Post #5 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Since 2001, Blogathon has connected bloggers virtually all over the world through a single 24-hour campaign. This is the first year that there has been an organized event in Vancouver and one hour in, it’s going swimmingly. Just to show just how much our region cares (and is crazy for blogging) there’s also another event happening right now out in the Fraser Valley.

Gary Jones from Bluefur and Rainer from ThinkReferrals have also organized an on-site event for bloggers in Surrey, Langley, and anywhere East of the Fraser River.

Check out Gary’s blog throughout the day for links and information and let’s cheer on this amazing effort from everyone in the Lower Mainland.

Post #5 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Post #4 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Blogathon is happening all over the world right now but in Vancouver some of the participants are gathered at Workspace so that we can offer support to each other and have some awesome guests stop by to cheer us on.

I planned on profiling some of the other bloggers joining me here today but I thought a good place to start would be to introduce myself and explain why I’m doing this. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

Post #3 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Just a quick plug for our location today, which is Workspace in Gastown.

“WorkSpace is a shared work environment in downtown Vancouver. Our Gastown loft has meeting rooms, a lounge & a café surrounding a beautiful open concept work environment. We provide memberships (not leases) to independent professionals and small firms looking for a better place to work.”

I attended my first social media unconference at Workspace in 2006 and I’ve been a fan of the venue ever since.

It’s the perfect venue for Blogathon Vancouver as it provides an open shared work environment but also small offices in which participants can find some peace and quiet (although everyone is so focused right now you could hear a pin drop).

I’m looking forward to seeing how everything goes today, and through the night, but now that I know how to work the self-serve coffee maker, I think I’ll be just fine.

Post #3 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Post #2 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Photo credit: UGM on Flickr

The Union Gospel Mission has been helping the hurting, hungry, and homeless in Vancouver (and New Westminster) since 1940.

Aside from their mission drop-in centre that provides hot meals they also host a variety of other services for the community including:

They are currently running a campaign called, Send a Kid to Camp, Help Change a Life. “Union Gospel Mission makes it possible for kids who wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to pack their bags and head off for the adventure of summer camp.” Having grown up going to summer camp I really do not now how my life would have turned out without those experiences and the friendships I made.

I could go on about the UGM’s services, programs and outreach but since I only have 30 minutes to get each post out during this Blogathon, I’m afraid that’s just not enough time to list it all.

Please consider donating to the UGM at any time during my Blogathon over the next 24 hours, or at any time of year as the assistance and support can always go to someone in need.

Find the UGM on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter @UGM or read their riveting blog, The Street.

Post #2 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009 by writing a blog post every 30 minutes. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Post #1 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.

Welcome to Blogathon Vancouver 2009! Every 30 minutes for the next 24 hours I will be publishing a blog post. This is my third year participating in Blogathon and to keep me going, I am once again supporting the Union Gospel Mission through donations from my readers.

We’re all setup at Workspace in Gastown and we should have one heck of a campaign. I’ll be joined by about 15 other bloggers who will each be supporting different causes through Blogathons on their own sites. Throughout the day I’ll be featuring some of these bloggers as well as some guest posts that have been contributed.

Thank you to the sponsors that are making today’s on-site event possible: Kontent Creative (for the logo work), Workspace (venue), Dairy Queen (lunch), and Developmental Disabilities Association (dinner sponsor). Thank you in advance for your support, comments, and readership of Miss604.com.

Post #1 of #49 – Over the next 24 hours I will be raising funds for the Union Gospel Mission during Blogathon 2009. Please consider donating to my cause to keep my going until 6am PT July 26th.