Vancouver’s 2010 Social Event a Success!

Each year, local Kayak for a Cure organizing committees hold social events to raise funds to support the costs of running their charity kayaking events.

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If you happened to have been by Kits beach last Thursday, you may have noticed something going on at Karv restaurant.  The decorative balloons, paddles and 16 foot kayak, MAY have given it away – or it could have been the cheers, laughs and crowds of people joining what was the most successful Kayak for a Cure Pub Night, to date!
This year marked our fourth consecutive pub night… and let’s just say, the bar has been raised.

The room was packed!  We had Kayak for a Cure faithfuls, those who have been with us since the beginning, some long-time supporters, some newbies, and even some people straight off the street!

Thanks to our dedicated volunteer team who secured amazing raffle prizes, including: an iPod shuffle, $250 gift basket from Eminence skin care, $100 gift certificate to Glowbal Group, $50 gift certificate to Hell’s Kitchen and  Flying Tiger, Canadians Game tickets, Whitecaps tickets, Six Degrees of Separation tickets (and more), we definitely had some VERY happy guests!

Thanks to everyone’s support, we ended up raising over $1,200 towards the Kayak for a Cure event which takes place on August 29th.  THANK YOU to all of you who came, who were involved and who showed their support!

Cheers to yet another, AMAZING year!

See you on the water in Vancouver on August 29!

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Posted On: July 15th, 2010 In: Canada Events, Community, Event, Social, Vancouver

MEC Paddlefest 2010, Vancouver Recap

MEC Paddlefest 2010 may have been a little quieter, a little cloudier and a little cooler than last year but it was still a success! A few local events contributed to the lower numbers this year: Father’s Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Ride to Conquer Cancer, Car Free Day and the lack the brilliant sun didn’t help.

We’re estimating attendance this year at 1200. This includes over 230 participants in the on-water classes, approximately 800 people checking out the various vendors on land, a couple hundred people testing boats and around 50 people trying out yoga or listening to the dryland clinics.

And can you believe how many boats were on the beach?! That was a sight to see!

Looking forward to 2011!

Thank you to everybody who came out to Paddlefest 2010!

Special thanks to:

Jericho Sailing Center
Deep Cove Kayak
Ecomarine
Windsure
Glenmore

MEC-Paddlefest Kayak for a Cure

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