Easter Seals 24 Hour Camp Challenge: Win a Harbour Tour
byThe Easter Seals 24 Hour Camp Challenge is coming up June 13th and June 14th and is a community based fundraising event that involves groups of people participating in different camping and sporting events for 24 Hours.
Easter Seals 24 Hour Camp Challenge
The Easter Seals 24 Hour Camp Challenge event provides 12 hours of competitive fun and 12 hours of camping fun, all while raising funds to help send more than 800 BC kids with disabilities to BC Easter Seals overnight camps. Teams compete for fun in activities and games including relay races, skills challenges, trivia, volleyball and bocce and round out the day with live music and a taste of the unforgettable camp experience that BC Easter Seals provides.
The event takes place at Camp Squamish, a beautiful 22-acre site with endless grass fields, forested trails and amenities including washrooms, showers, fire pits, an outdoor barbecue pavilion and even an indoor pool. You’ll get a taste of just what your valuable fundraising provides: unforgettable camp experiences to children throughout the Province.
Teams are made up of co-workers, recreational groups, friends and family who collect individual pledges or organize team fundraising events to raise money towards their collective team total. All funds raised from this event go towards Easter Seals Camp Squamish. Follow 24 Hour Camp Challenge on Facebook and Twitter for more information and be sure to register today!
Easter Seals Camps give BC children and young adults with disabilities the chance to discover their individual abilities. Camp sessions are carefully planned and designed to encourage these kids to gain new skills, develop new friendships, gain confidence and independence – skills that will help them to live lasting and fulfilling lives.
On average, over 700 children and young adults with disabilities from all over BC attend a one-week camping session at one of three Easter Seals camps located across the province – Shawnigan Lake on Vancouver Island, Squamish near Vancouver and Winfield in the Okanagan.
Win a Harbour Tour
To promote this awesome camp experience, I have a local adventure to give away to one lucky reader. You can enter to win 1 Harbour Tour for 4 courtesy of Sea Vancouver, a value of $168)!
Launching from the Westin Bayshore Hotel, our fleet of open-air, purpose built, zodiac-style vessels are Vancouver’s fastest and safest way to view the city from the sea. Waterfront Sightseeing Adventures begin cruising along the Vancouver Inner Harbour, then soaring up to 55 Km/h as we cross the Burrard Inlet. Along the way our experienced, qualified and passionate skippers will provide a fascinating array of information, highlighting the sights of Vancouver’s Coal Harbour, Northshore, English Bay, False Creek and Stanley Park. With over 30 possible points of interest, each adventure is tailored to the interests of our thrill seeking passengers.
Here’s how you can enter to win this Harbour Tour:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite camping activity (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
Update The winner is @Xirconium on Twitter!
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hiking
S’mores
swimming & sitting by campfire
Roasting Marshmallows over an open fire!
walking the forests
Love to sit by the campfire and tell scary stories!
i like hiking!
Sitting around the fire talking with a glass of wine
we love to roast marsh mellows over the fire.
Definitely hiking and kayaking!
Love campfires
Hiking
Sitting around the campfire.
Exploring my surroundings! 🙂
My ultimate favourite camping activity is hiking! Roasting marshmallows and making smores while sharing scary stories 🙂
campfires!
S’MORES
Kayaking then coming back to camp and drinking hot soup by the camp fire!
Sleeping under the stars.
Just slowing down and taking everything in – the trees, the ocean, the stars. It’s awesome to appreciate nature.
Floating on an air mattress on a warm lake
Watching the camp fire and eating the chocolate for the smores.
smores
sitting around the campfire
kayaking!
sitting around the campfire
Canoeing
stargazing
Hiking
Campfire on the Beach!!!
sitting by campfire!
Definitely sitting by the campfire making smores!
My favourite camping activity has got to be sitting around the firepit swapping stories. It’s such a great bonding experience 🙂
My favourite camping activity is roasting marshmallows…
hiking!
Definatley Stargazing! …I love all camping activities, really 🙂 It’s such
a wonderful simplicity of lifes experiences
Taking off the overnight pack and napping before setting up the tent.
Hiking!
Roasting marshmallows and sleeping in a tent
Relaxing around the campfire!
camping by kayak
Camp songs!
making smores
Watching the stars and listening to the sound of wilderness is the best!
Roasting hot dogs and marshmallows.
Definitely making smores!
stargazing
Roasting marshmallows on the campfire!
Making smores!!
archering
Roasting marshmallows over the campfire while singing campfire songs! 🙂
What I love most about camping is being outdoors.
Swimming
S’mores by the campfire
Toasted marshmallows with Baileys 🙂
Hiking!
Sitting by the campfire
Roasting marshmellows
Making Smores on an open fire
roasting marshmellows
Smores
smores
Favourite camping activity? S’MORES!!!! #mmm
Spending that time living outdoors,enjoying nature + taking photos.
Playing cards with family
Am I allowed to say drinking? I’m going with drinking!
I love waking up and hiking in the early morning.