Jeans Day, an initiative of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, is coming up on Thursday, April 25, 2013. It’s an easy way for your school or workplace to support the cause and it adds a fun element especially if a formal dress code or a uniform is the usual attire.
To participate, you can register online to become a Jeans Day Champion then help raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital by selling buttons and lapel pins to your coworkers, friends and family members. You can also purchase an official Jeans Day button or lapel pin from any one the our official retailers. Then on Thursday April 25th, wear your favourite jeans with your button or lapel pin. Jeans Day Champions are supported with buttons and lapel pins, posters, reporting form and tax receipt form (to be returned after April 25).
How Jeans Day Helps: The Excellence in Child Health Fund supports the most urgent health needs of children in BC today. Through a continued investment in research, education and care we are making progress in our mission to improve the lives of BC’s kids. Contributions to the Excellence in Child Health Fund will go to the areas of greatest need, providing the essential services, critical research and advanced technology necessary to make leading pediatric care accessible to our province’s one million children.
As a special treat for participants there will be a Jeans Day BBQ on the front plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery from 11:30am to 1:30pm on Thursday, April 25th. Lunch packages include a smokie (or veggie dog), chips, drink, and pasta salad. These packages are $5 with your jeans day button or pin, or $10 without.
Once Jeans Day has come and gone, simply pull off the pin from the back and drop it in with your paper recycling. Lapel pins can be placed in with metal recycling. Follow the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Jeans Day on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Vancouver Craft Beer Week (“VCBW”) returns for the fourth year May 31 to June 8, 2013 with over 60 participating breweries and 30 venues celebrating craft beer for 9 days straight. Tickets were recently released and events are already selling out – within hours.
If you’re planning on checking out the Vancouver Craft Beer Week action this year, act fast. There are 9 signature events, 6 feature events, 6 walk-up events, and so much more I won’t be able to list everything. We’ve attended various VCBW events each year and they are always well organized, educational, and safe to say – delicious. Familiarize yourself with new brews and venues or re-visit your favourites. Here are a few highlighted signature events to get your planned started: Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Harrison Hot Springs Resort is the ultimate destination for a weekend getaway, located just 90 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Its sandy beaches along Harrison Lake, mountain views, farm-gate shopping, and hot spring pools are just the ticket for melting away the stresses of city life.
The resort itself has a variety of dining options (like the legendary Copper Room), and has easy access to nearby golf courses, fishing excursions, kayaking (boat rentals) — on top of their own mineral hot springs pools and spa treatments.
While you’re staying in Harrison, you can also explore local farms (from cheese and garlic to herbs, hazelnuts and berries) who are a part of the local Circle Farm Tour or you can head out on the river for an eco-tour by boat. I’ve even tried my hand at sturgeon fishing, setting out from the resort.
Harrison Hot Springs Resort offers a number of specials and packages like the Girlfriends Spa Getaway which they have generously offered up to give away to one of my lucky readers. This includes:
- A welcome bottle of BC wine to toast your friendship
- Two nights midweek accommodation in the West Tower, Sunday through Thursday
- Breakfast for two each morning at The Lakeside Café
- 55-minute relaxation massage, per person or $230 value in treatments at the resort’s Healing Springs Spa
The Girlfriends Spa Getaway package goes for $579-$639 depending on the season but you could win it all at no cost. Here’s how to enter the draw:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 3:00pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Must be 19+ to enter. Dates/booking subject to availability. Follow Harrison Hot Spring Resort on Facebook and Twitter for more information about local events, dining, tours, and getaway packages.
Update The winner is Sherry F!
Earth Day is today but you can celebrate on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 with Call2Recycle as they host a one-of-a-kind battery drive featuring a specially constructed, full-size battery scale — TipZone. They’ll be joined by BC Lion’s quarterback Travis Lulay and Leo the Lion at Science World from 10:00am to 11:00am for the launch Science World’s new battery recycling collection kiosk.
With over 1,200 battery collection sites in BC, Call2Recycle is excited to partner with Science World to launch this new collection site, which will be located in Science World’s main entrance area. Science World visitors can now bring used batteries and cellphones to the Call2Recycle kiosk and learn about proper battery recycling.
How many batteries will equal the weight of Travis Lulay of the BC Lions? We’ll find out! On Wednesday you can bring in your used batteries (weighing up to 5 kgs each) and cellphones to the event to help Call2Recycle “tip the scale” and lift Travis Lulay off the ground. Any person bringing 5 or more batteries and/or cell phones will receive 2-for-1 admission to Science World that day.
Those in attendance can meet Travis Lulay and Leo the Lion, take a photo and get autographs. You can also enter to win prizes by bringing used batteries and cellphones for recycling.
If you can’t make it to Science World, you can use the online locator to find a Call2Recycle station or kiosk nearby. Follow @Call2Recycle and @ScienceWorldCA on Twitter for more event information and updates about the battery recycling TipZone.
The Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society is currently hosting a film contest which is open only to local youth. Ages 12 to to 24 are invited to submit a 30 to 60 second film that shows what “Everyone Has a Home” means to them.
One in four of us know someone who is currently or who has been homeless. They are men, women, families with children, youth and seniors – they are a part of our community and our lives. Job insecurity, increasing cost of living, diminished support systems, and lack of affordable housing—things that affect all of us – they add up. For a lot of people, homelessness is just a few paycheques away. So, what do the words, “Everyone Has a Home” mean to you?
Submissions are accepted now until May 17, 2013. There will be a $500 grand prize in two age categories: 12 to 18 and 19 to 24. The entry form is available online along with submission guidelines, a release form, and film production resources.
The Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society aims to engage youth as it utilizes strategic leadership to raise, manage, and distribute funds to support programs, projects and initiatives to make a difference in the lives of people who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in Surrey.
If you know of a budding digital filmmaker, be sure to pass along the details of this competition. Not only can they hone their skills while they support a great cause, they could also take home the grand prize.
