Pink Shirt Day is February 26th and London Drugs continues its long-standing support of the campaign by returning as the official retail partner in 2020. This year’s message for #PinkShirtDay is the positive and encouraging words of “Lift Each Other Up”.
Pink Shirt Day 2020: Lift Each Other Up
Pink Shirt Day has become a national movement which sees thousands of Canadians wearing pink to show their support for safe and inclusive schools, workplaces and communities.
“We want to encourage every Western Canadian to share the positive message of Pink Shirt Day this year,” said Clint Mahlman, London Drugs President and Chief Operating Officer. “Since becoming involved with this campaign when it first launched 13 years ago, through our customers generosity, we have raised $1.5 million toward the CKNW Kids Fund, and various anti-bullying efforts across Western Canada. A true example of how our customers and staff have worked to lift each other up.”
Official Pink Shirt Day t-shirts are now available at all London Drugs locations across Western Canada in youth or adult sizes. Net proceeds are distributed through CKNW Kids’ Fund to support youth anti-bullying programs at Boys & Girls Clubs across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Sales from shirts are given back to community programs in each provincial market for important community programs including anti-bullying initiatives.
London Drugs has been a proud retail sponsor since 2008 and continues to provide support across Western Canada to facilitate the powerful message of anti-bullying. In addition to pink shirts, London Drugs will also be selling pink wrist bands to raise awareness and funds to support this integral campaign.
About Pink Shirt Day In 2007, two Nova Scotia students decided to take action after witnessing a younger student being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. The students bought 50 pink t-shirts and encouraged schoolmates to wear them and send a powerful message of solidarity to the bully.
Avoid the Guesswork. Meet the Experts. Get expert advice for your next home project at the BC Home and Garden Show this weekend. From kitchens and baths to flooring and landscaping, find great deals, new ideas, and inspiration for all your home and garden projects.
BC Home and Garden Show
When: February 19-23, 2020 Where:BC Place Stadium, 777 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver Tickets: Buy tickets online
Check out celebrity presenters including HGTV Canada’s Bryan Baeumler from Island of Bryan, presented by RBC, as they join a lineup of local favourites including Jamie Banfield and Kathy Yuen to deliver insight to up your home and garden game.
Gather at The Lilydale Cooking Stage, presented by Trail Appliances, for seminars and live demos from the city’s most respected chefs including Bruno Feldeisen judge of CBC’s CBCs The Great Canadian Baking Show and Fable’s Josef Driemel. Vancouver’s top culinary artisans will be bringing all their trade secrets to the stage covering hot dining topics and trends.
Immerse yourself in nearly 10,000 sq ft of beauty, as you wander, daydream and gather inspiration throughout our feature gardens. Speak with the experts in landscape design, horticulture, space planning and alfresco vision while organizing your backyard makeover.
Ever wondered about the impact that renovating a home can have on your home’s value and energy efficiency? Take a walk-through Dave Banfield’s renovation presented by BC Hydro, designed by Jamie Banfield Design, and learn how you can save in energy costs through smart design and renovations, and the rebates that are available to help you with your renovation costs.
DanceHouse presents Grupo Corpo, an energizing, two-part program from Brazil’s iconic contemporary dance company featuring the Vancouver premiere of Dança Sinfônica and Gira, February 28 & 29, 2020 the Vancouver Playhouse.
Image of Grupo Corpo’s Dança Sinfônica by José Luiz Pederneiras
DanceHouse Presents Grupo Corpo
Where: Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St, Vancouver) When: February 28 & 29, 2020 at 8:00pm Pre-show Talk at 7:15pm. Host: Janet Smith Tickets: Available online now from $35 »
In the company’s third presentation with DanceHouse, Grupo Corpo’s visionary siblings — Artistic Director Paulo Pederneiras and Choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras — open the evening with Dança Sinfônica, a reflection of its 40-year history.
The electrifying work draws upon an eclectic fusion of ballet, samba, jazz, Afro-Brazilian rhythms and more, in a jubilant synthesis of the juggernaut’s signature vocabulary of movement. The second half of the program will showcase the brothers’ riveting work Gira, exploring the rituals of Umbanda — one of Brazil’s most widespread religions — in a carnal meditation on humanity’s pursuit for divine enlightenment.
Created in 2015 in celebration of Grupo Corpo’s 40th anniversary, Dança Sinfônica is a delightful musing on memories, in which Rodrigo mines his body of work to re-envision the contemporary dance company’s most memorable choreographic narratives.
Grupo Corpo explores a different facet of Brazilian culture with Gira, a mesmerizing work inspired by the chants and ritual dances of Umbanda, an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends African traditions with Roman Catholicism and Spiritism.
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Spring doesn’t officially begin until March 19th but it’s arriving early this year as I Heart Tulips returns to Metropolis at Metrotown. This second annual event, benefitting Variety BC, is the largest one-day indoor tulip display in Canada!
I Heart Tulips Returns to Metropolis at Metrotown
When: Saturday March 7, 2020 Where: Grand Court Metropolis at Metrotown (4700 Kingsway, Burnaby) RSVP on Facebook »
On Saturday, March 7, an awe-inspiring installation of 14,000 live tulips will be unveiled in Metropolis at Metrotown’s Grand Court. Arranged in multiple heart shapes, the multi-coloured tulips will be on display for one day only.
Visitors to Burnaby’s famous shopping destination will have the opportunity to view the full display of tulips from all three levels of the mall, from 10am to 11am. For the rest of the day, the tulips will be available for picking, at a cost of eight stems for $5 or 20 stems for $10. Proceeds will go to Variety – the Children’s Charity, which has been providing direct help to BC children with special needs for more than 50 years.
This marks the second edition of I Heart Tulips. It debuted in January of last year and was a great success. The event was created by Kate Onos-Gilbert and Davy Onos from Onos Greenhouses Ltd. and founders of Tulips of the Valley – the company behind the enormously popular Chilliwack Tulip Festival (established 2006) and the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival (established 2018), which take place in the Fraser Valley each year.
I Heart Tulips will also feature various photo opportunities and pose-worthy selfie locations, including life-sized photo frames, a replica mini flower stand, and an adorable tulip-filled baby carriage. Keepsake Polaroids will be available for an additional donation, with all proceeds going to Variety.
