hahaha... i'm so sorry Maia G... if you don't like it, take it off - but I saw this section called "fun and games" and I thought - we're all about FUN (not fear!), and then I saw they had old school pacman... and well, that's just truly fun... so i was thinking if people were feeling really worried about all the craploads of cash they were losing, they could just play a game of pacman, and feel completely better...
... maybe hit mute before you play though!
Monday, February 23, 2009
and Take Off
Well Maia G. We did it! We launched The G Force! And we did it in style. Awesome music, food, wine, people, conversation... a hilarious auction... and a great buzz after! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our launch with us, and also a huge thanks to Lighthouse Brewing Company, Smugglers Cove Neighbourhood pub and liquor store and Little Piggy Catering!! We just couldn't have done it without your touching blind faith in us and your commitment to community.
So Maia... shall we tell people about how our plan has expanded into a beautiful concept? The Victoria Citizen's Trust! Do you want to tell them about it?? I'm almost too tired to write tonight, after coming down from our first big event!
Maybe I'll write a quick little anecdote about how we raised our first $20.00 and then I'll hit the sack... so... A wonderful friend of mine who was part of the Canadian Youth Delegation to Poznan with me was biking home from school. And its a long ride. Very hilly. This guy in a car totally cut her off - like she had to swerve to the other side of the street to avoid sudden death... did he even notice or care? No. She yelled at him and he just shrugged and carried on. However, by the next light she had caught up with him... she looked into his car, and his young child was sitting in the back seat playing with the man's wallet. He pulled out a 20, and was waving it around and looking at the hologram in the light. Both windows were open and a bit of wind caught the $20.00 and blew it into a ditch on the side of the road. The man hadn't noticed, the light had turned green, and off he drove. My friend biked over to the side of the road, picked up the $20.00 and put it safely in her wallet.
That night at dinner while telling her about our campaign, she said, "that's an awesome idea, I'll totally support that" - and she pulled out the 20 and told me the story. She had turned a negative experience into the chance to help out a friend and a great cause... a cause that will create more fun and happiness in the world, and less grumpy and bitter old farts who don't give a flying f#%$ if they run a biker off a road or not.
Thanks for our first $20.00 Our first step in our 20 weeks on our way to $20,000.00
So Maia... shall we tell people about how our plan has expanded into a beautiful concept? The Victoria Citizen's Trust! Do you want to tell them about it?? I'm almost too tired to write tonight, after coming down from our first big event!
Maybe I'll write a quick little anecdote about how we raised our first $20.00 and then I'll hit the sack... so... A wonderful friend of mine who was part of the Canadian Youth Delegation to Poznan with me was biking home from school. And its a long ride. Very hilly. This guy in a car totally cut her off - like she had to swerve to the other side of the street to avoid sudden death... did he even notice or care? No. She yelled at him and he just shrugged and carried on. However, by the next light she had caught up with him... she looked into his car, and his young child was sitting in the back seat playing with the man's wallet. He pulled out a 20, and was waving it around and looking at the hologram in the light. Both windows were open and a bit of wind caught the $20.00 and blew it into a ditch on the side of the road. The man hadn't noticed, the light had turned green, and off he drove. My friend biked over to the side of the road, picked up the $20.00 and put it safely in her wallet.
That night at dinner while telling her about our campaign, she said, "that's an awesome idea, I'll totally support that" - and she pulled out the 20 and told me the story. She had turned a negative experience into the chance to help out a friend and a great cause... a cause that will create more fun and happiness in the world, and less grumpy and bitter old farts who don't give a flying f#%$ if they run a biker off a road or not.
Thanks for our first $20.00 Our first step in our 20 weeks on our way to $20,000.00
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The beginning of THE FORCE
Last night I was feeling a little down so I went to hang out with my friend, Lisa Helps. This economic downturn hits a fear button in me and I was feeling a little freaked. Lisa reminded me cheerfully that more millionaires were created than destroyed during the Great Depression of the 1930's. "Not everything was depressed," she said. "there was also an amazing creative energy." Lisa's an activist and historian, so she sees how the pendulum swings.
I guess that's how nature works -- there are all these forces at play in the universe. When something is destroyed, something else is created.
I hope she's right...my partner just lost his job and he was the bread winner while I stay home with our baby. It's so tempting to flap around and feel desperate, but then what force am I submitting to and then what am I creating?
So, I'm jumping at Maia G's idea to raise money for non-profits near and dear to us as a way of staying up during down times.
I also have a feeling given our creative, slightly manic brains, that this will not be your ordinary run of the mill fundraising campaign...
Stay tuned and mark Feburary 20 down in your calendar (we'll fill you in on details soon)
Love,
Maia G
I guess that's how nature works -- there are all these forces at play in the universe. When something is destroyed, something else is created.
I hope she's right...my partner just lost his job and he was the bread winner while I stay home with our baby. It's so tempting to flap around and feel desperate, but then what force am I submitting to and then what am I creating?
So, I'm jumping at Maia G's idea to raise money for non-profits near and dear to us as a way of staying up during down times.
I also have a feeling given our creative, slightly manic brains, that this will not be your ordinary run of the mill fundraising campaign...
Stay tuned and mark Feburary 20 down in your calendar (we'll fill you in on details soon)
Love,
Maia G
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