Residents from DASCH lived the life of a model for the evening of Nov. 6 at the Manitoba Museum. They walked with pride throughout the museum. Each of the models were proud and excited to show their families just how incredible they are.
On June 23, 2016 DASCH hosted The
Possibilities Gala with tremendous
help from their presenting sponsor,
Duraco Windows. The gala, honouring
Adam Beach and Dawn Everett, was an
outstanding success.
WINNIPEG, MB SATURDAY MAY 28, 2016:
The Telus Manitoba Motorcycle Ride for
Dad attracted over 1,100 registered
riders raising over $330,000 in the
fight against prostate cancer. This
brings the eight-year fundraising
total to over $1.5M. Proceeds stay in
Manitoba for prostate cancer research
and education.
The Fairmont was buzzing the week of
April 23rd as the Insurance Brokers
Association of Manitoba held its
annual week-long convention. On
Wednesday, over 1,200 industry patrons
enjoyed the Trade Show & company
Hospitality Suites well into the
night.
We have so many unique and incredible
things happening in our province and
one of them is the Manitoba Wildlife
Rehabilitation Centre. Wildlife Haven
is a centre that cares for Manitoba
and Northwestern Ontario's injured,
orphaned and sick wildlife.
For those of you who don't know, Sun
Media was purchased by Postmedia in
May of 2015. This purchase has made
Postmedia an outstanding Canadian
media leader with more than 200 urban
and community market brands. On
Thursday April 21, Postmedia industry
experts were in Winnipeg presenting
new solutions to business owners and
leaders.
The Winnipeg Sun has amazing
employees. The commercial print
division has been organizing a curling
bonspiel for more than 30 years.
Headed by Ed DePape, he and his
coworkers Brent Shields and Linda
Averbach organized the bonspiel for
100 curlers. The bonspiel raised
$5,355 for the Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation. The St. Vital Curling Club
hoste
OneMatch spoke to more than 100 Grade
12 students about the process of stem
cell donation on Feb. 10 as part of
the biology curriculum. They learned
about how lives can be saved through
the gift of stem cell and bone marrow
donation.
Seniors are staying active! Thousands
of seniors across the country enjoyed
friendly competition while staying
healthy and having fun from Feb. 1-5.
Right here in Winnipeg close to 600
residents from six All Seniors Care
retirement residences took part in the
7th annual games. The week-long event
was an opportunity for seniors to
continue living an
Residents from DASCH lived the life of
a model for the afternoon on Dec. 6 at
the TYC Event Centre Polo Park. They
walked with pride down the red carpet
and onto he wide white dance floor.
Each of the 20 models were proud and
excited to show their families just
how incredible they are.
One man, one dream and 50 years of
success. Don Whitmore, founder of
Vector Construction shared a heartfelt
message of gratitude to his family and
employees at the beginning of the week
long celebration in Winnipeg. Vector
Construction welcomed employees from
around the world to celebrate.
Delegates enjoyed what our great city
has to offer.
The recipient of the generous donation over the next three years is Winnipeg Harvest. The cheque presentation was July 24 at Winnipeg Harvest amongst the recycled box gardens. Truly an amazing story supporting the food bank's community garden project. The project "plant to date" is a unique concept of planting vegetables in re-used recycling boxes
Feb. 28 marked the 5th annual Winnipeg Chamber Spirit of Winnipeg Awards Gala. The Spirit Awards, presented by Filmore Riley, was c-founded with BDO and attended by close to 500 Winnipeggers.