This month when you purchase Granville Island Brewing‘s Robson Street Hefeweizen or Brockton IPA, 25 cents will go toward the Pacific Parklands Foundation.
The Pacific Parklands Foundation is a non-profit that aims to:
Raise funds for special projects in regional parks
Foster public awareness of the regional park system
Expand the regional parks system through land purchase and/or bequests
Metro Vancouver has 22 regional parks including playgrounds, picnic areas, beaches and campgrounds. Our regional parks provide residents with more than 13,594 hectares of greenspace attracting over 9 million visits each year. The cause fits with Granville Island Brewing’s slogan of It’s good to be here, our parks making Metro Vancouver such a wonderful place to explore.
Last month GIB supported the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers through sales of their raspberry wheat ale.
Robson Street Hefeweizen and Brockton IPA are both available in local liquor stores and on August 13th you can attend an IPA party on Grouse Mountain.
Although June was a bit soggier than desired, July heated up Vancouver in more ways than one. Concerts, festival, and community events kept us all out and about. As we head into the second half of summer, the fun and excitement around Metro Vancouver isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. The following are event listings for August 2010.
Sunday August 1, 2010
Powell Street Festival
Pride Parade
Spirit of the Sea Festival in White Rock
Canadian National BBQ Championships in Whistler
Jamaican Festival in Surrey
12th Street Festival in New Westminster
Taming of the Shrew at Carousel Theatre (until August 14th)
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open Tennis (until August 8th)
Monday August 2, 2010
Free admission at Fort Langley for BC Day
BC Day festivities at Lonsdale Quay
Tuesday August 3, 2010
Wednesday August 4, 2010
SAD Mag Issue 4 Launch Party
Thursday August 5, 2010
Opening Night at Kafka’s Coffee and Tea
Friday August 6, 2010
Cirque du Soleil Benefit at Covenant House
MusicFest Vancouver (until August 15th)
“Two As One – A Journey to Yoga” book tour
Summerfest 2010 at Lonsdale Quay Market (every Friday, Saturday & Sunday until September 5th)
Red Card Sports Bar Summer Beer Series
Granville Street Busker Concert at 7:00pm (Granville between Robson & Georgia)
New Bright Lights lecture series at the Rio
Saturday August 7, 2010
5th Annual “Powell Grounds†Ball Game at Oppenheimer Park (tribute to the Vancouver Asahi baseball club)
Indonesia Day 2010
Free Outdoor Movie in Holland Park
BC Museum of Mining “Copper & Fire” concert
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The BCSPCA’s Paws for a Cause is coming up this September and participants are busy collecting donations and spreading the word about the event.
Paws for a Cause involves a 3.5km walk and some locations have 3.5km runs as well. There will also be games and activities for pets and all ages. My friend Keira has been participating for years so I thought sharing her sentiments about the cause would be appropriate:
There are few charity organizations that speak to my heart as much as the BC-SPCA. They are tirelessly dedicated to providing loving care to British Columbia’s abandoned, hurt and loneliest animals. Each year the Paws For A Cause campaign seeks to raise funds Province-wide to support their annual goal of $1 million dollars. Without you and me, they couldn’t do what they do.
Aside from simply providing health care, shelter space and fostering animal adoption, the BC-SPCA is also exhaustively involved in investigating and gathering evidence to assist Crown Counsel in prosecuting some of BC’s nastiest animal abusers. Most investigations require a minimum of $10,000 – no cheap feat!
Lower Mainland events include Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Port Coquitlam, Richmond, Squamish, Surrey, and Vancouver (Burnaby, West Vancouver & North Shore). There are also walks on the Upper West Coast, Vancouver Island, in the Okanagan, Kootenays, and Northern BC.
Vancouver’s walk will take place at Lumberman’s Arch in Stanley Park September 12, 2010. There is still time to register or donate to a participant’s campaign.
This afternoon we attended the Vancouver Pride Parade along with about 700,000 other people. One of the largest pride parades in North America, I remarked earlier that I hadn’t seen this much joy and high-fiving since the Olympics were in town. The following photos were all taken by John Bollwitt.
One of my favourite floats was the Vancouver Queer Film Festival who re-created the float/parade scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Complete with enough beads to go around, the crowd loved TD Bank’s high-energy float.
You can view the rest of John’s photos in his Flickr set and please feel free to add your own to the Miss604 Flickr group.
Last night’s finale was a tribute to China, the country who won the Celebration of Light fireworks contest last year. While it was announced that team Spain won the title this year with their impressive performance and near-perfect timing, a team of Canadians put together the show that capped off another season of the fireworks in English Bay.
Should you have any photos from last night’s finale, please feel free to add them to the Miss604 group on Flickr. You can revisit all of my fireworks coverage: Barge Tour, Team USA, Team Spain, Team Mexico.
