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  • 4,000 hours raised at Edmonton’s 2nd Timeraiser! Next up: Ottawa!

    Date: 2010.10.19 | Category: Timeraiser | Response: 1

    This past Saturday, if you were in Edmonton, the place to be was the TransAlta Arts Barn for the 2nd annual Edmonton Timeraiser. Pastillas levitra Over 250 Edmontonians came out to learn about new volunteer positions and enjoy some amazing local artwork. Kaufen viagra In the end over 4,000 hours were pledged and to celebrate the crowd was treated to a live performance by Amy van Keeken’s Rock & Roll Sing-a-long. Viagra for women When the official proceedings ended, the 11-piece band belted out Motown, 70’s and 80’s hits – a gre Viagra levitra at way to cap off a night of community building. Levitra contraindicaciones  You can view a full compilation of photos from the Timeraiser, here.  Thanks to Patient Man Productions for capturing the night! Viagra sale In total this year $10,000 was paid to artist, all thanks Levitra pill to the generous support of our corporate partners. Viagra bestellung Levitra prix pharmacie In particular the Timeraiser national presenting partner, WestJet, and the Edmonton Founding partner, Enbridge. Since day one in Edmonton Enbridge has seen the value that Timeraiser brings to the community and has been a staunch supporter since. Levitra pas cher Kauf von viagra Thanks also to CIBC, Molson Coors, Nexen, PriceWaterhouseCooper, RBC and TD.

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    Leading up the to Timeraiser, we are grateful to Mack D. Male for having facilitate a pre-Timeraiser WestJet Contest. Via his blog he asked Edmontonians how they are making their community a better place. Check out the entries here. The winner of the pair of WestJet tickets, Christina Muran, wrote that in addition to volunteering on a Board of Directors she, “…[educates herself] on a daily basis as to what is happening in our city, ie. Prospecto levitra politics, new local businesses, social media, etc, so that I am an informed Edmontonian. This way, instead of complaining about how Edmonton sucks, I can help to make this city better.”

    At the Timeraiser we gave away another pair of tickets, courtesy of WestJet. From the 50+ entries, the winner was Shauna McConechy (@outinc) who tweeted, “Edmontonian’s rock! Our city is founded on people helping people & Timeraiser is continuing the tradition in an uber-fun way.” You can relive the twitter contest by checking out the Cover It Live stream that was up and running.

    A huge thank you goes out to the 30 volunteers who helped out leading up to and at the Timeraiser. Purchase viagra online It never ceases to amaze how much smoother the night runs with passionate, enthusiastic volunteers on hand! Viagra sin receta Levitra achat Cheap viagra online  A special thanks to the night’s fabulous MC, Ryan Jesperson of Citytv’s Breakfast Television – always a pleasure to have Ryan involved.

    We’ll be wrapping up the 2010 Timeraiser season on November 13th in Ottawa at the beautiful N Online levitra ational Gallery of Canada. Brand viagra Be sure to let your friends in National Capital Region know – it sold out last year so tickets are expected to go fast! Viagra alternatives

  • 1st Edmonton Timeraiser: 4,145 Volunteer Hours Raised

    Date: 2009.10.23 | Category: Timeraiser | Response: 0

    Photo by Raj Boora

    Photo by Raj Boora

    On Saturday October 17th over 300 people energetically rolled into TransAlta Arts Barns to experience the 1st Edmonton Timeraiser. Viagra levitra Levitra prix pharmacie Each participant had a couple hours to ‘speed date’ with 20 nonprofit organizations. Online levitra Once the preliminary matching was complete, he or she was eligible to bid on artwork using volunteer time. Kaufen viagra Winning bidders now have 12 months to complete their pledge to receive their artwork at the 2nd Edmonton Timeraiser scheduled for October 2010.

    A special thanks to our volunteers and other supporters for making this inaugural Timeraiser so successful. Here are some quick Timeraiser results:

    Here are just a few comments from the night:

    For a small charity (such as ours) to be present and ‘showcased’ in the manner that you did was nothing short of magical for us here at Uncles & Aunts. We had a great opportunity to share with the community at large our work with children-at-risk and mission of helping single-parent families. Purchase viagra online Levitra contraindicaciones Your work and vision for the charitable sector was evident and very well received. Brand viagra The ambiance and well planned event shone throughout the evening. Over the counter viagra Prospecto levitra You provided a much needed service to our agency and we are so grateful to have been part of that special night. Levitra pas cher Viagra alternatives

    – Alice Rachynski, Executive Director at Uncles & Aunt at Large

    For the first time ever the Timeraiser was a live-streamed web event with running online commentary, Twitter feeds, images, and conversations. Timeraiser participant, Tad Hargrave had the winning tweet of the night.

    “Timeraiser chooses to inspire people to get involved in their own communities. Inspiration is sustainable. Kauf von viagra Guilt and obligation isn’t.”

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    Photo by Raj Boora

    For the complete live streaming feed click here. To check out great pictures from the event click here.