10/06/2026
🕯️ We’re Honoured to Be Nominated! 🕯️
Serenity Country Candles is incredibly honoured to be nominated for the Discover Brantford Tourism Award at the BRANTastic! Small Business Awards!
This year marks our 20th year serving this wonderful community, and we couldn’t be more grateful for the support you’ve shown us over the years. ❤️
For two decades, Serenity Country Candles has continued to be a destination for those looking for something special — unique finds, beautiful scents, thoughtful gifts, and a warm country shopping experience.
Thank you to everyone who has walked through our doors, supported local, shared our name with friends and family, and helped make these 20 years possible.
We are so proud to call Brantford home and truly appreciate your continued support — especially with this very special nomination! 🕯️❤️
20 years local. 20 years grateful. And still going strong!
The shortlist is here!
After an incredible round of nominations and careful review by our amazing panel of judges, we are so excited to share the shortlisted nominees for the 2nd Annual BRANTastic! Small Business Awards.
This year’s nominations once again reminded us just how many incredible businesses, organizations, employees, volunteers, entrepreneurs and community champions we have across Brantford, Brant County and Six Nations.
A huge congratulations to every nominee who made this year’s shortlist.
Here they are:
Sustainability Award
Ken Burns - Green Team Brantford
Megz Giannetti - Recycle with a Purpose
Student Business of the Year Award
Quinn Morriss - QM Dance Company - Congratulations!!!
Start Up of the Year Award
GeocacheON - Shannon Armitage, Amanda Saville, Nicole Stull, Allyson Callan
Pawtastic Pottery - Debra Varey
Beautifoils - Tammie Axworthy
Paradise Tails Pet Grooming - Krystal Wright
Women in Business Award
Melanie Mears
Tracey Shaw
Jada Finch
Maria Zongoli
Barb Day
Michelle Dekker
Heather Gormley
Nicki Straza
Krystal Schouten
Tera Russell
Volunteer of the Year Award
John Gerrard
Kernesha Baird
Colleen Goupil
Not For Profit of the Year Award
Brantford Blessing Centre
Northern Connection Rescue
Soup for the Soul
BL’s Little Free Pantry
Kinsmen Club of Brantford
Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada
The Oakland Giving Garden
Good Will Good Karma Youth
Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services
Impeccable Service Award
Brandon Mears - Paris Twisted Treats
Syed Rizvi - BeHome Nursing
Rick Stewart - Five Nineteen Productions
Krystal Wright and Quinlan - Paradise Tails Pet Grooming
Mellissa McDonald - Guiding Hands Coordinated Services
Employee of the Year Award
Roxanne Hill - Brazilian Princess
Scott Stewart - On The Lam Restaurant
Mellissa McDonald - Guiding Hands Coordinated Services
Mary Myers - Polish Hall / Sherwood
Community Champion Award
Noelle Austin
Knightfall Tattoo
Nicole Callander
Protection Security Investigations
Guiding Hands Coordinated Services
Will Finch - Good Will Good Karma
Big Cityy Arts
Megz Giannetti - Recycle with a Purpose
BRC Small Business, Big Impact Award
20 Performing Arts
GeocacheON
Sassy Britches Brewing Co.
BL’s Little Free Pantry
Protection Security Investigations
Forest of Flowers
Open Arms Respite Care Services
Lonnie’s On Market
Brazilian Princess
Groom Room by Erin and Elle
Business of the Year Award
Altitude Coffee Roasters
Studio 5.6.7.8. Inc
SouthCoast Physiotherapy
Healing Room Six Nations
Protection Security Investigations
Brazilian Princess
Lonnie’s On Market
Five Nineteen Productions
Discover Brantford Tourism Award
Serenity Country Candles
Brantford Ribfest
GeocacheON - Fall Fest
To everyone who was nominated this year, thank you.
Being nominated means someone in this community took the time to recognize what you do, the impact you make and the way you show up for the people around you. That is worth celebrating all on its own.
To our judges, thank you for taking on the incredibly difficult task of narrowing down such a strong group of nominations.
Now we get to celebrate them.
The 2nd Annual BRANTastic! Small Business Awards takes place Thursday, October 8th.
We cannot wait to see everyone there.
Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted nominees!
Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993026101721
