Epicurean Calgary

Year Round

Shave Your Lid for a Kid®

Various locations

Shave Your Lid for a Kid®
Shave Your Lid for a Kid® is Kids Cancer Care's largest fundraising initiative, raising more than $7.7 million since its inception in 1998. The shave program is successful because of you. Each year, hundreds of Albertans like you shave their heads for our kids. This bold move shows moral support for the kids who lose their hair during cancer treatments, while raising money for camp, research, hospital and scholarship programs for young people affected by cancer.

5 steps to a stellar shave.
Planning a shave is easy. Just follow the steps below and you’ll be on your way to a spectacular hair-razing event:

→ Download a shave kit.
→ Set a fundraising goal, date and location for your shave.
→ Register your shave online with Kids Cancer Care.
→ Spread the word. Tell all your friends and family, teachers and colleagues about your shave. Share your fundraising goal with them and invite them to join your shave as a shavee or pledger. Contact our office for promotional ideas.
→ Make your shave event fun. Invite your friends. Bring music. Have a BBQ for your supporters. Shave yourself a Mohawk first. Start a competition between shavees with a prize for the highest fundraiser.

Shaving your head is a great way to raise money while showing moral support for kids who lose their hair during cancer treatments. If bald isn’t your style, you can always opt for a haircut or pledge someone else who is shaving. Check out the new shave video here and share it widely.
Shave Your Lid for a Kid® is a grassroots initiative sponsored by Trico Homes and made possible by thousands of brave Albertans who shave their heads and raise vital funds and awareness for children with cancer.

For more ideas on how to promote and organize your own shave or for help registering and pledging online, contact Leah Nelner at 403.984.1223 or email her at nelner@kidscancercare.ab.ca.
To find out more about our Shave Your Lid for a Kid® program, contact Leah Nelner at 403.984.1223 or email her at nelner@kidscancercare.ab.ca.

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February 2012

February 11, 2012

Hypothermic Half Marathon 2012

Eau Claire Market, 200 Barclay Parade S.W.

Registration Fees:
1st Wave  Run/Walk: $75
2nd Wave $75

Race Start Times:
•1st Wave Run/Walk - 10:00 a.m.
•2nd Wave Run - 1:00 p.m.

The proceeds from this race benefits Fort Calgary National Historic Site.

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March 2012

March 10, 2012

2012 Parents’ Quest for the Cure
A Night Under the Tzars Gala

The Westin Calgary, 320 4th Ave S.W.

6:00 P.M.

Tickets $250 or $2,500 for a table of 10

Experience the old-world charm and elegance of St. Petersburg in the 1800s Saturday, March 10 at the Parents’ Quest for the Cure: A Night Under the Tzars Gala. Presented by MNP, the gala evening invites you and your guests to step into a winter-wonderland of enchanting surprises and entertainment, gourmet food and wines and extraordinary auction items. Bring your ushanka, sample fine vodka, and help stop cancer cold in its tracks.
Parents’ Quest for the Cure gala has raised more than $900,000 to date for childhood cancer research. With your help we can create a future without childhood cancer. With your help, kids can beat this!
For information, please contact Jill Edmonds at 403 984 1225 or edmonds@kidscancercare.ab.ca.

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March 17, 2012

Diakonos 6th Annual St. Patrick's 10K and 5K Run/Walk - 2012

Eau Claire Market, 200 Barclay Parade S.W.

10:00 a.m.

Entry Fees: $40 until Feb. 20, $45 until March 14

Distances: 5 km/10 km
This is how:
- Register as a participant
- Enter as a Team (4-10 people) in the Team Challenge
- Pledge a participant

Get your “GREEN ON” and celebrate St Patrick’s Day in support of Our Community Heroes

First Responders, Military Personnel, and their Families

You can support the Diakonos Retreat Society by collecting pledges: Download a printable pledge form and information about the fantastic prizes available. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $25 or more. Complete donor information (full name, address, postal code, phone number) must be collected for a tax receipt to be issued. Cheques must be made out to the Diakonos Retreat Society. Prize for highest pledge collector!
Where will the funds for this event go: Funds will go directly to supporting these two areas – The Annual Diakonos Family Camp held each May. This Camp allows families and individuals time away to do high ropes and horseback riding programs, family time management planning and benefit from motivational guest speakers. Post traumatic stress and critical incident proactive workshops also provide resources to further strengthen the family or individual. The second area includes supporting the operational costs associated with the Calgary Diakonos House.

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March 29-April 21, 2012

21st Annual Bowl For Kids

Chinook  Bowladrome Lower level, Chinook Centre, 6455 Macleod Trail S.W.

3:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. depending on day.

There is no cost to the bowler to attend, only the premise of raising a minimum of $90.00 pledge to support the charity.

Bowl For Kids is a bowl-a-thon that happens from the end of March until the middle of April here in Calgary. There are 18 different nights to choose from and each event night features a different theme. Each night is a fun filled, fast paced evening of bowling and great times bringing together bowlers & captains from many different industries. Each bowling night features at celebrity M.C., DJ onsite to play your favorite tunes, free Big Rock beer, Free Little Caesars Pizza and Free Pepsi product. They also have many giveaways every single bowling night plus your chance to win a trip to Las Vegas in the Three Strikes You Shout Las Vegas contest.
This event is organized and presented by a dedicated volunteer base from the Stampede City Progress Club, and showcases corporate Calgary's spirit in and action-packed evening of fun bowling, refreshments and prizes. Bowling teams are made up of five people and can consist of friends, co-workers or family members. You can choose to bowl on any of our theme nights.
Traditionally Bowl For Kids has provided the largest single source of funding for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary. It is the goal of the Stampede City Progress Club to make this event grow in order to help make certain that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary is able to help children in Calgary for many years to come.

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June 2012

June 22-24, 2012

Ride for a Lifetime

Calgary-Fernie-Nakusp-Calgary

Registration is $600 per rider and $500 per passenger and includes accommodation, meals, snacks, fuel, road side assistance, official ride T-shirt and crest.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! Rev up for Kids Cancer Care’s 10th Anniversary Ride for a Lifetime. Grab a friend, or two, or three, and take a tour through Canada's most majestic highways, while raising vital money for children with cancer. You’ll enjoy VIP treatment, roadside support, unbeatable camaraderie and the knowledge that you're helping a child with cancer. Be their ‘rebel with a cause.’ Help us create a future without childhood cancer! 

Register online today.
For information, please contact Jill Edmonds at 403-984-1225 or edmonds@kidscancercare.ab.ca.

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