May
14
Guys, the foodbank needs food.
And tomorrow is the big drive for the summer months.
Here’s the Link to the DIG IN page for more details.
But to make it easy for you, put some food in a box/bag/backpack/strap it to your dog, or pick up some cash and drop it off at one of these locations:
KITCHENER!
- Food Bank of Waterloo Region 50 Alpine Crt.
- Kitchener City Hall
- Laurentian Power Centre (Ottawa and Homer-Watson)
- Highland Hills Superstore
- Waterloo Region Museum (10 Huron Rd)
- Kitchener Auditorium
- Sobey’s Highland (they’re having a fundraising BBQ too!)
- Grand River Collegiate
- No Frills (700 Strasburg Rd.)
- Valumart (Frederick Mall)
- Sobey’s (Fisher-Hallman out by Williamsburg, fundraising BBQ too!)
- Sunrise Centre
- Fairview Park Mall (near the great Sat-An)
- Empire Theatre (Gateway park)
WATERLOO!
- Conestoga Mall
- Waterloo Square (there’s a Battle of the Bands!)
- Sobeys (Columbia – fundraising BBQ)
- Laurelwood Food Basics
- RIM park (University/Bridge)
- Sobeys (Bridgeport – fundraising BBQ)
- Waste Management aka the Dump? (925 Erb St. W)
- Price Chopper (University)
- Zehrs (Beechwood Plaza)
- Leadership Waterloo Region (141 Father David Bauer Rd. the Rec?)
- Smart Centre – St.Jacobs… also near the new great Sat-an)
Be there, bring the goods.
H.
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Apr
21
Alternatively, if you like Beer, Hot tubs, Beer Pong and doing the right thing,
you could check out the next Kegger for Cancer – also on Saturday.
$15 for bottomless foamy beverages.
Message me if you’d like some details.
H.
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Mar
22
You can click on this poster to enlarge it if you’d like.
It’s for The (Children’s) Museum After Dark party – The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
A fundraiser to support the museum’s operating costs, I am not sure what to tell ya on this one.
I think the poster could be about 1 million times better – and the Lady Gaga impersonator isn’t doing it for me… but, could be interesting.
Thoughts?
Anyone going?
Tix are $30 in advance, $40 at the door.
H.
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Mar
12
I just got off the phone with a dude from Doctors Without Borders…
They’re following up with people that made donations immediately after the earthquake in Haiti.
We all know that the need for relief doesn’t just stop after the devastation leaves the front page of the papers, and there is an ongoing need for money, food, first aid long after the hype dies down.
We’ve signed up for their monthly donation program. They start as low as $7.50/per month – which provides 2 meals every day for a month to a child threatened by famine.
For $15/month… they can provide a month of clean water for 40 refugees.
$30/month – A surgical kit containing essential instruments to carry out emergency examinations and basic surgery in the field
and $60/month – A month of nursing care for refugees from war or natural disaster
Seriously? How can you NOT sign up for this? Spare yourself 2 lattes a month and you’ve fed a kid for 30 days.
Call. Sign Up. Leave a comment.
This is important. Start your weekend right.
1-888-392-0392 or click Here.
H.
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12
Neruda Productions is hosting a benefit concert tonight to raise money for relief and rebuilding in Chile, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on February 27th.
7:00pm | The Button Factory | Waterloo
Alvaro Oyarce’s Ojos Negros (Flamenco Fusion with Middle Eastern Flair) are joined by a number of talented musicians at the Button Factory. These musicians will include: Ubaldo Rojas, Tina Li, Paul Priyam, Maria Carina Opris, Jeanny & Jenna Ducut. and maybe more.
Tix are $20 at the door – or $15 if you reserve in advance (email neruda.events (at) gmail (dot) com)
Only $10 for students.
H.
PS. Neruda is a great organization, if you don’t know much about them, i highly recommend you check out their site.
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Mar
04
So, this isn’t local, but I went last year and it was … epic… to use the most overused word of 2009.
Seriously.
$125 ticket – all going to support the AGO – well spent, if you ask me.
I wish I would have taken photos last year, but the theme was “revolution”.
You had to push through some dudes dressed as riot police to get into the party. Then a fake John and Yoko had a full bed-in. Later on, they disappeared and this hot chic in lingerie with a gorilla mask on, posed on the bed while a gazillion photogs had a staged shoot with her.
All this, while a ton of pretentious young people got smashed on the open bar in the middle of the 3rd floor of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
COME. ON.
H.
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Mar
01
Oh man, it’s an action packed week at RQ!
Let’s start things off!
On Saturday, P and I stopped in at Value Village for a quick look around. I tried on a couple things and bought a shirt and a pretty sweet equestrian inspired belt. I also tried on a genius of a dress that looked bad on me due to lack of height.
I bought it anyways… and thought we could auction it off here, on RQ!
Here’s the details:
- Size 9/10
- Black
- From Banana Republic
- Wool/Cotton Blend (very soft fabric)
- Scoop neck, three buttons and cinching around the waist.
- Very new.
- If you’re 5′5ish, it’ll come to just above your knees i think.
- ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO: doctors without borders.
So here’s the deal, the dress is gorgeous, perfect for work, or even over skinny jeans i think.
If you’d like to call it your own, make a bid in the comments.
Don’t forget to leave your name.
Bidding starts at $15, and will go on until Wednesday at 3pm EST.
(If you win the dress, and it needs to be shipped to you, i will cover the cost of shipping)
Any questions,
leave a comment.
Let the bidding begin!
H.
PS. Many thanks to Greg for the inspired idea.
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Feb
26
Ok Waterloo – You’ve been off my radar for a little bit these days. But i just HAVE to bring this up:
This Saturday, to raise money for Haiti, City of Waterloo volunteers will be having a charity….
wait for it…
wait for it…
INDOOR CAR WASH.
I’m not gonna go all crazy on you or anything, because I’m still on a TED high and I am slightly worried that I’m over-reacting, BUT:
A) It’s Winter.
B) IT’S AN EXTREME WASTE OF WATER!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re using up natural resources to clean the first world’s SUVs while people in Haiti are forced to solicit the black market for the foreign aid that isn’t being properly managed into the hands of the needy???????????
Ok. Just sayin’.
Car washes should be $100 fucking dollars because they are so wasteful and unnecessary.
GAWD.
In other news, the City of Waterloo will be giving away Free Hot Chocolate and Chili tonight from 5-7 pm (while quantities last) at Waterloo Public Square to celebrate and thank the donors who made the frozen oval of clean water that we skate on, possible.
Almost positive this contributes to why the developing world hates North America.
H.
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Feb
19
RQ reader Ramy Nassar is participating in a 200km bike race from Toronto to Niagara Falls in a couple weeks, in support of Cancer Research. His team of 3 needs to raise at least $7500.
That’s a lot of fucking money.
So, they’re hosting a “kegger for cancer” olympic-themed party this Saturday Feb 20 at:
103 Huck Cr. Kitchener.
It’s $15 min donation to consume all the drinks that you can possibly consume. And all in the name of life saving research! Yes please.
Want more details?
Lemme know,
H.
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