Covenant House Vancouver

I know you are probably getting sick of us asking you to vote but we are down to the last 2 days of the Pepsi Refresh contest and we are in 2^nd Place. 

We are in final the push to make it to 1^st place by the end of August 31^st.

So in the final days please:

-Vote (as much as humanly possible)

-Nag your friends and family to vote

-Share our link on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, your blog and any where you can think of.

-Together we can win the $100,000.00 and help homeless youth.


Thank you to everyone for your votes, comments and support.

Now go VOTE!

Here is our link again: http://www.refresheverything.ca/covenanthousevancouver

 

The Pepsi Refresh Everything project is down to its final 9 days and we are still in third place. We need you to keep voting and to encourage your friends and family to vote every day.

Your daily votes can help Covenant House Vancouver win $100,000.00 to help homeless and high risk youth. Just by clicking a button you are changing the lives of our youth forever.

To encourage you to keep voting, the staff and volunteers at Covenant House Vancouver have created a video to inspire you to spread the word.

Please enjoy this homemade video and keep voting. Feel free to share this video with as many people as possible.

Thank you!

Benji Chu started a running group this spring called Run For Change which meets for a run/walk every Wednesday at 3:30pm and Saturday at 11:00am in the church parking lot at Nelson and Burrard.  “Big deal” you say, “there are a million running groups.” The difference is that this one is for the homeless and those living in shelters.

Benji wanted to help homeless people feel better about themselves and he has found that running has made a big difference to him. ‘I’ve become a much healthier and happier person. Running has helped me build my discipline and confidence, and I’d like others to experience this same sense of empowerment” states Benji. He feels that running is a way for people to start making goals and commitments one step at a time.  

Run For Change is holding a 5km fun run on Sunday August 22, 2010 at 10:00am. Participants will receive a t-shirt when they register. If the runners complete the 5km course they will get a medal and a small goodie bag of food, bottled water and juice.

To learn more about Run For Change visit their website or email runfchange@gmail.com.

We wish all the runners the best of luck and speedy feet!

 

Covenant House Vancouver supporters and voters:

We need you to keep voting each and every day including weekends.
We seem to be stuck in 3^rd place and we are moving into the final two weeks of voting. So please make sure you share the Pepsi Refresh Project with all your friends, family, coworkers and even strangers on the street.

We are also making a call for ideas to help spread the word to vote for Covenant House Vancouver. If you have a great (cheap or free) idea, then please share it with us here or on Facebook.

Thank you all for your support. Please keep voting so we can win $100,000.00 to help make a big difference in the lives of our young people.

Here is a great way to meet new people, get fit, have fun and help out our young people.

OceanFlow Kula Karma Yoga is teaching a yoga class by donation (suggested donation of $10) at Kitsilano Beach every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.

They are donating partial proceeds to Covenant House Vancouver and everyone is welcome!

For more information about OceanFlow Kula Karma Yoga at Kits Beach click here.

As you may know Cirque du Soleil once again chose to partner with Covenant House, donating tickets for fundraising purposes. All the proceeds from the tickets we sold have come directly to Covenant House Vancouver and our young people. Cirque du Soleil also donated tickets for our youth to see the show and they had an amazing experience. We want to send a huge thank you to Cirque du Soleil for all of their support and kindness.

Cirque du Soleil's benefit night for Covenant House is tonight and we also want to thank everyone who bought tickets from us. We know you will have a wonderful and exciting time at Kooza and please know that you have helped many Vancouver street youth as well.

Below are thanks to Cirque du Soleil from our youth and as you will see they had a great time.

For those going to Kooza tonight enjoy the show and we wish everyone an awesome weekend!

 

Laura Reznek and Megan Hali Kopelow Smith are hoping to raise $300.00 for Covenant House Vancouver. This is an event not to be missed and will feature music, poetry, coffee, free love, happiness and maybe some tap shoes.

Performers include:

The Candelabra Collective
Riun Garner
Connor Roff
Laura Reznek
Lisa Petersen
Mark Lee
Ben M and more!

Where: Our Town Cafe
245 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1W4
(604) 879-1924

When: Thursday, August 5, 2010 TONIGHT!

Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm

More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102222119833710&ref=ts

Hope to see you for a great night of music and performances all to help our youth!

 

Laura Reznek and Megan Hali Kopelow Smith are hoping to raise $300.00 for Covenant House Vancouver. This is an event not to be missed and will feature music, poetry, coffee, free love, happiness and maybe some tap shoes.

Performers include:

The Candelabra Collective
Riun Garner
Connor Roff
Laura Reznek
Lisa Petersen
Mark Lee
Ben M and more!

Where: Our Town Cafe
245 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1W4
(604) 879-1924

When: Thursday, August 5, 2010

Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm

More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102222119833710&ref=ts

Please come out for a great night!

Last night I had the privilege of seeing Cirque du Soleil's new show Kooza, and it was spectacular. Not just spectacular, but breathtaking, amazing, magical, thrilling, funny, and exciting and every other positive adjective you can think of.

We at Covenant House Vancouver are so lucky that Cirque du Soleil has chosen to support us again this year. All the proceeds from the tickets we sell will come directly to Covenant House Vancouver and our young people. Cirque du Soleil also donates tickets so our youth can attend the show. Some of our youth were sitting behind me and they were so excited and were in awe of the performances.

Here are what a few of our young people had to say:

"I thought I had seen all there is to see, but after that show I felt that my mind had been blown away"

"Heart pounding till the last minute"

"Breathtaking and adrenaline filled"

"I can finally die on my deathbed because now I have seen Cirque and it's something I have always wanted to see"

"I was born and put on this earth to have the chance to see Cirque du Soleil"

"During the performance I died and was reborn many times. Not only were the skills portrayed breathtaking, they were beautifully entertaining. I am still shocked the day after"

Watch a great movie and see "The Big Picture" by contributing to the community at the same time! The Big Picture is a movie fundraiser featuring the film Inception and organized by youth volunteers of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.'s Youth Leadership Millennium (YLM) Program. Proceeds from the event will benefit Vancouver's Covenant House, a local charity that has been providing 24-hour shelter, drug, alcohol and mental health counselling, as well as many other areas of support for homeless youths, a group estimated to number 15,000 per year in British Columbia.

Please join us on Friday, July 23, from 3 - 6pm at the Rio Theatre for a screening of Inception, the exciting sci-fi action thriller from Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) that features a star-studded cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Cane and more!
For advance tickets and/or questions, reach us at ylmcc2010@gmail.com. Tickets can also be purchased on the event day at the Rio Theatre, starting at 2:45pm.

When: Friday July 23, 2010 3:00pm
Where: Rio Theatre | 1660 E Broadway (at Commercial Dr.)
Admission: $10

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