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Amanda Grainger — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:01:27 +0000

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Our new space is in a great location in the city - Queen West. Our office space is starting to look like an office, now that we’ve unpacked some boxes and plugged in our computers (yes, we did that first). We’re sharing space with CanadaHelps.org – the team has welcomed us warmly. Levitra pill We’re excited!

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3rd Ottawa Timeraiser 5,250 Volunteer Hours Raised

Theresa Wetzel — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:13:18 +0000

3rd Ottawa Timeraiser in the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Canada

On Saturday November 13^th over 430 people attended the 3rd annual Ottawa Timeraiser. Kaufen viagra The evening was a great success. Kauf von viagra Levitra prix pharmacie We would like to give a special thanks to our volunteers, Young Lawyers of the Ontario Bar Association, Volunteer Ottawa, Community Foundation of Ottawa, United Way Ottawa/Centraide and our corporate partners for making the night such a success. Here are some results:

270 people participated at this year’s Timeraiser
Over 200 people made the pledge to get involved in their community
100% of the artwork went for the maximum bid of volunteer hours
5,250 hours were pledged, of which 60% was pledge by art winners
70+ community and corporate leaders in attendance
Over 100 entries for the WestJet/Timeraiser Social Media Contest
Celebrated hours raised with a live performance by Franklin’s Fault
$15,000 invested in the careers of emerging and mid-career Ottawa artists

At the beginning of the evening, participants energetically rolled into the National Gallery Prospecto levitra of Canada. Each participant had a couple hours to ‘speed date’ with 31 organizations. Once the preliminary matching was complete, he or she Viagra alternatives was eligible to bid on artwork using volunteer time. Winning bidders now have 12 months to complete their pledge to receive their artwork at the 4th Ottawa Timeraiser scheduled for November 12^th, 2011.

A total of 26 participants who had winning bids from last year, picked up their art this year. Pastillas levitra This makes the Ottawa Timeraiser a notable success as the program rolls out to more cities across Canada.

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“Timeraiser is the perfect trifecta – it marries volunteerism (volunteers with agencies and vice versa), support for local artists, and growing Online levitra an awareness of civil society in Ottawa. Thank you Timeraiser!” – Holly Foxcroft

“As a new resident of Ottawa, the #timeraiser is an invaluable opportunity for me to find a way to make a difference in my new community” – Dan Preece

“I wanted to thank you for all of the hard work that went into the TimeRaisers auction this evening; you and yours hosted a fabulous event – congratulations! Thank you as well for including me and my work in this year’s event. I was thrilled to see my work along side so many other beautiful pieces in the Gallery and to know that it was helping support a broad range of non-profit organizations.” – David Taylor, Participating Artist

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YLD Ottawa East Division attendees at the Timeraiser

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Thank you for attending Rouge 2010, helping us raise 1,240 volunteer hours and over $48,000 for United Way Toronto’s Community Fund

Amanda Grainger — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:47:51 +0000

Timeraiser Staff at Rouge

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Live from the 3rd Ottawa Timeraiser – with Franklin’s Fault!

Amanda Grainger — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:18:47 +0000

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3rd Ottawa Timeraiser Coverage

Hitting the streets of Ottawa promoting the Upcoming Timeraiser

Civic Footprint — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:40:31 +0000

While most of Ottawa was still sleeping this past sunny Saturday, fourteen dedicated Timeraiser volunteers were getting ready for this year’s Timeraiser Neighbourhood Day. Kaufen viagra Neighbourhood day is a canvassing event that targets Ottawa’s major working, shopping and dining hot spots for young professionals. Pastillas levitra Cheap viagra online Our volunteers take this opportunity to explore their city Brand viagra and speak with Ottawa’s shop owners and employees about Timeraiser in the hope that Prospecto levitra they will promote the event within their store. Viagra sin receta

To start the day off, we gathered together at Memories restaurant in the market for a quick breakfast before heading out on the town. Viagra sale Over the counter viagra Kauf von viagra Levitra achat Viagra bestellung Viagra alternatives The members of the diverse group included young students, lawyers and past Timeraiser attendees. One such attendee, Hieu Nguyen, was an art winner from last year’s Timeraiser. She was attending neighbourhood day to complete her 125 hours volunteer pledge. Online levitra Purchase viagra online Viagra for women Hieu has also volunteered at Feast of Fields, Run for the Cure and Bluesfest to complete her Timeraiser pledge and is very excited to receiving her artwork at this year’s Timeraiser on November 13th.

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

Jen Grebeldinger — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:32:23 +0000

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The ArtsBarn before 250 people descended!

Of the 20 pieces of artwork on display, 18 of them went for the maximum bid of 125 hours – certainly an indication of the quality artwork produced by local artists! 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.

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Live from the 2nd Edmonton Timeraiser

A Busy Week at Timeraiser

Amanda Grainger — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:27:32 +0000

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Mingling at the 3rd Ottawa Kick-off Night

Civic Footprint — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:17:08 +0000

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Jeff Saikaley, a member of the Young Lawyer’s Division (East) of the Ontario Bar Association spoke of the YLD partnership with the Timeraiser and announced the exciting news of the YLD group surpassing their initial fundraising goal of $5,000 with a grand total of $6,500 from the following local law firms: Hamilton Appotive, Heenan Blaikie, Kelly Santini, Mann & Partners, MBM, Nelligan O’Brien Payne, Ogilvy Renault, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell, and Tierney Stauffer. Many members of the YLD were in attendance as well as representatives from the above mentioned firms. Levitra contraindicaciones Over the counter viagra Viagra alternatives Cheap viagra online Other attendees of the night included Timeraiser artists, volunteers and representatives from United Way/Centraide Ottawa, Community Foundation of Ottawa, and Volunteer Ottawa.

Overall the evening was a fantastic way to celebrate the start of the ticket sales for the 3rd Ottawa Timeraiser happening November 13th at the National Gallery of Canada and judging by the enthusiasm present among the night’s attendees; it is bound to be another successful event!

- Julia Dales

Save the date! Rouge 2010 is happening on Friday, November 12!

Amanda Grainger — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:55:33 +0000

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