CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/06/14 -- Calgary Social Media Breakfast (SMByyc) is pleased to announce the December 2014 Event:
Celebrate the Toy Drive Close with Special Guest Buck Shot!
This year Melrose, 101.5 FM Kool FM, The Peak 95.3 FM and Northland Kia are partnering to spread the spirit of Christmas by running a toy drive to help local charity, The Magic of Christmas.
Donation not required to attend - please help SMByyc as we join Melrose as they CLOSE their Christmas toy drive.
If you have not yet donated to this worthy charity this is your last chance to bring a present and enter the draw. If you are wondering what kind of present - they charity is short of gifts for teens, older kids and adults.
As an added bonus, each individual who donates to this campaign will be awarded a ballot and entered into the Melrose & Molson Canadian Giving Tree promotion.
On Sunday, Dec.14th at this event, Melrose will draw names and 40 lucky contestants that donated a gift during the toy drive (Nov.21st thru Dec.14th) will receive Christmas Dinner for 2 and a chance to pick 1 of 40 items from the giving tree. 1 lucky winner will get a 1 year lease on a Kia Soul EX for 2015 (some stipulations apply).
The Magic of Christmas is a local charity that works with the City of Calgary's social services and the Calgary Police Service to ensure that children living in despair are not left out during Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, the Magic of Christmas staff load up Calgary Transit buses with toys and they drive across the city to visit homes and hospital rooms to bring joy to children's lives.
http://www.themagicofchristmas.org/
https://www.facebook.com/TheMagicOfChristmasCharity
@MagicoChristmas
Buck Shot Joins Santa to create MAGIC @SMByyc59!
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Seating is limited. Please RSVP at SMByyc59
About the Event
This is our first ALL AGES event! Please join us at 3:00 pm at the Golden Age Club. Melrose is donating pizza, Jelly Modern Donuts will have some treats for you, and @donnamct will make sure the dessert table is full!
Santa will be in the house. Bring your cameras (make sure they are CHARGED!) and be ready to share your Christmas wish with him!
At 4:00 PM we will welcome our Special Guest - Buck Shot! Bring your questions - he will be happy to answer them. We are honoured to be one of the final audiences that he will play for before he officially retires at the end of 2014.
After his performance, he will be happy to provide photo opportunity for you and of course will be doing autographs!
During the afternoon, Melrose will be taking ALL the entries from each person that has donated a gift to their toy drive... and they will be drawing 40 names. They will be contacting each lucky person to let them know they have won a dinner at Melrose later in the week.
(i)Remember - if you want to enter this draw - it is NOT to late... bring a gift for the toy drive with you to the Golden Age Club and enter the draw!
Special Guest - Buck Shot
Saturday, November 15th, Calgary Sun posted an article written by Michael Platt about the retirement of this Calgary icon.
"You can't have 16 chickens and no tambourine.
Calgarians will know what that means - at least, those Calgarians who grew up here between the years 1967 and 1997, when a friendly cowboy and a ragged bear named Benny were considered cutting-edge children's entertainment.
For those who remember, suffice it to say that Benny the Bear is leaving town, and Buck Shot and Benny are finally retiring as a duo more than 50 years after Ron Barge and puppeteer Jim Lewis first suited up for the cameras at CFCN television.
"It is the end of an era, and it's a pretty emotional thing - it's going to be pretty hard to get through it," said Barge, better known as Buck Shot."
READ MORE: http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/11/15/beloved-calgary-childrens-entertainer-buck-shot-hanging-up-his-cowboy-hat
When: Sunday, December 14th, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
Where: The Golden Age Club
Address: 610 - 8th Avenue S.E. (directly WEST of Fort Calgary)
Registration: Please RSVP at SMByyc59
Cost: There is no fee to attend a Social Media Breakfast.
Parking: Street parking in area is FREE on Sunday.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
FOOD SPONSORS
Melrose
http://www.melrosecalgary.com
http://www.facebook.com/melrosecalgary
Twitter & Instagram: @MelroseRedMile
Jelly Modern Donuts
http://www.jellymoderndoughnuts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/jellymoderndoughnuts
Twitter & Instagram: @JellyModern
KAOS - @donnamct
Twitter: @donnamct - @kaosbiz
VENUE SPONSOR
Golden Age Club
610 - 8 Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2G 0M1
Contact: Jessa Arnold
Phone: (403) 262-6342
Twitter: @GoldenAgeYYC
PHOTOBOOTH SPONSOR
Riverwood Photography
Calgary Custom Portrait and Commercial Photographer
http://www.RiverwoodPhotography.com
https://www.facebook.com/RiverwoodPhotography
Twitter: @RiverwoodPhoto
Special THANKS to our ongoing event sponsors for their continued support of Social Media Breakfast...
Communications Sponsor: Marketwired http://www.marketwired.com/ (403) 266-2443 @Marketwired Equipment Sponsor: Matrix Video Communications http://www.matrixvideocom.com/ (403) 640-4490 @MatrixVideoMVCC Video Sponsor: Calgary Video Creator Travis Cross travis@calgaryvideocreator.com (403) 796-9200 @cvcTravis Website Sponsor: Full Blast Creative Michael Wynn http://www.fullblastcreative.ca/ @fullblastyyc Website Sponsor: Inkplot Creative Crystal DeCnodder http://www.inplot.ca/ @inkplotyyc Engagement Sponsor: Tweetwall Pro Cory Chapdelaine http://tweetwallpro.com/ @88Styles @TweetWallPro Photography Sponsor: Neil Zeller Photography http://neilzellerphotography.com/ me@neilzellerphotography.com @Neil_Zee Co-Founder: Donna McTaggart donnamc@kaos-consulting.com @donnamct @kaosbiz
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About SMByyc
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Committee Members:
Donna McTaggart: @donnamct
Catherine Saykaly-Stevens: @CatherineNetWeb
Crystal DeCnodder: @Pistol_Crystal
Laura Istead: @DiscoverGreen2
Terry Lo: @calgarydreamer
Gwyn Auger: @magicassistant
Brooke Boser: @BrookeBoser
Jessica Clark: @JemilyClark
James Higgins: @JamesHiggins82
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