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Light the Night Walk

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Join Us as we walk with us for a cure in the annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada’s Light The Night Walk. Friends, families and coworkers form fundraising teams and walk in unity, at twilight, each holding an illuminated lantern – red for supporters, white for patients and survivors, and gold to remember loved ones lost.

Saskatoon:
Saturday October 1, 2016 at 5pm in Kiwanis Memorial Park
Registration is Open http://lightthenight.ca/walks/saskatoon/
Contact: Tammy Vallee 306-241-0226 tammy.vallee@lls.org

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada offers patient services to people effect by blood cancers. There is an online library of resources that can be access from anywhere. Please visit http://www.llscanada.org to learn more about the resources and services we are able to provide because of the money that is raised each year with walks across Canada.

Red Shoe Walk

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Ronald McDonald House Charities Saskatchewan presents the
Red Shoe Walk

Join us for the Ronald McDonald House Red Shoe Walk, Saturday June 11, 2016

Location: Ronald McDonald House – 1011 University Drive
Registration Begins: 8:30 am
Program: 9:30 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am
Length: 2km – 5km
Contact: Karen Linsley 306-244-5700 ext 115

Lets make some strides for sick kids and their families!

Find more information and register at www.rmh.sk.ca

Walter Murray Mega Garage Sale

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Saturday, MAY 14, 2016
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
1905 Preston Avenue
WALTER MURRAY COLLEGIATE

SELLING
• Items for kids, toddlers, and babies
• Sports equipment
• Furniture, toys and games, yard items.
• Collectibles (comics, action figures, etc.)
• Household items (dishes, antiques, etc.)
• Washed clothing
• Books, CDs, and DVDs
• Working electronics
• And much more!

Concession: Hamburgers, hot dogs, pop
Dog Wash

All proceeds will go to the Saskatoon Open Door Society and the International Justice Mission.

Unsold items will be donated to Community Living, a non-profit organization that supports individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families in Saskatchewan.

For more information: 306-683-7850 ext. 6090

Varsity View Lofty Goals Fundraising Social

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Don’t Forget! Mark your calendars and buy those tickets!

Varsity View Lofty Goals Dinner
VVCA Annual Fundraising Social
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Doors Open at 5:30, Dinner at 6:30
at Louis Loft in Memorial Union Building, University of Saskatchewan Campus
Italian buffet theme: Meal choices – Parmesan chicken plus Beef lasagna OR Vegetarian lasagna
Tickets, $40 each
Door Prizes, Silent auction.
All proceeds to Varsity View projects for the betterment of our community.

Contact your local VVCA Board member for tickets or email varsityviewca@gmail.com.

Air Guitar Saskatchewan Championships

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Calling Saskatoon Air Heads!

Saturday, May 14th will mark the beginning of a new era with the inaugural Air Guitar Saskatchewan Championships at The Saskatoon Farmer’s Market – In support of children’s charity Creative Kids.

The Saskatchewan Air Guitar Champ will receive a ‘plethora’ of prizes, mad street cred and then go on to the National Championships in Toronto for their chance to be crowned the Canadian Champ and possibly go on to Finland for the 21st Air Guitar World Championships on Aug. 25-28th.

REGISTER TO COMPETE: http://airguitarcanada.org/air-guitarist-registration/

How does one do this? Start with an Air Guitar persona, pick a song to rock out to for one minute, and if you make it to the second round… show off your improvisational skills to the tune of a song chosen that night by the audience.

Air Guitar is about world peace. The saying goes: “When you are holding an Air Guitar, you can’t be holding a gun”

Consider it your rock and roll duty, your volunt’air’ism so to speak – because proceeds of the event go to Creative Kids, a local Saskatoon organization that aims to help children through the power of the arts and creativity.

You can learn more at http://airguitarcanada.org/
and about Creative Kids @ http://www.creativekidssask.ca/

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11th Annual City Wide Food Drive

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The 11th Annual City Wide Food Drive in support of the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre is just around the corner!

The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre has been seeing a drastic increase of people accessing our Food Hamper program. Serving more than 20,000 people in recent months, we are in a great need of food to help fill the shelves.

On May 7th follow these easy steps to help contribute to the health of our community:

1. Watch your mailbox for your donation bag in late April coming with your subscription to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

2. Fill the bag with healthy non-perishable food donations. (Don’t get the StarPhoenix? Just pack a regular bag with non-perishable food and clearly label it for volunteers.)

3. Set your bag on your front doorstep by 10am on Saturday May 7th.

4. A large team of volunteers will set out into the Saskatoon neighbourhoods to collect from your doorstep between 10 am and 2 pm.

5. If you live in a condo/ apartment, or your bag is accidentally missed, please bring your donations to your nearest grocery store’s Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre collection bin.

Visit our website for information about our programs: www.saskatoonfoodbank.org or Facebook.

I am Eleven

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I am Eleven – Documentary screening
Thursday, March 17th 2016
Broadway Theatre
Door Open 6:30pm
Tickets: $10.00 (cash)

Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey travelled the world for six years talking with 11-year-olds to compose this insightful, funny and moving documentary portrait of childhood. From an orphanage in India, to a single-parent household in inner-city Melbourne, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, I AM ELEVEN explores the lives and thoughts of children from 15 countries. I AM ELEVEN weaves together deeply personal and at times hilarious portraits of what it means to sit at this transitional age. These young minds provide us with a powerful insight into the future of our world.

CISV chapters all over the world are bringing this documentary to their communities. We hope you can help make our screening a huge success here in Saskatoon by inviting all your friends, family and colleagues to this screening and of course coming yourself!

CISV (formerly Children’s International Summer Villages) is a global network of volunteers of all ages. We are an independent and non-political organization with chapters in over 200 cities worldwide. CISV’s unique educational programmes bring together young people from different backgrounds, developing cross-cultural knowledge and leadership. By encouraging respect for cultural differences, common values and self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world. Young people take an active role in programme planning, developing key leadership and communication skills.

CISV Canada is active from coast to coast! From Victoria to Halifax, CISVers are promoting CISV values in their local communities. Each year, youth and adults from these same communities travel to international CISV programmes around the world. There are as many opportunities for involvement locally as internationally: CISV has a dynamic national network of young people. This group, called the Junior Branch (JB), is dedicated to organising regional and national activities for Canadian youth. Each local CISV chapter has an active group of Junior Branch members, open to anyone who wants to be involved (starting at age 10). JB organizes regular activities, community projects, workshops and mini camps. Completely youth-led, Junior Branch applies the CISV goals to the local community while participants learn and develop leadership.

Coldest Night of the Year

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It’s cold out there.

Walk with us on Saturday, February 20, 2016 in the Coldest Night of the Year, a fantastically fun, family-friendly walking fundraiser that raises money for the hungry, homeless and hurting in 100+ communities across Canada.

The Bridge & Lighthouse serve people living with poverty in Saskatoon. Your involvement in the WALK will impact hundreds of lives in a positive way, helping build a bright future that once seemed out of reach.

Here’s the schedule for the walk:
4:00 – Registration opens
4:30 – 1st 5KM Walk begins (10 KM registered walkers)
4:45 – 2nd 5KM Walk begins (5 KM registered walkers)
5:00 – 2KM Walk begins, Registration closes
6:00 – Route closes

Between 5:30 and 7:00 pm a warm, light meal will be served to all walkers and volunteers. So, be sure to linger with us afterwards, share some laughs, hang with some friends and celebrate the walk – at least till you warm up.

Important Instructions
Registration opens at 4:00 pm. All 10 and 5 km walkers should try to be there at four to ensure start times will be kept. (If walkers are late for registration, and therefore late for their distance’s start time, they will be asked to walk a shorter route, with the next start time. ) All walkers must check-in and sign a waiver form before participating. Please come prepared with:
All cash and cheques payable to “Coldest Night of the Year”
Pledge sheet with all donor data filled out completely and neatly OR
Post all pledges of cash and cheques online in your personal fundraising page and print off the “My Donor List” and bring with cash or cheques**.
Bring a signed WAIVER FORM available online under TOOLS / FORMS on the main site .

Note: Walkers who raise $150 (adults) or $75 (youth aged 13-17) do NOT have to pay the $25 registration fee.

Coldest Night of the Year/Saskatoon

Kidney Foundation Door-to-Door Campaign

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In early 2016, the Saskatoon Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada will be conducting a campaign by telephone to recruit canvassers for our Door-to-Door Campaign, which will take place from March 11th – March 24nd 2016.

The Door-to-Door Campaign is a crucial component of our fundraising initiatives in Saskatoon, during which we rely almost entirely on volunteers. Many of our volunteers return year after year, but like any organization, we are always looking for new people to get involved and help this great cause.

The Saskatoon Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada is committed to reducing the burden of kidney disease by funding innovative research, providing education and support, and increasing public awareness of kidney health and organ donation.

All the funding directly benefits the people who need it the most.

Please give generously when a volunteer knocks on your door during the month of March. All volunteers will be able to write you an official tax receipt at the door.

Project Welcome Launched

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Each year, hundreds of new Canadians make Saskatoon their new home. In the coming months we’ll be welcoming refugee children to our community, many of whom have been out of school for years or have never attended school at all.

Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation & the Saskatoon Open Door Society have teamed up to launch Project Welcome – a campaign to raise funds to enhance learning opportunities for refugee children and families. Funds raised will help educators and community workers go above and beyond the basic settlement services provided by government to offer additional opportunities for learning and belonging, such as enriched summer learning programs, dual language books and picture dictionaries, and assistance with transportation needs.

We’re asking for your help to make Project Welcome a success! Please help us share the message far and wide by sharing our social media posts on Facebook. For those who are able to contribute financially please visit www.spsfoundation.ca and click “donate.” All donations are tax-deductible and will be shared equally between the Saskatoon Open Door Society and Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation.

Project Welcome runs from Dec. 9, 2015 to Jan. 20, 2016.

Thank you for helping to welcome our new friends and neighbours!

Lit Up! A Night of Laughs … Spotlighting Literacy

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Lit Up! A Night of Laughs, Food and Original Auction Experiences Spotlighting Literacy

LIT UP! is a fun, business causal evening that spotlights literacy with great volunteer recognition. Join us for good company, tasty eats, sweet treats, and the chance to bid on silent and live auction items. Our live auction packages are coming together with greater details to follow in the upcoming weeks, however, here are a few teasers:

Cameco Concert package
VWAG Riders Package
Weekend at Elkridge
Kelowna Adventure
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan VIP experience
House concert with the Whisky Jerks
Global Saskatoon package

Purchase tickets or a table: $65 each, $520 for a table of 8 or $700 for a VIP table and includes a charitable tax receipt. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here. If you purchase a table before January 31, you are eligible to win a VIP experience upgrade.

Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m. cocktails, 7:00 p.m. program and auction
Location: Sheraton Cavalier Saskaton Hotel (612 Spadina Crescent East)
Tickets: $65/person, $520/table, $700/VIP table. A charitable receipt is available for ticket purchases. Usual online payment methods available. Cheques can be mailed to or dropped off at the following address:

READ Saskatoon
#304-1114 22nd Street West
Saskatoon, SK
S7M 0S5

Please make all cheques payable to READ Saskatoon.

Thank you so much for your consideration. Your support means the world to Saskatoon adults and families as they work towards their personal, educational, financial, and employment goals.