Making Waves from Port to Port
14 top Island Talents; Including Legendary Haywire
Donate Time and Talent in Support of Haiti Relief
(Charlottetown, PE January 19, 2010) -14 of Prince Edward Island's top musical acts have come united to together for a benefit concert Island Artists Unite for Haiti. This nine hour licensed event will take place Friday, January 29, 2010, with entertainment starting at happy hour (beginning at 5:00 p.m.) and will go non-stop thru until 2:00 a.m. at the Historic Charlottetown Seaport Event Centre, on Historic Charlottetown Waterfront. Tickets are ONLY $10.00 and go on sale this Friday, January 22, 2010 at Charlottetown Area Murphy's Pharmacies and at Long and McQuade.
"The support from Islanders and the local arts community for the Red Cross response in Haiti has been tremendous. Funds raised at this benefit concert will provide critical assistance to people affected by this earthquake," says Margaret MacKenzie, from the Canadian Red Cross in Prince Edward Island.
Committee Co-Chair
Ron Switzer and bass player for Haywire tell us, "With performers completely donating their time and talents, and the support of the Island community and corporations, 100% of your donations will be given to the Red Cross. With ticket sales and donations at the door, we know we can reach our goal to raise $10,000 for relief in Haiti."
"Haywire welcomes this opportunity to help in this time of need;" expresses David Rashed, keyboard player for Haywire and Committee Co-Chair, Island Artists Unite for Haiti. "And to share the stage with some of the Island's best performers is going to make for an exciting night of music."
The Canadian Red Cross is mobilizing to support relief efforts in Haiti--providing medical support, clean water, food and shelter to people who have lost everything. Since the earthquake struck, more than 400 International Red Cross workers have hit the ground in Haiti (including 12 trained emergency response workers), along with 70 tons of food, water and medical supplies.
Artists confirmed to date include: Richard Wood, Gordon Belsher, Cynthia MacLeod, Meaghan Blanchard, Teresa Doyle, Ninth Hour, Jeff Morris, Macbeth, Sunday Punch, Kim Albert, The Meds, The Grass Mountain Hobos, and Island's Own Music Legends Haywire
For more information contact us by email at helphaitipei@gmail.com. Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/HelpHaitiPEI or connect with us on Twitter @Help_Haiti_PEI.
Because of the generous support of our partners in the business community, we are able to give 100% of tickets sales and donations to the Canadian Red Cross.
Thank you!
Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club
The Travel Store
Kwik Kopy Design & Print Centre
Prevail Creative
Pepsi Bottling Group
Moosehead Breweries
Murphy's Pharmacies
Long & McQuade
Cow's Inc.
The Islander
Purity Dairy
Beacon Sign
Service Master
CBC
Ocean 100 and KROCK 1055
Hunter's Ale House
Fawcett's Senior Men's Fast-pitch Team
Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc
Media Contacts:
David Rashed
Committee Co-Chair
(902) 314-8377
drashed@eastlink.ca
Ron Switzer
Committee Co-Chair
(902) 393-4792
I am def planning to attend! We need to help.
(01.22.10)Oh I know, this is horrible, my thoughts are with Haiti too!
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Eireann Rigby, the owner of UFIT, is an amazing soul that will help you become healthy in whatever way she can. Her incredible spirit and love for fitness created UFIT into the safe, happy, healthy place that it is today. Eireann's commitment to UFIT, healthy & community helped UFIT win the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award for 2009. Please take a look at the blog entry congratulating Eireann on an awesome job well done!
The new policy states that:
-UFIT can ONLY access the gym 3 times per week in any one School
-UFIT will have NO ACCESS to the gym during Holidays, storm days, March and X-mas break and Summer Vacation.
-UFIT will pay have to pay triple the National Standard for rental fees. This fee would in effect put us out immediately in Montague and St. Jean.
Anyone who has been to UFIT knows all to well the benefits of the classes, not just physically but the emotional help that comes along with it. I have blogged them before, but now they really need our help to continue helping us. Personally, UFIT has helped me so many times mentally and physically.
The three people below need to become aware why you love UFIT and how it is has changed your life and the community. You can contact them via email and let them know your opposition to the changes.
1) Dr. Alex (Sandy) MacDonald, Superintendent
agmacdonald@edu.pe.ca
2) Mr. Robert S. Clow
Board Chairperson
bsclow@gov.pe.ca
rsclow@bellaliant.net
3) Marjorie Steves
Director of Corporate Services
mesteeves@edu.pe.ca
Take a look at the photos that I captured during a UFIT class. If you look closely, or maybe you don't even need to look that close. Notice all the smiling and happiness. I for one cannot explain to you how happy UFIT makes me and how I would be extremely disappointed to hear of it being limited. Let's stick together and let people know how important UFIT is to all of us.
wow! that truely sucks, I will definitely do my part in contacting ALL of the individuals listed above. We all need to stick together and think positively:) GO TEAM UFIT.
(01.09.10)AMAZING!!! Love these pictures!! I will do anything I possibly can to keep Ufit!!! We have to work together!!!!
(01.09.10)As someone who is working hard to be a healthy person, which is a huge struggle. It is really disappointing to see that anyone would try to hurt such a wonderful organization. We should be encouraging Eirann and her company for helping Islanders get fit. I know I will definitely be writing to those individuals.
(01.10.10)Rachel, your talent amazes me every time I see your work!! All your photos are beyond amazing, but these UFIT photos move me because it's also so dear to my heart. I hope we can help our UFIT community get through this!!
(01.11.10)Every other fitness group pays rent; the fountain of $$$ has ended....suck it up
(01.13.10)WOW...don't these pictures say a thousand words!!! So alive!! GREAT photography!
(01.13.10)I love your message and the photos are amazing. Ufit is amazing! I relate to everything you are saying...
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"Tucka Wucka Woo Woo" just wants to make friends and play. He thinks everyone would want to play with him at all times, with no reason not to. Tucka will jump and jump and jump some more until you notice him. The other day when I went over to my brother's house to visit my nieces for a quick second, Tucka noticed I had my camera. He went into pose mode. I think he likes the camera! While I was their the girls showed me something that he does that is hilarious. Tucka runs down the stairs with only 3 legs, holding one leg in the air. He doesn't do it going up the stairs and he doesn't have an injury. We have no idea why he does this, but it sure makes us laugh. Tucka is pretty sweet, and is just full of love.
"Jackson Ole Boy" has a British Accent and is very particular. Well, we think if he could talk he would have an accent. Jackson has been around for quite some time, since my niece Madison was very little. We all loved him from the minute he came in to the house. He is very unique and I call him the "accordion" cat sometimes because he goes into "stretch & go limp - i will play dead and they let me be mode". He is the snuggliest most loving cat around. He has perfectly black lined lips and eyes, with perfect eyelashes that would make any of us swoon. Jackson also went into model mode when I arrived with my camera!
I grew up having pets and I cannot imagine life without them. I named my first little dog "happy". Happy even came with us when I lived in Edmonton for a while growing up! Pets are important part of growing up and I love them!
Oh my word they are cute. :) I am pretty sure that they know it.
(01.08.10)Beautiful cat!
(01.08.10)I think they want to be pet models.
(01.08.10)Fun pictures Rachel, keep it up! :)
(01.08.10)Hahaha even your family's pets are little models... Love them! Jackson Ole Boy, wanna come visit Kaboodles...Meow!!
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Happy New Year MSMF!!! You truly rock at what you do and can't wait to see all the beautiful shots you capture in 2010. Oh and Madison, gorgeous much?
(01.01.10)AMAZING!! I can't stop reading this...it says so much, with a few simple words...amazing!!
(01.01.10)This girl could be a model. BEAUTIFUL!
(01.04.10)These are so much fun, best of luck 2010 Rachel!
(01.08.10)Best of luck in 2010!
(01.08.10)
OMG this makes me laugh...I can hear her laughter and yours too Rachel!!! Thanks for sharing :)
(01.30.10)Fun dance party :)
(02.01.10)Some of my faves of Sparky for sure, but the problem is how would you ever choose favorites. Never seen her take a bad pic. Of course the supa talented photographer sure helps.
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