Stride to Turn the Tide 2011
June 11, 2011
On
June 11th, 2011, The Northumberland GogoGetters once again joined with
grandmother
groups across Canada by participating in a 5K walk in Cobourg to
raise awareness and money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
The GogoGetters walked this year in memory of Penny Lewis.
Thanks
to support from the local community, we were able to raise over $3,500
to help fund community-level organizations in 15 sub-Saharan African
countries that provide grandmothers with much needed support such as:
nutritious food, adequate housing and bedding, school fees and supplies
for their grandchildren, grief counselling, support groups, and HIV
awareness training.
Here are a few pictures from the event:
Stride to Turn the Tide
June 12, 2010
On
June 12th, 2010, The Northumberland GogoGetters joined with grandmother
groups across Canada by participating in a 5K walk in Cobourg to show
our support for the courageous and resilient grandmothers of Africa who
are caring for children orphaned by AIDS, and changing the course of
the pandemic in their communities.
Stride
to Turn the Tide was a grassroots initiative brought forward by a
grandmother group in Canmore, Alberta that spread across the country.
Thanks to support from the local community, we were able to raise over $1,000 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Here are a couple of pictures from the event:
GogoGetters' Scrabble Event a Smashing Success!
October 24, 2009
On
Saturday, October the 24th, we held our very first Scrabble fundraising
event, timed to coincide with the Stephen Lewis Foundation's "
A Dare to Remember"
campaign. The response we received was fantastic, the 50 or so
participants raised over $3,500 to help to ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in
Africa.
The
event took place at the Salvation Army Citadel in Cobourg. The
play was intense at times, but always good-humoured.
Captain Jim Sinclair was high scorer, the ONLY player to break 200. Well done!
High scoring team was the Canadian Federation of University Women.
Celia Miles from the Brighton Probus Club led the way by raising the most money of any of our participants.
And the Pine Ridge Vets team raised the most of any team. Well done!
Our esteemed judge, there to rule on any disputes or to clarify any rules, was Wanda Zyla. Wanda was terrific.
Extra
special thanks to the Apple Route Grannies who travelled all the
way from Brighton to help out behing the scenes, ably assisted behind the scenes by
our own Marriette.
Brad
Halls and Laura Harp Provide a Fabulous Evening of Entertainment.
November
15, 2008
Our third musical evening was
another tremendous success with a terrific performance by local
favourites Brad Halls and Laura Harp at our favourite spot, Meet at 66
King East in Cobourg.
Thanks again to
Edward and Diana for letting us use such a wonderful venue, this time
we used both rooms. Brad and Laura wowed the crowd in the new
room while the original room hosted our silent auction, overseen by
Penny. Bidding was fierce.
Marilyn and Donna
were co-MCs and did a great job.
The evening
couldn't have gone better.
Here's a short clip
of Brad and Laura.
African Grannies Visit Cobourg!
Sept 10, 2007
The GogoGetters were honoured and delighted to host two visiting
African Grannies for a short visit with refreshments, wisdom, questions
and answers. Mama Zodawa and Darlina held court with a group including
our members, young people from the West High School's Interact Club,
and pastors and parishoners from St. Peter's Church among others.
All
were charmed by the Grannies, members of the South African AIDS
activist group TAC, and impressed with their message. We were also
delighted to meet Julie Coultas of the Stephen Lewis Foundation who
accompanied the women.
A wonderful afternoon!
Click here to visit our blog and read a couple of articles from the local papers describing the event.
Diana and those Guys Charm the
Crowd at our Second Musical Fundraiser
June 2nd, 2007
Diana and Those Guys are a
terrific local Cobourg band who play a mixture of r&b, pop and
classic rock and by the end of the night usually have their fans
dancing and singing along. Our fundraiser, held again at Meet at 66 King East, was staged in a
much more intimate performance space than they're accustomed to and they
rose to the challenge, tailoring their setlist for the event and
showing a quieter, gentler side to the band. By all accounts
their performance was a rousing success, and the crowd seemed
enthralled by the short film provided by the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Special thanks go Diana and Those Guys for the music and for donating all of
their fees back to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, to the KPR Elementary
Teachers Federation of Ontario for their surprise donation, to Edward and Diana from Meet at 66 King East for
providing the venue once again and for the delicious coffee and deserts,
and a huge thank you to Fran Fearnley of
Zimart, Canada's
Shona Sculpture Gallery, for donating an amazing piece of Zimbabwean
sculpture that we raffled off. The evening also marked the first appearance of the
Little Travellers in Cobourg, which proved to be a huge hit with everyone. All in all another fantastic
night.
Here's a short video of highlights from the evening:
Diana. And those guys!
The Little Travellers make their Cobourg debut.
GogoGetters First Musical Fundraiser a
Tremendous Success
April
28, 2007
Our very first fundraiser
in support of the Stephen Lewis Foudation was a Coffee and Music
Evening held Saturday night, April 28, 2007 at Meet at 66 King East in
Cobourg. The response was tremendous, everyone involved with
putting on the event was thrilled. Music was provided by
Andrew Thompson and Jim Henderson, who were
fantastic.
The
desserts and coffee were delicious and we were all extremely moved by
the movie about the African grandmothers provided by the SLF.
Here's a short video featuring Andrew and Jim along with a chat by
group cofounder Jeremy.
Thanks to
everyone who
attended as well as all those who had a hand in putting on such a
marvelous event, especially Edward from Meet at 66.
