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Garden of Hope offers promise at sheltert may still feel like winter, but the Garden said Denise.of Hope is waiting to bloom for its first full The Gazes did all the legwork getting Iseason at the Lighthouse Shelter.materials donated, or at as much of a The garden that was officially completed reduced cost as possible in itself a tough last fall, graces the homeless shelter run by job as most suppliers were dealing with the the Salvation Army of Oakville near Fourth recession and its effects. Line.The Oakville Shrine Club also donated to It was inspired through the memorial the endeavour and the local Home Depot service of the late Brittany Jacob, a former was on board. St. Ignatius of Loyola student.Augy Carnovale, a local realtor, and his However, it went from dream to reality wife Anna, donated $5,000 toward the gar-thanks to fundraising by the 1,700-member dens fountain in memory of Carnovales late Oakville and Milton District Real Estate partner, Bob Hunter, who died of a brain Board (OMDREB) and the hard work of tumour more than a decade ago.long-time Oakville resident David Gaze of It was David however who headed up the David Gaze Landscaping Inc.actual work.The OMDREB raised approximately When he was originally approached (he $25,000 toward the project and Gaze sup-does other work for OMDREB) and he heard plied the blood, sweat and tears.the Lighthouse is funded by the Salvation I doubt most people could have endured Army and Halton Region, the words were what Dave did to complete this large-scale magic.project. We really put our business on the Denise wouldnt hear of him considering line, said David's wife Denise Gaze.anything but helping. Denise, as a seven-We worked closely with the director of year-old girl, moved to Canada from New the Salvation Army (shelter) to help her Jersey with her mom and found the helping dream materialize. My husband paid for all hand they needed thanks to the Salvation the time and labour involved, at times work-Army.ing seven days a week. We had to try to My mother turned to the local Salvation complete our own customers projects much Army. They asked nothing, they just wanted READY TO BLOOM:Denise Gaze and David Gaze of David Gaze Landscaping Inc. withof the time in brutal heat last summer, and to help. I had already been forewarned there Salvation Army, Oakville Major Dan Broome in the Garden of Hope David helped build at thestill make time to pull off a large scale proj-would be no Christmas that year, but Lighthouse Shelter thanks to fundraising by the Oakville and Milton District Real Estate Boardect for the Salvation Army. This project was Christmas did come, thanks to the Salvation (OMDREB). See Garden page 14worked on over a year, winter and summer, 13 Friday, March 4, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com