Heroes has exhausted nearly all resources in an attempt to provide assistance for food, household goods, and basic clothing. We have also pledged to adopt 20 In-need Military families for our yearly Mission Make Merry Program.
Our major fund raiser schedule for October 10, which supports our Mission Make Merry Program, has been postponed thus affecting our current funds to help our in-need families as well as our major holiday initiative Mission Make Merry.
Thank you for your time and generous support. Even if you cannot donate at this time, please share this information with your friends and loved ones; we appreciate your help.
Please help us fill that gap.
If you are able to help you may choose to contribute to our
Operation Make our Heroes Whole Program
Please visit our Donation/Raffle Page to Donate.
WE Could not do what we do without you! THANK YOU!
Fill a truck event
Holiday 4 Heroes thanks you for your donation for our "Fill a Truck Campaign" for the Lee County Veterans Administration Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. When we received a call from the VA two weeks ago for help because food for our Homeless and In-need Veterans Food Pantry was low, we put out the word. This is what you did! We raised $2000.00, in 5 days, to fill a truck from you and our generous community. We are so grateful to have such amazing support from you "Because we could not do what we do without you!" |
wicked good Fourth of July RAFFLE
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Thank you Wicked Dolphin Rum Distillery! Congratulations! The winner is Michelle Rowan Raffle donations, for the next few months will be used to continue our "Mission Make Merry Continued" Project
Sponsoring 5 of our Holiday Mission Make Merry Families Our Goal is to raise $5000.00 to help these disabled in-need Veterans and their families Click To Learn more about this project |
Special Thanks
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Thank you Eileen Snider for again choosing Holiday 4 Heroes for your Charity of Choice for your April Quarter Auction. With your generosity, Eileen raised $1755.00 for Holiday 4 Heroes. Thank You Eileen! |
Thank you. We could not do what we do without you!
DESIGNER PURSE BINGO March 20, 2023
What an amazing evening! Thank you to everyone who participated from our incredible volunteers, team, raffle prize donors, silent auction donors and all of you who came out to support us in our mission! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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THANK YOU 5 STAR GENERAL SPONSORS DR. CAROLRAE CULLITON – GUNTERBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION MS. LIZ MARNEL THE COMRIE FOUNDATION RONIN RIDING CLUB SOUTHERN DOOR AND WINDOW |
Event Sponsors
Dessert Sponsor: Food Sponsor:
Lady Cakes Bakery Personal Touch Catering
Coffee Sponsor: Beverage Sponsor:
Custom Roasts by Alex Sip & Send
Purse Model Photographer
Michelle Maddy & Lauren Sherrie Evans
Master of Ceremonies - Lawrence Cremia
A big “THANK YOU’ to all our volunteers!
Thank You Yearly Sponsors
Thank You Purse Bingo Round Sponsors
Ms. Liz Marnul
Southern Door & Hardware
Leslea Ellis LLC
Personal Touch Catering
Rebecca Ross - Baird
Ms. Monika Jennings
Custom Roasts by Alex
Lori Manning Designs
Lynn Hutton
Ronin Riding Club
Tiffany Winklesas - MVP Reality
Brad Jessen – Edward Jones
Divine Donuts
Dr. Kenneth Jandik
Gunterberg Charitable Foundation
Thank you Eileen Snider for again choosing Holiday 4 Heroes for your Quarter Auction Event. This year, Eileen raised another $1393.00 from her fun-filled Quarter Auction Event on February 15, 2020 at the Big Storm Brewery.
A great time was had by all during this fun-filled event all while raising money for Holiday 4 Heroes.
You have raised thousands of dollars doing these Quarter Auctions for Holiday 4 Heroes and many other organizations in our area. We are so fortunate to have you in our community.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tireless effort and volunteerism for Holiday 4 Heroes!
A great time was had by all during this fun-filled event all while raising money for Holiday 4 Heroes.
You have raised thousands of dollars doing these Quarter Auctions for Holiday 4 Heroes and many other organizations in our area. We are so fortunate to have you in our community.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tireless effort and volunteerism for Holiday 4 Heroes!
DESIGNER PURSE BINGO November 14, 2022
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Thank you event sponsors
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Dessert Sponsor:
Lady Cakes Bakery Coffee Sponsor: Custom Roasts by Alex Master of Ceremonies: Lawrence Cremia |
Food Sponsor:
Personal Touch Catering Beverage Sponsor: Sip and Send Wine & Gifts Photographer Dreaming Dee Photography LLC |
Thank You bingo round sponsors!
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1 Gunterberg Charitable Foundation
2 Custom Roasts by Alex 3 Mr. Brad Jessen of Edward Jones 4 Southern Door & Hardware 5 Ms. Lynn Hutton 6 Dr. Kenneth Jandik 7 Ms. Monica Jennings 8 Tiffany Winklesas |
8 Tiffany Winklesas
9 Ronin Riding Club 10 Personal Touch Catering 11 Ms. Liz Marnul 12 Rebecca Ross of Baird 13 Terry Frith of Edward Jones 14 Lori Manning Designs 15 Leslea Ellis, LLC |
Thank you Raffle Donors
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Alliance for the Arts
Apothicare 360 Bellacino's Blaze Pizza Bliss Nail Lounge Blue Dog Blue Moon Pizza Blue Pointe Oyster Blue Sushi Broadway Palms Bubbas Cantina Loredo Chocolatte Christine Karow Cigar Cutters Cooper Hawk Culver's Defy of Fort Myers Diamond Nails & Hair Don Ceser Hotel Downtown House of Pizza Edison Ford Estates Elements Nail Lounge Famous Nails & Spa Fantastic Sam's Fiore & Ela First Impressions 3D First Street Diner First Watch Florida Repertory |
Hand & Stone
Hazel King Henry B Plant Museum Image & Co. Island Time Fashions Jo Shaes Boutique Jungle Golf Key West Express Kid to Kid Komiki's Plakka Level 7 Hair Designs Leila Stilwell – Envy Salon Little Lilly's Island Deli Little Nicky's Pizza Little Paws Love Boat Ice Cream Lovegrove Galleries Luminous Nails Mainstream Boutique Martian Smoke Shop Matanza's Inn Mello Mushroom Monroe Canal Marina Mythos Greek Naples Botanical Garden Nick & Stella's Noir The Nail Bar Olde Fish House Once Again Boutique |
Phanny's Nail Salon
Pincher's at Tarpon Point Pizza D-Lux Ragged Ass Salon Salon Nicholas Salty Salon Scoops & Sprinkles Scoops On First Seminole Casino Sewing Boutique Shoeless Joe's Starlight Cruises Sun Harvest Citrus Sunken Gardens SWFL Symphony The Ball Game The Dancing Shoe The Fussy Female The Looke The Nail Lounge The Ranch The Standard Three Dog Bakery Tonya Barnes Photography Tony's Barber Shop Trader's Hitching Post Uska's Salon Vivie Boutique Watermark Grille West Wind Inn |
A big thank you to our yearly sponsors, our team members, volunteers and all of you who attended this fun-filled event to benefit our "Mission Make Merry and Make our Heroes Whole Again" Programs!
Mission make merry 2021 is complete!
It was an amazing Holiday Season for 14 Military Families who needed a little extra love and support this year. Through your help as
It certainly “takes a village” and we have all of you to thank for the tremendous outpouring of generosity again this year.
Thank you, thank you thank you to all who helped us with this joyous mission!
- Santa’s Helpers taking tags and purchasing presents and gift cards
- Santa’s Elves with 10 Gift Wrapping Parties, making these gifts look beautiful, for our families
- Santa’s Elves Delivery Team delivering all of these presents to 14 families in one day.
It certainly “takes a village” and we have all of you to thank for the tremendous outpouring of generosity again this year.
Thank you, thank you thank you to all who helped us with this joyous mission!
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Mission Make Merry Thank You Notes from our families 2021
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“They gave my family and me the best Christmas ever even imaginable, and it's not close! I guess the VA gave them our name as a disabled Veteran with a family with young kids and what they did with it was nothing short of a MIRACLE! Presents stacked to the ceiling as high as our tree, bikes for the kids, paid a LARGE bill for the shop to make our vehicle safe, and even gave gifts for our PETS!!! The most stress-free, worry-free Christmas ever for our family! Totally unexpected, and totally appreciated! Thank you, you are saints with hearts of gold.”
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“I'd like to thank everybody involved in making my daughters and my Christmas one of the best! You have restored my faith in Humanity! Once again thank you everybody from the bottom of my heart! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”
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“When we received the email from Holidays 4Heroes we felt blessed to have the opportunity to be part of this amazing project. We didn’t expect the generosity, this truly made our holiday one to remember. It was nice not to be stressed about how to make our Christmas special. We feel truly grateful and can’t find the words to describe how thankful we are to this organization and all the good-hearted donors.
Thank you!!
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"We would like to say, a big thank you to Holiday 4 Heroes!
We are very thankful to everyone who made our Christmas this year a wonderful one.
This Christmas will be in our memory and in our heart for the rest of our life. Because a husband /father/grandfather left us, he was our hero.
It was a very tough year for our family. Your kindness during these trying times will never be forgotten. We will definitely " Pay it Forward"
With much love and gratitude,
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“Merry Christmas dear Jonette! I am the OEF Military Combat Veteran who served in Afghanistan as infantryman. I was OVERWHELMED with joy early this morning on this rainy day in Connecticut with GENEROUS donation of gifts for me, my wife and my two little babies (4 and 1) ok four isn't a "baby" but she is to me.”
Anyway.... you went above and beyond with your treasures for my family. Everything was wrapped beautifully and hand delivered and I am just so happy with everything from you. This was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Covid and delta in Connecticut turned into a 21 month shut down of CT (we copy NY). And now it's another thing and there are more mandates again. It has been horrendous. My dog died and this was my first Christmas without her. I was so sad. I am SO HAPPY FROM THIS GESTURE YOU really cheered me up. How kind are you and your beautiful military organization that helps our troops and veterans.
Thank you for everything!
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“They gave my family and me the best Christmas ever even imaginable, and it's not close! I guess the VA gave them our name as a disabled Veteran with a family with young kids and what they did with it was nothing short of a MIRACLE! Presents stacked to the ceiling as high as our tree, bikes for the kids, paid a LARGE bill for the shop to make our vehicle safe, and even gave gifts for our PETS!!! The most stress-free, worry-free Christmas ever for our family! Totally unexpected, and totally appreciated! Thank you, you are saints with hearts of gold.”
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“I'd like to thank everybody involved in making my daughters and my Christmas one of the best! You have restored my faith in Humanity! Once again thank you everybody from the bottom of my heart! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”
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“When we received the email from Holidays 4Heroes we felt blessed to have the opportunity to be part of this amazing project. We didn’t expect the generosity, this truly made our holiday one to remember. It was nice not to be stressed about how to make our Christmas special. We feel truly grateful and can’t find the words to describe how thankful we are to this organization and all the good-hearted donors.
Thank you!!
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"We would like to say, a big thank you to Holiday 4 Heroes!
We are very thankful to everyone who made our Christmas this year a wonderful one.
This Christmas will be in our memory and in our heart for the rest of our life. Because a husband /father/grandfather left us, he was our hero.
It was a very tough year for our family. Your kindness during these trying times will never be forgotten. We will definitely " Pay it Forward"
With much love and gratitude,
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“Merry Christmas dear Jonette! I am the OEF Military Combat Veteran who served in Afghanistan as infantryman. I was OVERWHELMED with joy early this morning on this rainy day in Connecticut with GENEROUS donation of gifts for me, my wife and my two little babies (4 and 1) ok four isn't a "baby" but she is to me.”
Anyway.... you went above and beyond with your treasures for my family. Everything was wrapped beautifully and hand delivered and I am just so happy with everything from you. This was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Covid and delta in Connecticut turned into a 21 month shut down of CT (we copy NY). And now it's another thing and there are more mandates again. It has been horrendous. My dog died and this was my first Christmas without her. I was so sad. I am SO HAPPY FROM THIS GESTURE YOU really cheered me up. How kind are you and your beautiful military organization that helps our troops and veterans.
Thank you for everything!
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Thank you all for attending June 2020, designer purse bingo
because of you, the evening was an incredible success!
June 2020 PUrse Bingo Photos
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Thank you Smuggler's Charitable Foundation!
For again, choosing Holiday 4 Heroes, for your selected charity, has continued to touch our hearts. It was an amazing event.
We greatly appreciate being the recipient of $5.00 from each of your ticket sales.
Our sincere thanks to Smugglers Charitable Foundation for sponsoring the Downtown Hoedown for the troops.
H4H is proud to partner with The Smuggler’s Charitable Foundation and appreciate their very generous donation of over $5,000. A fun time was had by all.
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Thank you to the Cape Coral Eagles
for your continued support of Holiday 4 Heroes
We received an additional check from the Eagles Auxiliary for $250.00 bringing the total donation to $1250.00!
Your support of our
mission is appreciated!
We could not do what we do without all of you!
for your continued support of Holiday 4 Heroes
We received an additional check from the Eagles Auxiliary for $250.00 bringing the total donation to $1250.00!
Your support of our
mission is appreciated!
We could not do what we do without all of you!
THANK YOU AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF SWFL
On Saturday, January 23, 2021, Holiday 4 Heroes was honored to receive a donation from the American Gold Star Mothers of SWFL. Gold Star Mothers are women who have lost a child while engaged in an action against the United States. Their organization donated supplies for our Backpack for homeless Veterans program including Flashlights, protein bars, Bombas socks, and McDonald's gift cards along with other necessary items.
The backpacks will be packed and donated to the Cape Coral Veterans Administration for distribution.
It was a great honor to have Kim Hayes, Lisa Moletzsky and Bill Eggers presenting these donations.
Our thanks to Gold Star Mom, Julia Cunningham, for introducing us to your amazing organization.
All of us at Holiday 4 Heroes consider it an honor to be working with you.
Face Book Birthday Fundraisers
Thank you Tonirae Hurley for your Third Face Book Birthday Fundraiser
Thank you Liz Marnul for your Face Book Birthday Fundraiser and your matching donation
Thank you Nancy Nissen for your Third Face Book Birthday Fundraiser
Face Book Birthday Fundraisers
Thank you Tonirae Hurley for your Third Face Book Birthday Fundraiser
Thank you Liz Marnul for your Face Book Birthday Fundraiser and your matching donation
Thank you Nancy Nissen for your Third Face Book Birthday Fundraiser
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Thank you!
captain's table - PUnta Gorda
for Sponsoring & hosting Our First Charlotte County
Holiday 4 Heroes Designer Purse bingo
It was a wonderful evening, we raised enough money to send 260 comfort and care packages and had fun!
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SMUGGLER'S FOUNDATION EVENT - PUNTA GORDA
Downtown Hoedown
Our sincere thanks to the Smuggler's Foundation for naming Holiday 4 Heroes your charity of choice for this event.
Amazing! We raised enough money from this event to fill and mail 247 comfort and care packages!
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We thank all of you for your loyalty and generosity for our "Holiday 4 Heroes" Program. Holiday 4 Heroes is a 501C registered charity
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