It's amazing no matter how much time you have to plan for an event it still seems like it arrived WAY too fast. This year's Day of Caring took place June 25th and I have to say it was interesting. Working behind the scenes to get all the little things done is exhausting but the reward is quick and fulfilling. We had 14 companies participate this year at 11 agencies throughout Hastings and Prince Edward Counties and not one person left without a smile on their face :). Teams of company volunteers were able to witness where there United Way donations go, while assisting the agencies with projects they don't have the resources to complete.
I've learnt a lot about organizing an event from this experience but I've also learned a lot about helping your community. I hope everyone took something away from Day of Caring because I sure did. Thank you to everyone who participated and we hope to see you next year!
Special thanks goes out to our generous title sponsors Hydro One and Cintas!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this special day:
Canadian Tire, A&P, Weston Bakeries, No Frills, Home Hardware, Tim Hortons, Quinte Vocational Support Services, Bell, Amer, Community Living Prince Edward, RBC, Stream, GH Manufacturing, Kellogg's, O'Flynn Weese, Airborne Systems, Community Care Access Centre, Reid's Dairy, Home Depot, Nestle and P&G!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
My Dragon Boat Radio Tour
So today concluded my very first radio tour to promote this year's Community Dragon Boat Festival. This is the third year partnering with the Belleville Dragon Boat Club for the festival and I can't wait to be a part of it.
We started out the tour last Friday at Rock 107
with Tommy and Scotty and since this was the very first time I was expecting to speak, I of course chickened out and watched Sara take the reigns and show me how its done...thanks Sara! We had some laughs though and having never really seen the ins and outs of radio I was psyched to be there. It's really too bad that listeners couldn't see Scotty's shirt which he affectionately dubbed aggressive salmon...this had us all rolling and Sara renamed the shirt colour marshmallow peep pink.
Our next stop was a visit to Mix 97 with Sean Kelly on Monday, and I have to say this was a lot more intimidating than the first radio station we visited because I actually had to speak into a microphone for this one :P ...it wasn't pretty.
But not all was lost when we spoke with Charity Brown and yes, that's right I actually spoke to her. It was a little less nerve racking, maybe because it was my third time in a studio but none the less I did my thing and we got out of there before I had time to embarrass myself :)
Almost right after our interview with Charity, Sara and I meandered over to another studio where we were able to chat it up with Sara's dad,Steve Marlin at CJBQ. I got to take a back seat for this interview but I didn't mind, the father daughter banter always gets me laughing and I doubt I could have said much anyways!
And finally the tour ended at 95.5 classic hits with Mark and Kathleen. Again I was able to take a back seat but I thought it might be the safest spot for me since Mark and Sara were
still battling over the Dancing With the Stars mirror ball trophy. But it was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'll be seeing more of Mark since he's United Way's Campaign Chair this year.
But for everyone who's interested in our Community Dragon Boat Festival, it takes place September 19th from 9am to 4pm and promises to be a fantastic day. The cost is only $450 for an adult team of 20 people but if you register prior to July 31st, cost is only $400. Youth teams of 20 paddlers ages 13-18 costs only $200.
Register right away so we can make this years the biggest and greatest Community Dragon Boat Festival to date!
We started out the tour last Friday at Rock 107
with Tommy and Scotty and since this was the very first time I was expecting to speak, I of course chickened out and watched Sara take the reigns and show me how its done...thanks Sara! We had some laughs though and having never really seen the ins and outs of radio I was psyched to be there. It's really too bad that listeners couldn't see Scotty's shirt which he affectionately dubbed aggressive salmon...this had us all rolling and Sara renamed the shirt colour marshmallow peep pink.
Our next stop was a visit to Mix 97 with Sean Kelly on Monday, and I have to say this was a lot more intimidating than the first radio station we visited because I actually had to speak into a microphone for this one :P ...it wasn't pretty.
But not all was lost when we spoke with Charity Brown and yes, that's right I actually spoke to her. It was a little less nerve racking, maybe because it was my third time in a studio but none the less I did my thing and we got out of there before I had time to embarrass myself :)
Almost right after our interview with Charity, Sara and I meandered over to another studio where we were able to chat it up with Sara's dad,Steve Marlin at CJBQ. I got to take a back seat for this interview but I didn't mind, the father daughter banter always gets me laughing and I doubt I could have said much anyways!
And finally the tour ended at 95.5 classic hits with Mark and Kathleen. Again I was able to take a back seat but I thought it might be the safest spot for me since Mark and Sara were
still battling over the Dancing With the Stars mirror ball trophy. But it was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'll be seeing more of Mark since he's United Way's Campaign Chair this year.But for everyone who's interested in our Community Dragon Boat Festival, it takes place September 19th from 9am to 4pm and promises to be a fantastic day. The cost is only $450 for an adult team of 20 people but if you register prior to July 31st, cost is only $400. Youth teams of 20 paddlers ages 13-18 costs only $200.
Register right away so we can make this years the biggest and greatest Community Dragon Boat Festival to date!
Monday, June 1, 2009
IT'S JUNE ALREADY?!?!
I can't believe it! May went by so fast, which means there is only 24 days until Day of Caring....I'm starting to get nervous! ...in a good way of course. Most of our plans have been set in stone and now we're just following up on the minor details. This year promises to be a great Day of Caring with a lot of new teams joining us for the first time...But that's not all that's happening in June, my graduation is set for the 11th and my internship end is set for the end of the month! Two months completed and one more to go. I'm still in shock that I've even had the opportunity to work with United Way for this long :)
Now it shouldn't take two months to plan a day to care, we should all be doing that on a regular basis ;) but for this special Day of Caring I still have some work to do, so back to the paper pushing!
Hope to see you at our upcoming events! --------->
Now it shouldn't take two months to plan a day to care, we should all be doing that on a regular basis ;) but for this special Day of Caring I still have some work to do, so back to the paper pushing!
Hope to see you at our upcoming events! --------->
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