4th Annual MS Charity Crop – 2011

Registration is now OPEN!!!!

Saturday February 5th, 2011

Go to the EVENTS PAGE on this site for all the details!

Congrats on being published Carol!

My friend and neighbor – Carol Anne Shaw has her first book coming out in August! Today I pre-ordered my copy of Hannah& The Spindle Whorl through Munro Books – you can also go to Chapters and Amazon to purchase your copy. Carol’s blog is http://carolanneshaw12.blogspot.com/ check it out when you have a moment there is a little “taste” of the book on there. I have known Carol for many years and she is a very talented lady. Wishing you great success Carol!

BC Scrapbooking – Crop for Kids

Join  Annual Scrapbookin’ Adventure’s for their 4th Annual Weekend/ Charity Retreat September 24th – 26th, 2010 and help BC Childrens hospital while you scrapbook !!! See the events page for more details. You won’t want to miss out on this one!

Scotiabank MS Walk April 11, 2010

This year was probably the best walk yet for me. The skys didn’t look so nice when we woke Sunday morning but it didn’t take long and out came the nice warm sun. Team Eternal Hope gathered at Willows Beach to have some breakfast, some coffee and chat while we waited for the walk to begin. This year was probably the most challenging so far for pledge collections and fundraising but we worked together and did pretty well. The walk began and we all started off together but all kinda paired off with the person who kept the same pace. As always my boyfriend was in the lead:) I was at the back of the pack and about half way through the walk decided I wanted to catch up to others (and find a port a potty without a line up. LOL). So the last 3km of the walk I attempted to run – well it was more of a run for a bit then walk, run for a bit then walk. I really am not a runner and out of shape so I’m sure the site was a funny one. We all finished within minutes of each other and made great time (I think we were all faster this year). We took the opportunity for some photos before we headed out to brunch. Than it was off to the Reef for some brunch.

I want to thank everyone who is Team Eternal Hope – I love my friends and family for how much they care, give & support.

Team Eternal Hope: Ryan Taylor,Julie & Leigh Rishman, Christine Mann, Lyndie Blackburn, Ina Wong, Lisa Nicholson, Wern Grundlingh

Scrapbookin Adventures – All Day Crop – April 17th

This event was a huge success. Don’t forget to check out the events calendar on SA’s website for upcoming all day crops, events & classes! http://www.scrapbookinadventures.ca

3rd Annaul MS Crop – Photos!!!

Good morning,

So here is a look at some of the amazing photos that were taken by Shari Nakagawa and Werner Grundlingh at the MS Crop this year. I will have a photo album on this site very soon (once I figure out how to do it – LOL). Please follow the links and check them out!

http://www.sharinakagawablog.com/

http://picasaweb.google.ca/wgrundlingh/2010MSCharityCrop?authkey=Gv1sRgCMK4_KXHhfyaGA#

The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival

Victoria – March 12th & 13th (9:00 am to 6:00pm)

Scrapbook Marketplace/ Make ‘n’ Take Loonie Bar/ Scrapbooking & Card Classes/ Prizes & Draws – Admission is $10

• CRUISE GIVEAWAY at the Victoria show,
  sponsored by Creative Memories. Click here for more information.For more details go to: http://www.canadianscrapbooker.ca/CMS_2008/?page_id=139 or call 403.809.4888CLASS REGISTRATION BEGINS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2010!
• Come visit us @ the Scrapbookin’ Adventures booth. We will have Eternal Hope T-shirts for sale ($20 – all proceeds got to the MS Society), coupons for the 2011 MS Charity Crop, and pictures from this years event!

3rd Annual MS Charity Crop – A Huge Success!

Well another year and another successful crop! We raised over $2,000.00 and it’s all thanks to you. The generosity shown by businesses, attendees and individuals has just been amazing. A very special thanks to the volunteers this year as well as the ladies attending the crop who just pitched in everywhere – from cleaning off tables to prep cooking in the kitchen. It really means so much to me and my family to have such great support. I am very much looking forward to the 4th Annual MS Charity Crop in 2011 and hope to see you all there.

Thanks to all our sponsors this year – we really couldn’t do it without you:

 Scrapbookin’ Adventures/ Canadian Scrapbooker/ Scrapbook & Cards Today/ ClipItUp/ Upsy Daisy Designs/ Close to My Heart/ Scrapbook Parade/ Tim Hortons/ Masons Store/ Shawnigan Lake School/ Sawyers Sewing Center/ Element Hair & Esthetics/ Party-Lite/ Studio 11/ Reg & Doris Ogden/ Pink Cat Studio/ SassaFrass Spa/ Scrapbook Eh?/ Scor-Pal/Tin Box Creations/Sun Dog Eyewear/The Market on Millstream/Ninabrook Designs/Bo Bunny/ Lasting Impression Stamps/ Michelle’s Jewellery

The fundraising is not over for team Eternal Hope. We have the MS Walk in Victoria in April and we will continue to fundraise and collect pledges until then.

Don’t forget to stop by the Scrapbookin’ Adventure booth at the Sewing & Crafts Show/ The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival on March 12th & 13th @ the Victoria Conference Centre 720 Douglas Street – www.sewingandcraftsshow.com

Jennifer (owner of Scrapbookin’ Adventures) is very generously sharing her booth with us so we can promote our yearly event. We will have Eternal Hope T-Shirts for sale – 100% of proceeds donated to the MS Society.

Many, many thanks for another successful year – Charlene

3rd Annual MS Charity Crop – Feb 20th, 2010

It’s that time of year again and I am very pleased to announce the 3^rd Annual MS Charity Crop. Please check out the EVENTS PAGE for details and stay tuned as we have many exciting plans in the works for this event. I hope to see you all there in February. Let’s make this next crop an even bigger success!

MS Crop 09′ – Charitable Tax Receipts Question…

Hello,

A couple of people have emailed me recently asking about charitable tax receipts. Unfortunately going forward we can not issue these for for crop fees paid. MS Society of Canada has let me know that according to the CRA charitable tax receipts can not be issued if you have received anything in return. This “anything” can be a seat at the crop, food, goody bags, door prizes etc…. We were not made aware of this last year and that is why we able to have the MS Society issue these. The MS Society and CRA have made it clear that a charitable tax receipt is only issued when a donation of money has been made and nothing received. I have also been advised that no other (scrapbook) charity event gives out tax receipts to attendees (this applies to dances and other events hosted to raise money for charity). I hope you all understand and I apologize for any confusion.

Sincerely,

Charlene