January 2009
19 posts
If Only I Had a... Shirt!
My wardrobe at least until June: the latest from “SNKCR” fashions.
This being on the phone bit is new for me… and fun! It’s a good thing there are good people around to help carry the load. Cindy Goldberg, Sonya de Vry, Brandon (behind the camera) and I discuss our mission… success!
“A singer must sing, a musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet...”
– Abraham Maslow
Hello Students de l'École alternative le Sentier !
Hello to all the students of the Alternative Path School in Ste-Thérèse, Québec. Welcome to my Web page!
This kind of Web page is called a “blog,” which means “Web log”. A “log” is a list of things or events that is written as the events happen - this blog keeps growing as I add new posts to it. This page is a log of activities that are happening to me as we...
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities - Opportunité...
If you work for or own a company and your company enjoys philanthropy, making a difference, improving our world, giving back, paying it forward (whatever phrasing resonates with you), check out these opportunities to do just that:
Donate
When you donate financially, 100% of your gift goes to the children’s cancer charities that we support. You make a difference directly. The cost to...
We Ride in Ottawa!!!!
The Sears National Kids Cancer Ride will come through Ottawa on June 21! I will ride with the group that will depart from St. Laurent Shopping Centre at 0800h. Another group will finish at an Ottawa area hospital (TBD) around 1730h.
Pick your ride. Ride with me from St. Laurent Shopping Centre:
to Rockland, 45 kms (one way)
to Hawkesbury, 110 kms (one way)
to Montreal, 180 kms (one way)
in...
Grateful for Volunteers and Help
My sincere thanks to the following people for their help in making a difference:
France Lachance: Translation, Faith, and Being with me
Cindy Goldberg: Public Relations Strategy, booking Jaded Way!
Chris McCarthy: On-line help, media contact and filling gaps
Suzanne Hopkins: Fundraising
Rick Litwinczuk: Sponsorship
Sylvain Gagné: Sponsorship
Rob Dube: Fundraising
Sonya De Vry: West-end...
“We aren’t limited in our choices;
we are limited by our choices.”
– Craig Senior
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Busy Week as the Campaign Fully Swings - Semaine...
This exciting week we completed some key activities! Nous avons complété des activités clé durant cette semaine excitante!
Business cards designed and ordered. Cartes d’affaires dessinés et commandés.
T-shirts designed, ordered and received (yay!) T-shirt dessinés, commandés et reçus (yay!)
Contacted the Ottawa Senators, Sparks Street Mall, and the Byward Market. Everyone I spoke with...
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“As each is lifted up, we improve.
As we improve, each can lift up…...”
– Craig Senior
“Be the difference you want to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi”
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One-on-one Contact at Toastmasters Club Officer...
(Le français suit)
Today, I attended Toastmasters Club Officer training with one of my sons, Brandon. It was nice to meet familiar faces and some new ones. I gave out about 50 flyers to the people I met, describing my role and our mission against childhood cancer. People thanked me for giving them the opportunity to make a difference and some shared their experiences with cancer. It feels good to...
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"I Just Gotta Do This!" - “Je dois faire ceci,...
(Le français suit)
“I Just Gotta Do This!”
Welcome to my blog, chronicling what I hope becomes OUR adventure, cycling across Canada to help children living with and beyond cancer. If you are tempted to skim the site and move on, please take a moment. Pause from your busy life. Breathe. Some families now follow this story with their children. You will find treasures: pictures, videos,...