Posts Tagged ‘Kick-Off Night’

• Kicking Off the last week until the 3rd Vancouver Timeraiser!

  Date: 2010.09.15 | Category: Civic Footprint | Response: 0

  Last night we had a great group of people come out to celebrate the last week Viagra for women before the 3rd Vancouver Timeraiser.  A big thank s Levitra pill Viagra bestellung to Vantage Point for hosting us at their office downtown.  Vantage Point has been our Community Partner since the 1st Vancouver Timeraiser in 2008, and is also home to the art work Levitra pas cher during the 12 month pledge period.  It was fun to see the new pieces coming in and taking a look at the 2009 artwork that will be going to new homes next week. Viagra sale Over the counter viagra

  

  Guests enjoy conversation and artwork at the 2010 Vancouver Kick Off Party

  Over a dozen artists were in attendance to drop off their artwork and pick up their cheques.  It was great to put a face to the talent, and everyone in attendance marveled at this year’s selection of work. Online levitra Kauf von viagra

  Since the night of the Timeraiser is really focused on connecting volunteers and organizations, the Kick Off night is a great opportunity to shine the light on the art element of the Timeraiser and acknowledge the important contribution of artists to making our cities vibrant, exciting and unique.  We’re very proud that we have corporate partners that allow us to invest directly in the careers of artists.  And since the artists have all been paid fair market value for their work, when they attend the Timeraiser they can really just enjoy the evening, connect with art lovers and watch as multiple people pledge to do volunteer time to ‘earn’ their work.

  The Kick Off night therefore allows us to highlight this relationship – Timeraiser sponsors are investing directly in the careers of artists.  And since our National Presenting partner, WestJet, is vital to our Vancouver program, we were stoked to have the local representative from WestJet, Sam Martorana, out at the Kick Off night last night.  He’ll be rallying his colleagues at from WestJet’ s Vancouver office to come out next week. Levitra achat Viagra alternatives

  

  Photo courtesy of www.milliekuyer.com

  A special thanks to Lynda Gerty from Vantage Point for welcoming all the guests, and to Jessica Evans who’s been working through the year to rally the community to come out next week (read about her experience with Timeraiser here – she’s an art winner from the 1st Vancouver Timeraiser).  And it’s working!  Tickets are selling fast! Viagra sin receta Purchase viagra online Brand viagra Prospecto levitra Pastillas levitra

  If you haven’t already done so, be sure to enter the Miss604 Timeraiser contest for your chance to win a pair of tickets anywhere WestJet flies.  The contest ends September 22nd, read all the details here.

  You can take a look at all the photos from the Kick Off night here, courtesy of the talented Millie Kuyer. Thanks again to everyone who joined us – your support is invaluable and we look forward Levitra prix pharmacie to seeing you NEXT WEEK! Viagra levitra Levitra contraindicaciones Kaufen viagra Cheap viagra online

• 5th Calgary Timeraiser Kick Off Weekend Extravaganza

  Date: 2010.05.31 | Category: Timeraiser | Response: 0

  Wow. Team Timeraiser got a lot done the past four days. Viagra sale With the 5th Cow town Timeraiser just a few weeks away, we wanted Pastillas levitra to make sure th is Timera Levitra pill iser is our best to date. Viagra levitra Here are the highlights:

  Thursday – Kick Off Night
  Thursday evening we had our Timeraiser kick off night at the Wind Mobile Store on 17th Avenue. Levitra prix pharmacie A small gathering of 50 people packed the store. Purchase viagra online Artists, volunteers and sponsors mixed and mingled. WindMobile Area manager Dan MacDonald gave opening remarks. We were happy to have three founding sponsors were in attendance. Lennina Pavon Cardoso from Enbridge Inc spoke about the importance of investing in Canada’ s art community. Online levitra Dani Deboice was representing both First Calgary Savings and as Volunteer Calgary’s board chair. Volunteer Calgary’s Buffy St Amand was also there. Levitra contraindicaciones Robin Greschner was representing Nexen (and fellow Queen’s Grad). Roger and Candice from 92.9 FM radio dropped in to say hi (Roger is our emcee this year). And several volunteers from United Way of Calgary and Area’s Because initiative were also Viagra for women in attendance. After the artwork was exchanged for cheques, and speeches given, Wind Mobile raffled off a phone and one month data plan for artists. Brand viagra Bille Rae Busby won.

  Friday – Promotional Material Drop Off
  Jen and I spent most of Friday dropping off promotional material all across Calgary. Over the counter viagra We delivered posters and flyers to dozens of businesses. Prospecto levitra The next time you go into a First Calgary Saving’s branch, you’ll see our print material on their community board. We also finished our last video edit for their Facebook page at 4 pm. Levitra achat

  Saturday – Neighbourhood Day
  Over a dozen volunteers, mainly from United Way of Calgary and Area’s Because Initiative, gathered at Wildernest for an amazing brunch before fanning out across the city. The group split up into five teams. Each team spent two hours handing out posters and flyers in Kensington, 4th Street, Viagra sin receta Inglewood, Stephen Avenue and 17th Avenue. We hit over 150 stores and had 50+ quality conversations. A hugely successful campaign. Our past experience is at least 10% of our ticket sales come from doing this.

  Sunday – Lilac Festival
  Despite the cold weather, we set-up a tent for the day. Viagra alternatives This is our forth straight year attending the event. Cheap viagra online Our was location primo: right by the Rose & Crown beer garden. Levitra pas cher We had a small selection of artwork on display. From 10 am till 6 pm, our team of volunteers spoke to hundreds of people who passed by our tent. Our team also walked up and down the strip on 4th Street. We also stopped off at Wordfest, City of Calgary, Katimavik, WinSport and dozens of other vendors to spread the word. We had an iPad with 3G service to power our #WestJet contest, and snapped a dozen plus photos with our Google Nexus One Phone powered by Wind Mobile. Viagra bestellung

  Thanks to our Volunteers
  A big, big thanks to our super volunteers for all their help. And special shout out to Lynn McKendrick, Bib Patel, Stew McDonough, Jeff Pearson, Rhiannon McDonald, Carm Coccimiglio for their extraordinary effort these past few days. Kauf von viagra

  With all this effort, we are sure the 5th Calgary Timeraiser on Thursday June 17th is going to be a great success! Get your tickets soon. A final big thanks to our national sponsor WestJet. We will be raffling off a pair of tickets anywhere WestJet flies at the Timeraiser. Kaufen viagra Check out how you can win.

• Vancouver Kick-Off

  Date: 2009.09.17 | Category: Timeraiser | Response: 0

  By the end of 2009 Timeraiser programs across Canada will have directly invested $300,000 in the careers of Canadian artists. Viagra sin receta Viagra levitra Levitra contraindicaciones Prospecto levitra Pastillas levitra

  We celebrated this achievement last Tuesday at the 1st ever Vancouver Kick Off Celebration.  The goal of the night was to bring together Timeraiser artists, volunteers, community and corporate partners to highlight the investment in emerging artists from within our Timeraiser programming, an aspect that is often not Viagra sale as visible Purchase viagra online as o thers in Levitra pas cher the Timeraiser program.

  

  Photography - imaging by marlis

  The night afforded an excellent opportunity for the many people involved one way or another in planning the Timeraiser to meet and socialize before the big day on September 24th.  With 22 of the 25 artists in the room, it was a treat to have the time to chat with them about their careers, the Vancouver art scene and hear the story behind the piece that will be in this year’s Timeraiser.

  We heard feedback that the innovative contributions we and our corporate partners are making to the lives and careers of emerging artists is unique; the consensus being  that indeed emerging artists are asked numerous times each year to donate artwork to charitable causes.  But charitable tax receipts don’t pay the hydro bills or even help meet the costs associated with creating the work

  Adding to the mix of attendees were some of Vancouver’s blogging elite!  Thanks to @hummingbird604, @GusF, @cathybrowne, and @emmerogers for attending and helping to spread the word. Levitra pill Viagra for women Brand viagra Over the counter viagra Kauf von viagra Kaufen viagra

  This diverse group mixed and mingled for a couple hours while admiring the artwork that was being dropped off  and enjoying the fantastic hospitality of Subeez .  Great food, great service, Viagra alternatives Levitra prix pharmacie Cheap viagra online Thanks to Benny for his excitement about Timeraiser.  Seriously, everyone should try the risotto & bocconcini dumplings – yum!

  We left the celebration cradling the new artwork (start crafting your bidding strategies now, Timeraiser participants, because there will be competition for these pieces!) and are now even more excited for the 2nd Vancouver Timeraiser on Sept 24th.  We’re hoping this will be an annual event; everyone left with a better sense of how Timeraiser contributes to the art community (this year we paid $15,000 to Vancouver artists!) and how Online levitra all the many groups collaborate to make Timeraiser such a successful tool for civic engagement. Purchase viagra Viagra bestellung

  Looking forward to next Thursday when these amazing artists will help inspire over 250 young professionals pledge 5,000 volunteer hours to charitable groups.

  Tickets and info at timeraiser.ca