Way to go Regina! Results from 1st Regina Timeraiser

05/16/2012

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We celebrated our 1st Regina Timeraiser this past Tuesday May 15 in partnership with United Way Regina and SaskEnergy. 21 amazing nonprofit organizations seeking skilled volunteers were in the room.

With financial support of our local presenting sponsor, SaskEnergy and several other corporate partners we were able to invest $10,000 in the careers of local artists. JJ Voss wooed the room with his dynamic performance throughout the evening. 
Our charismatic Emcee Craig Leder (CBC Radio Afternoon Edition Host) broadcasted across Twitter: “You organized a classy, innovative, worthwhile #yqr (Regina) event that I’d proud to be a part of any time. Here is to next year!” @CraigLederHouse

What a nice thing to say! His efforts encouraged 150+ people to pledge nearly 4,000 volunteer hours. Congratulations to all the people who successfully bid on artwork. A list of winners is below. Photos from the event will be posted shortly.
Recognition must be made to Amanda Lanoway (United Way Regina) Ida Leruyet (SaskEnergy) and Christina Attard (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina) who were a massive and consistent help in all of our planning efforts.  A big thank you to our Local Founding Partner SaskEnergy and Lead Community Partner United Way Regina as well as to our other amazing sponsors and volunteers who made the evening possible.
  • BuzzCity
  • CBC Regina
  • GreatWestLife-London Life-Canada Life
  • Casino Regina
  • The Co-Operators
  • Conexus Credit Union
  • Harvard Western Insurance
  • Paradigm Consulting
  • PWC
  • TD Bank

    We look forward to following up with all the agencies and art winners, and begin planning for the 2nd Regina Timeraiser!

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4,015 Volunteer Hours Raised: 3rd London Timeraiser

05/15/2012

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Thursday May 10th, 2012 
The Timeraiser evening was a great success. But we will get back to that in a moment. We expected 23 organizations to be present at the 3rd London Timeraiser.

However, the Canadian Cancer Society Elgin-Middlesex Unit had to cancel at the last minute for the most gut wrenching of reasons imaginable: one of the people involved with the Society passed away earlier that week.

Normally when an agency does not attend the Timeraiser, we take their poster down so we don't have an empty table at the event. In this sad case we lit a candle and solemnly carried on with the evening. While doing so it also reminded our team why helping people connect to causes they care about is so important.

As in years past, our lead partner was the United Way of London and Middlesex and their GenNext Cabinet. Together with Pillar Non-Profit Network and the London Arts Council, they helped us to sell out the event three weeks in advance.
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Photo Credit: Dana Nosella
Our third Timeraiser in London was held The ARTS Project on Dundas St. With over $10,000 of artwork hanging on the walls, our goal was to raise 4,000 volunteer hours. While bidding progressed, we brought several winners on stage to receive their artwork from last year. TD employee Joe Morrison was one of the 18 recipients who claimed their artwork, celebrating a 95% completion rate!

Our Emcee, Taz, from London’s Best Rock FM96 keep the crowd informed and engaged throughout the evening. With over 250 people through the doors that evening, we raised 4,015 volunteer hours. We look forward to connecting with all the art winners, agencies and other attendees to enable their community involvement over the next year.

A shout-out must be sent to Vlora Muslimi from TD, who as part of her role on GenNext helped us plan and execute the event with style. Special thanks to our community and corporate sponsors for all their support with making the night such a great success:
  • CIBC
  • GreatWest Life/London Life/Canada life
  • London Arts Council (help with our call to artists & art selection)
  • Libro Financial
  • Milestones Restaurant (Social Media Contest)
  • TD Bank
  • PWC
  • Pillar Non-Profit Network
You can check out all the event photos by the very talented Dana Nosella here. We are exciting to begin planning our 4th London Timeraiser!
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Summary Results from 1st Montreal Timeraiser

04/15/2012

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Wow. Wow. Wow. 

The best words to describe our impression of the 1st Montreal Timeraiser Thursday April 12th. The evening was lead by our local partner, the Volunteer Bureau of Montreal, who was celebrating their 75th Anniversary as part of National Volunteer Week.

By 7:00 pm we had over 325 people in the room. 

By 7:30 pm there were lots of people having great conversations. We overheard that one social service organization was searching for a quality accountant. And they found one.

By 8:00 pm, Twitterverse was streaming lots of encouraging shout outs between artists, agencies and community minded people.

By 8:30 pm, people were ready to bid hours on artwork. By 9:00 pm nearly all the works of art hit maximum bid.
By 10:00 pm we were pleased to announce over 6,500+ confirmed volunteer hours were raised.  

Thanks to all our volunteers and other friends who made the event such a success. We’ll be planning our 2nd event shortly. 

As we shared in an earlier post, the planning for the 1st set a number of records. We had over 100 nonprofits apply for the event for just 30+ spots. And we had a strong number of artists submit for the $13,000 in funding available. 
We look forward to collecting more stories from those who attended. Do you have something that you want to share about the Timeraiser? We’d love your comments & feedback.
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Launching our First Montreal Timeraiser - Featured Editorial!

04/11/2012

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The 1st Montreal Timeraiser is TOMORROW - April 12th at the Bonsecours Market. We are thrilled to have a featured article written by Brandon Judd on the first Montreal event. Below you'll find the English and French versions of the article. Thanks to the J.W McConnell Family Foundation for introducing us to Brandon and for all their support with this piece. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.

Click here to view french version.

English Version
What do you think of the article? We'd love your feedback!
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Timeraiser 2011 Artist Spotlight | Danielle Baker – “Bridges”

08/25/2011

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By Vanessa Choot
In the weeks leading up to Timeraiser Vancouver 2011, we will be posting a series of artist interviews to spotlight artwork which will be featured at the upcoming event.  Our first interview is with Danielle Baker, from North Vancouver, BC, whose piece “Bridges” will be available to be bid on at this year’s Timeraiser in Vancouver.

Timeraiser: How did you hear about Timeraiser 2011?

Danielle: I attended the event in 2009 and had an image selected for the 2010 Timeraiser.  I enjoyed being involved so much that I submitted work again this year.  Its an honour that my images are being used to raise volunteer hours in our communities.    

Timeraiser: Where is the location the bridge featured in "Bridges"?

Danielle: The bridge in the image is the Lion's Gate Bridge, taken on the west side looking back towards the north shore.

Timeraiser:What sort of feeling or emotion were you trying to capture with your piece "Bridges"?

Danielle: The photo was taken during a period of time when the city completely fogged in.  Every day I rode across the Lion's Gate Bridge on my way to work and thought about how unreal it felt to be in the middle of the bridge and not be able to see the beginning or end of it.  It made it seem like the bridge was floating.  I wanted to try and capture that feel and unique experience.

Timeraiser Vancouver 2011 is happening on Thursday September 22, at The Waldorf Hotel.  Tickets are now on sale for $20.  Click here for more information and to purchase your ticket.

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