2023 is the 21st anniversary of the fundraiser for children!
21st Anniversary
For 20 years with the patronage over 10,000 attendees, restaurants, and celebrity guests, Blind Date With a Star (BDWAS) has raised well over $1,000,000 dollars, helping to fund the vital needs of children in our community. This year is no different with 100% of the 2023 Blind Date With a Star proceeds supporting the important long term residential care program that Chisholm Services for Children provides for children ages 12 and younger; programs such as HIGH FIVE ® recreation, Mindfulness Group, pet therapy, adoption, and the LINKS literacy program.
The 2023 fundraiser will celebrate Acts of Kindness (“A.O.K.”) and we hope that you will join us as we celebrate 21 years of Blind Date With a Star in support of the children at Chisholm!
Acts of Kindness is an international movement of doing good deeds and ‘paying it forward’ to those that may need the support: An act of kindness is a spontaneous gesture of goodwill towards someone or something - our fellow humans, the animal kingdom, and the kingdom of nature. Kind words and deeds come from a state of benevolence, generated by a core response deep within all of us.
The children at Chisholm participate in the A.O.K. movement by doing Random Acts of Kindness which ‘pay it forward’….. whether it be a bottle drive for the Kids Help Phone or just paying someone’s parking meter that is about to expire.
The A.O.K. initiative instills faith that there are good things happening all around even when the future may not seem like it……especially for the children at Chisholm.
We invite you to join us in raising funds for the children at Chisholm and give your support to the 2023 edition of Blind Date With a Star on February 28th, 2023.
Together, we all will see that some things in the world are A-OK!
www.chisholm4children.ca
Testimonials
CTV Atlantic
CTV Atlantic is proud to support Blind Date with a Star! It’s such a fun event for a great children’s charity!
Anonymous
I had the pleasure of attending with the Municipal Group of Companies once again and had a wonderful time! The venue was perfect and the food was incredible! The celebrities were awesome, we got matched with a member of The Pirates of Halifax (Jeff) who was wonderful company, and they do such great work, as does Chisholm! What a wonderful cause that we are proud to be a part of every year. Big thanks to all that worked so hard to make it happen!
Group Table Purchaser
We had a blast!
Pirates of Halifax
Such a great fundraising event as Chisholm Services for Children do epic things in our community.
Fun time to be with other celebrities & the food is exceptional.
Cheers on celebrating your 20th anniversary & here's to many more!
Cory Leach (FMAV)
Blind Date with a Star is one of our favourite events each year! Great food, great people, and all for a great cause.
Thanks for giving FMAV the opportunity to help sponsor this event, we're looking forward to 2021.
Luis Clavel
Congratulations on achieving 20 years of wonderful moments and contributions to our community. It has been my pleasure to be part of such an amazing event; to give back to Chisholm Services for Children. As a chef in Nova Scotia, it gives me gratification to be able to use my skills and give back by doing what I love to do. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of such an amazing event.
Dave Carroll
"I've had to the pleasure of being associated with Blind Date With a Star for several years and appreciate the work that goes into building an event that simultaneously serves and engages the community. They know how to put the fun in FUNction. Helping children and meeting interesting people over dinner; I love it."
Anne Melanson (Bloom Non Profit Consulting Group Inc.)
I want to offer hearty congratulations to you and your team for a simply superb event. It was tremendously enjoyable, well run, and your keynote speaker was truly outstanding. Job well done, cheers!
