San Pietro is donating £5,000 to support cancer research and awareness following the success of its first, fully-booked Lady Garden event.
An incredible way to kick-start Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, Michelle Catalano and the San Pietro team hosted this event following Michelle’s mum’s recent diagnosis of ovarian cancer. “I felt it was time to be #silentnomore,” said Michelle, and so The Lady Garden event was born.
With a bespoke menu created by Pietro himself, an English country garden theme and some top prizes to be won at both a raffle and auction, 73 of the region’s most influential women gathered at San Pietro, to raise funds for women everywhere – daughters, mothers, sisters, aunties, and friends.
“We were overwhelmed by the support shown by those in our local community for this event. We’ve hosted hundreds of events over our 20 years but this was without doubt the most special and personal event we’ve organised,” added Michelle.
“The atmosphere was amazing. To have so many influential women in one room was phenomenal – I’m so flattered that they took the time out of their busy schedules to attend. It was an honour to host so many and to share the event with my mum and my daughter.
“I was a little nervous about how people would react to the whole ‘Lady Garden’ theme, but everyone really embraced it and got behind the message which was all I hoped for.
“A big thank you to all the guests that attended, and many who made their own private donations too. And a special thank you to all the businesses and individuals that donated to the raffle including Queen Bee Beauty Salon, Fairshare Group, P66, The Design Den, Pepperell’s Solicitors, Wilton Productions, Balloons Galore, Teemans Ltd and G K & N Services, the latter two each donating £500 each to the pot.”
All profits from the event contributed to the £5,000 total, alongside individual donations, raffle ticket purchases and the £850 raised by a very special prize auction.
Won by Nichola Threadgold, Company Director of Jason Threadgold Funeral Director, the auction prize will see Nichola enjoy a private dining experience in the Grade II Listed windmill ‘The Mill Room’. Nichola and her guests will enjoy a bespoke menu created by herself and Chef Director Pietro, Prosecco and canapes on arrival, complete with silk floral room dressing and crystal glassware.
“To be able to split £5,000 between the Lady Garden Foundation and Cancer Research UK means so much to us,” concluded Michelle. “The work they’re doing is crucial and something Mum and I feel so passionately about, to be able to put this event on and actively support their work means the world. We can’t wait for the next of what will be an annual event here at San Pietro.”
