leeny’s notes #08 ~ Blog-a-thon-a-go-go
Back again.
Yes it wasn’t that long ago when I did the last update, but a couple of things have come up in short order.
The 24hour Vancouver Blogathon 2008 will be taking place this weekend. I have decided that I will be joining the fray and blog every 30minutes for 24hours. Thats a whopping 48 posts in one day. From 5am Saturday July 26th till 5am Sunday July 27th yours truly will be pounding back the coffee and try to develop a mean case of Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Why would I be doing this to myself?
To test my limits and to raise money for a good cause.
What’s the cause?
My charity of choice is the CKNW’s Orphan’s fund. I swear I was listening to our local Talk radio station Inutero, and over the years have grown to admire this small charity for their work in helping special needs children every day of the year. more info at the end of this post.
How can you help me, Help the children?
If you wish to pledge my film related blogging efforts please send an email to Blogathon [at] gmail [dot] com.
Please include your name, any messages of encouragement, and amount you would like to donate to this great cause. At the end of the weekend you will be contact as how to donate directly to the CKNW’s Orphan;s fund.
Will I be doing this alone?
Heck no, there will be 14 intrepid groups that will be challenging their Keyboards to a pounding they won’t soon to forget! These blogoholics are Rebecca Bollwitt, Tania Morrison, Raul, Shane Gibson, Karen Hamilton, Ayeza Garcia, Isabella Mori, Danny Dang, Mehnaz Thawer, Barbara Doduk, Chris Richardson, Colleen Vince, and Duane Storey. I encourage you to check out these other fun loving typists.
From the CKNW Orphan’s Fund web site
“Where the Dollars Go
The Picnic has become a day at Playland for many elementary school children, during which some 3,000 children with challenges, some confined to hospital beds, community homes and other institutions are given free run of all the rides, are sumptuously fed and royally entertained.
In excess of $200,000 a year is provided to camping organizations to provide fees for special needs children whose parents cannot afford to send them to camp. Applications must be made to camping organizations.
We make funds available for needed equipment and services for children. Anything from a specially adapted tricycle for a spina bifida child, to emergency dental work for a child in pain or buying a computer for a child who is bedridden. We have funded horseback riding lessons for muscular dystrophy children, purchased hearing aids, eyeglasses & electric sports wheelchairs funded speech and language therapy, mentioning only a few of the services we provide.
We respond to appeals from charities and organizations whose commitment is to work for and with special needs children.
In 2007 we funded over $100,000 to Lower mainland hospitals for their infant care nurseries to purchase critically needed equipment; incubators, fetal monitoring devices.
Over $100,000 a year is provided to individuals attending specialized schools, devoted to working with children diagnosed with learning difficulties.
One hundred thousand dollars was provided Children’s Hospital to partially equip a research lab to study inflammatory bowel and crone’s disease in children.
An endowment was established to fund a UBC professor heading up research into the immunology of children’s diseases.
Endowments have been established at most community colleges, BCIT and the Open Learning Agency to provide bursaries for single parent students. Applications are made to the schools.
An endowment fund was established at SFU to provide one scholarship per year for a student from an income assistance background. It pays 100% of the cost of tuition, books, housing and other expenses for up to four years.
Each year a grant is provided to an organization whose sole purpose is to assist “youth at risk” –.Administered by the Orphans’ Fund interest from the Josiah Vandreil Fund has supported youth for the past decade. “
I have Bell’s Palsy and enjoy your blog very much. First time I’ve commented, but have been reading here and there.
Great blog. I enjoy reading it every chance I get and value your opinions!
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Hello Disabled Chat,
Its nice to hear a non-film community voice for a change. I had just assumed the people who were reading my blog were the same jokers I read on their film blogs. Cheers