Mardi Gras Charity Gala
Date: April 25, 2026
Time: 5:30 pm -
Presented by the Canadian Progress Club, Durham Region Women
Join us for the Mardi Gras Gala, a fundraiser in support of Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre, and enjoy an unforgettable evening inspired by New Orleans.
Indulge in fabulous food, New Orleans–style jazz, amazing entertainment, exciting silent auction prizes, and plenty of dancing.
Be sure to get your tickets by March 1st while they’re on sale—and before they sell out!
All proceeds from the evening will go to support the work done at Hearth Place, supporting those in our community who are dealing with a life altering diagnosis of cancer.
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Location: Ajax Convention Centre
Tickets: $175/person* until March 1st
$200/person* after March 1st
*Event is for ages 19+
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Emcee: Mika Midolo
Mika Midolo is a certified Pilates and Fitness instructor who founded and owns Move with Mika. Mika is a freelance on air talent and public speaker, a former reporter and on air talent for CP24 /CP24Breakfast, City Tv, 680 News & CFRB 1010. Mika freelances for the hospital in Campbellford where she resides. She is also the proud mom of 2 boys; Corrado and Adrian, a wife to her amazing husband; Claudio, and a dog mom to her sweet; Coco chanel.
Mika was diagnosed with cancer in 2021 and underwent 8 months of aggressive chemotherapy and radiation before going into remission in January 2022. She was also diagnosed with skin cancer this past July 2024, had surgery, a skin graft and healed quickly and very well.
She was recognized as Albanian Canadian Women of the Year in 2011
Nominated for Best on Air Talent (female) for Top Choice Awards 2011, 2012 & 2013
Mika is a passionate advocate for Hearth Place Cancer Centre loves her Lymphomaniac family and her Hearth Place family.
When not teaching Pilates classes, you can find her practicing Pilates in her studio, her dock or her backyard, reading, spending time with family and travelling. Her aspiration is to do Pilates all around the world.
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