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It’s that time of year, time to DO SOMETHING ABOUT BREAST CANCER – sign up for the 7th Annual Bustin’ Loose Race to End Breast Cancer which will be held September 30, 2012. This is a 3km, 5km & 10km run/walk event in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (Prairies/NWT Chapter).

Over the past six years, the race has surpassed our dreams and has raised more than $396,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (Prairies/NWT Chapter). The race provides an opportunity to raise awareness of this devastating disease, offer support to those who are fighting the battle against breast cancer, and strength to those who have lost loved ones.

You can be part of the excitement this year, helping to reach our fundraising goal of $105,000 which will mean over the last 7 years the race has raised more than $500,000 for the CBCF!

Online registration and pledging is open now.

  • We’ll still accept mailed in entries and pledge sheets at package pick up. If you are collecting pledges for the cause, please feel free to use the online option for everyone in your address book as well as carrying a pledge sheet for those friends and family you see in person.
  • 2012 tiered registration fees: Early Bird (Until August 31/2012) – $30.00 / After August 31/2012 – $40.00 / Last Minute (After September 28/2011) – $50.00 *Committing to collect a minimum of $75.00 in pledges waives your entry fee.*
  • For logistical reasons and to ensure the best possible event – PLEASE ENTER EARLY. While we will continue to welcome all participants right up to race time, there will be a limited number of race packages available.
  • Those who wish to raise pledges are advised to register early even if they plan to continue raising pledges up to race day in order to guarantee their spot in the event.
  • The Team registration which was new last year, was a great success, so we will be including it again this year. Round up a group of friends or family and participate as a team – there is always strength in numbers!

With your participation in the Bustin’ Loose Race to End Breast Cancer, you are joining a vast and powerful movement of people who share the vision of a future without Breast Cancer.

For more information, please visit http://www.bustinloose.ca/


The Medicine Hat Cubs and Paradise Valley Par 3 Golf Course are teaming up for a fundraiser on Tuesday, November 29th at Paradise Valley Par 3 Course. The event will run from 5:00pm – 9:00pm at Paradise Valley Par 3 Golf Course. There will be a silent auction as well as a live auction. The live auction will begin at 7:00pm. This is a huge event and is open to the public. The Cubs coaching staff, players and board will all be present for this special evening.

Here is a list of some of the items available at the auction:

  • Calgary Hitmen Tickets
  • Medicine Hat Tiger Tickets
  • Medicine Hat Cubs Tickets
  • Wine
  • Various Hockey and Golf Items
  • Medicine Hat Cubs Game Worn Jerseys
  • Tons of Gift Certificates
  • Spa Gift Baskets
  • Grocery Gift Cards
  • And Much More…

This is a night you won’t want to miss, there will be several door prizes, autographs from Cubs players and half of all the server’s tips from the night will go towards the Movember Prostate Cancer Fundraiser. Don’t forget to vote on which Cub has the best movember stash.

DON’T MISS THIS NIGHT!

Any questions, please contact Kim at: kim@paradisevalleypar3.com


The Friends of the Monarch are proud to announce the launch of the Monarch’s Centennial Celebration season. A number of events have been planned to celebrate the 100th birthday of this historic building and we wish to extend an invitation to the citizens of Medicine Hat to join us.

The first event is “THE MAJESTIC” which will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Starting at 2pm on Second Street in front of the Theatre, a Vintage Car Show will feature vehicles that would have been on the streets in the 1950s. The 50’s theme continues at 5:30 pm with burgers, fries, and fresh made pie served in 50’s style by carhops. At 7:30 pm, the movie, “The Majestic”, starring Jim Carrey and telling a story set in restored theatre during the 1950s, will be screened in our beautiful theatre. At 9 pm we will move to the historic hall in St. Barnabas Church, another Medicine Hat treasure, to relive the sock hops of yesteryear. The ever popular “Kool Ray and the Hipkatz”, an 8 piece orchestra, will keep the crowd swinging and jiving. A swing/jive dance demonstration and dance competition will showcase some of our local dance “stars”. Downtown merchants have donated wonderful prizes that will be awarded for Best 50’s Costume, Best Dance Couple, and for some old fashioned “spot dances”. A silent auction and refreshment sales (including home-made floats) will help with the fund-raising to enable the restoration of the Monarch and its equipment. Car show, Dinner, Movie and Dance are all included in the $50 ticket price. Tickets are available at: The Monarch Theatre Box Office, Inspire Café, or by calling Judy at (403) 529-9231 or emailing Pamela@beinghumanservices.ca.

The Society of Friends of the Monarch Theatre is a not-for-profit society with our objectives being to promote and fundraise for the Monarch Theatre. The theatre website address is www.themonarch.net


The Kinette Club of Medicine Hat proudly presents:

Team Up For Terry! “It’s got to keep going without me” – Terry Fox, 1980.

Get a team of family, friends, colleagues and come out to Kin Coulee Park on Sunday, September 18th 10am to 1pm. Walk, wheel, run, ride… Everyone is welcome, even four legged friends too! MC Tony Allen (Chat 94.5 FM) will be live on the scene.

The warm up is at 10:45AM, hosted by Janine Matwe from Synergy and the official start will be at 11:00AM. Snacks will be provided. There is no registration fee charged to participate, although we do ask that you make a donation at the site or collect pledges, which may be done online at www.terryfoxrun.org

For more info please contact Saara at saaraparry@yahoo.ca or 403-977-0256


When I finished University in 2003, I hopped a plane to Scotland and got a job serving at a hotel in the town of Peebles. It was one of those unforgettable experiences (now if only I could remember…). Most of the staff was foreign and I became good friends with people from around the world.

One of those people was a South African named Andre. When I came back home to Canada in early 2004, we made the same doomed promise that most people in our situation make: to get together again.

It’s a nice gesture to say and there’s no doubt we meant it at the time. But as is often the case, life gets in the way – especially when the distance is so great (Canada to South Africa). I always held out hope that it wasn’t a well-meaning comment and we would see each other again.

And then, out of the blue last night, I got a facebook message from him. On September 10, he is actually coming to North America. He’ll be in New York City for about a week. Now, that’s no where near my neck of the woods but he’s actually coming up to the Northern Hemisphere and across a freaking ocean!

The only problem? I don’t have enough money to make the trip.

To raise enough money, I am offering to rent out my time in New York to you.

  • For $1 I’ll high-five a New York stranger for you.
  • For $3 I’ll tell your favourite joke to a New York stranger.
  • For $5 I’ll mail you something from the streets of NYC.
  • For $5 I’ll also give you one of my NYC memories, personalized for you.
  • For $20 I’ll write a poem for you, about you and recite it in Times Square.
  • For $100 I’ll cut my hair into a mullet and wear it around NYC for the entire weekend.

Everything will be videotaped and photographed so you’ll be able to see which New Yorker heard your joke, got your high-five and heard the poem I wrote about you.

I’m going to travel as cheaply as possible. I plan to Couch Surf, fly Economy and will probably even pack my own meals for the few days I’ll be there. The only luxury will be a few drinks & dinner with Andre, which is the whole reason for this nonsense anyways.

Any surplus will go to the Terry Fox Foundation to fight cancer. So basically, every dollar given to this project will go to a good cause: friendship or the cancer fight.

The clock is ticking; I only have 2 weeks to raise the money. So please, in the name of friendship and keeping promises, send me a few bucks, your names for high-fives, jokes, addresses for souvenirs or whatever else I’ll need to keep up my end of the bargain.

Let’s do this in the name of transcontinental friendship & keeping promises. You can see the entire project and buy whatever you want at my website.


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Tuesday August 9, 2011

Join us at the Brooks Campus for our Fall Grants Seminar. The deadline for Grant Submissions is September 15th. The Seminar will help you to ensure your application is completed properly.

When: Tuesday August 9 from noon – 1 PM

Where: Brooks Campus, Room 111a

Please RSVP to info@mhcf.ca or call 403-527-9038 to confirm your attendance.


Bustin LooseIt’s that time of year, time to DO SOMETHING ABOUT BREAST CANCER – sign up for the 6th Annual Bustin’ Loose Race to End Breast Cancer which will be held October 2, 2011. This is a 3km, 5km & 10km run/walk event in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (prairies/nwt chapter).

Bustin’ Loose began in 2006 with a small committee speculating on whether we could attract 100 participants willing to pay $25 each, enabling the event to donate $2,500 to the cause. Boy, did we under estimate the generosity and enthusiasm of Medicine Hat and area. In the five years this event has been held, we have raised more than a QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation who is working to create a future without breast cancer – funding some of the most relevant breast cancer research programs in the country.

  • Online registration and pledging is open now.
  • We’ll still accept mailed in entries and pledge sheets at package pick up. If you are collecting pledges for the cause, please feel free to use the online option for everyone in your address book as well as carrying a pledge sheet for those friends and family you see in person.
  • 2011 tiered registration fees: Early Bird (Until August 31/2011) – $30.00 / After August 31/2011 – $40.00 / Last Minute (After September 30/2011) – $50.00 /*Committing to collect a minimum of $75.00 in pledges waives your entry fee.*
  • For logistical reasons and to ensure the best possible event – PLEASE ENTER EARLY. While we will continue to welcome all participants right up to race time, there will be a limited number of race packages available.
  • Those who wish to raise pledges are advised to register early even if they plan to continue raising pledges up to race day in order to guarantee their spot in the event.

New This Year

  • Participants can register as a team.
  • There’s a new race category for Kids 12 & under.

Have Lunch With Us

Join the Bustin’ Loose Committee on Saturday, July 9th at Wal-Mart on Strachan Road for the Annual BBQ, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The food is good, the cost is low and the benefit to the cause is great. **Wal-Mart will be matching $$ raised at the BBQ.**

With your participation in the Bustin’ Loose Race to End Breast Cancer, you are joining a vast and powerful movement of people who share the vision of a future without Breast Cancer.

Hugs,
The Boobsters
Bustin’ Loose Race Committee
http://www.bustinloose.ca/


There are companies in the Medicine Hat area accepting donations for people affected by the fires in Slave Lake.

Canadian Red Cross is taking monetary donations online or in person at the office in Medicine Hat (398 Aberdeen Street SE) or in Brooks (110 – 2nd Avenue W).

However, I have heard Red Cross is only accepting monetary donations. Items can be dropped off at Sanjel (1901 Dirkson Dr NE – Redcliff) or at Genivar (110-1222 Brier Park Rd NW – Medicine Hat).

Please donate, many of us know people who live in Slave Lake and they need our help.


Raise The RoofThe Silver Buckle is proud to present Raise The Roof, a fund raising event in support of The Medicine Hat Skate Association. With all proceeds going to help this great local organization, the night is chalked full a wide variety of entertainment including:

  • Silent Auction!
  • Door Prizes!
  • Charity Bingo featuring everyone’s favourite hillbilly Cletus!
  • Live music from Mahoney & The Robertson Privilege!

Saturday April 9th
The Silver Buckle
Doors @ 7PM
$10 at the door

Facebook Event
Medicine Hat Skateboard Association


2010 Risk Tournament Poster

2010 Risk Tournament Poster

It’s happening again! The now seemingly-annual tournament for the Risk board game is taking place on December 5th this year. It’s in the same format as it was last year, but this year it seems like they got even more sponsors for the event (which is a good thing). Like last year, there is a $20 minimum donation which will all be going to charity. Also like last year, it’s being coordinated by Jace Anderson (with website help from Derek Gavey). You need to pre-register, soon! Do it! Do it now!

It’s in a different location and time this year… which might work out better for some. The event will be held at the Southside Events Centre (4 Strachan Court SE, Medicine Hat) on Sunday, December 5th from 3PM to 11PM. They raised over $1400 last year – all of which, after event expenses/prizes went to the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund.

Registration

Facebook Event

Game for Good


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