Archive of posts tagged "non-profit"

Team Awesome’s Polaroid Party

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Team Awesome, a local group of creative individuals, is hosting a fundraising event at Canvas Lounge in Gastown on January 13, 2012 that will feature Polaroid images from 20 BC photographers. What Team Awesome’s Polaroid Party When 8:00pm on Friday, January 13, 2012 Tickets Available online Includes Entertainment from DJ Yurie and DJ Marvel + […]

Vancouver History: Philanthropists

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

On New Year’s Eve Vancouver lost Milton Wong, a wonderful business man, Order of Canada recipient, SFU Chancellor, and philanthropist. “Milt was a very generous and wonderful guy,” said longtime friend Michael Clague, who recalled the time in 2003 when, as director of the Carnegie Centre in the Downtown Eastside, he asked his university buddy […]

Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Vancouver, Surrey, Delta, Richmond

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Update: Here are the 2015 locations/dates. In just over a week – after careful watering, decorating, lighting, and keeping the cat from climbing through ornaments – our decorations will be packed away again for another year. If you have a live Christmas tree, there will be several ways to recycle it this season: Photo credit: […]

Winter Solstice Lantern Festival 2011

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Secret Lantern Society is hosting the 18th annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival in communities around Vancouver tonight. The public, young and old, is invited to gather on the East Side, in Yaletown, on Granville Island, in Chinatown, and new this year – in South East False Creek. Each neighbourhood event starts off with a […]

Breakfast with Santa at Canada Place

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Breakfast with Santa keeps getting bigger each year, which is great because this two-day sold-out event raises funds for the Strathcona Community Centre’s Food Security for Children Program. This is our third year as media partner (John comes with me to take photos) and every time we come to cover the breakfast, it’s being held […]