Team Kili-2012 Fund-raising Events

Full descriptions of these events may be found on the French blog:
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Casino du 22 octobre 2011
October 22, 2011
Casino with 12 Black Jack tables and 2 Poker tables
Over 100 guests attended - a big success!

Souper gastronomique, vente de hot-dog, photos...
September 23, 2011
Gastronomical Supper at the Calixa-Lavallée Institute
Held with the collaboration of the SCD social club
90 full and satisfied guests

September 24, 2011
Hot-dog sale outside the Rona store, Terrebonne

October 10, 2011
Group and family photos offered at the Laval Nature Center


Une autre réussite!
September 1, 2 & 3, 2011
Grocery packing at the Super-C, Terrebonne

Bonbons, chocolats et bretzels!
On-going activity - the Team Kili-2012 Corner Shop

Home-made confectionary: trail-mix nuts, chocolate pretzels, pop-corn, sugared pea-nuts, chocolates and so on. These are all stylishly packed, presented and sold at the office.
Orders received for 450 boxes of hand-made chocolates! Quite a challenge!



Créativité, innovation et talent!

July 1st, 2011

The Corner Shop adds muffins to the menu (they sell like hot-cakes....)
It's getting even more stylish with new display units (custom-made by our cabinet maker, Pierre)
which encourage brisk sales

Acivité emballage d'épicerie - un succès!
June 25, 2011

Grocery packing at Maxi's, Laprairie

          







Une première activité de levée de fonds se termine....
Activité semaine de Päques
April 21, 2011
Easter sale of home-made confectionary - 1078 chocolates and 278 lollipops
Our first fund-raising effort - profits were double our expectations!

Translated by Pamela Gauvin

Love and Dignity on the Menu

By Isabelle Privé


Last Saturday, several members of the team paid a second visit to Accueil Bonneau to help with a meal. I was privileged to be part of it.

Acceuil Bonneau isn't just about giving a meal to the homeless. Accueil Bonneau is the purest form of love, friendship and generosity.

We were given a visit round the premises when we arrived and the "little sister" who showed us round told us about its history. Highly organised, they provide clothes (already washed and ironed), haircuts, even help with the budget. It all goes like clockwork.

It's already a lot. But do you know what she said does the most good for the people who go there? It isn't so much the soup, the pair of socks or the haircut. It's the welcome, the smile and and the fact of just being noticed by someone.

I can vouch for that. My job at the meal on Saturday was to welcome them, collect their entrance tickets (handed out by another volunteer at the door) and give them a tray on which my colleagues could serve the meal. I was so impressed and touched by their pleasant manner and politeness. It was a cold day so they took the tray I handed them with cold hands but with a look, a smile and a thank you. Simple things, but I felt the pride behind them. And I too was proud because, for once, I looked beyond the itinerant at the corner of the street. I saw a human being like me, like everybody.

The sisters who run Accueil Bonneau thanked us for volunteering. It's funny, but I had the impression that we should have been the ones to say thank you. Thank you for allowing us to share in this exercise in love and friendship and for reminding us that a simple smile can be as warming as a  plate of soup. A lesson in living to remember and to pass on. And thank you to the Kili 2012 project for giving me the excuse I needed for going there. Another summit!

Translated by Pamela Gauvin

Organik or Hooked on Health

By Isabelle Privé

Occasionally, someone comes along who changes your life.  Scott, the founding President of the Organik company is like that! I met this fascinating man last year when I attended what is called a Health Break at work. A health break is 10 minutes taken sometime in the day to stretch, ease the muscles, breath deeply and relax. After I'd experienced 10 minutes of Health Break and an immediate feeling of well-being, Scott convinced me easily that it's worthwhile chosing health. Since then, I never miss a chance to spend my afternoon break with him or one of his health team to breath, stretch, move, re-center and recharge my batteries.

Scott is a pro in health motivation. His belief in what he teaches is so strong that it's contagious..
He really practises what he preaches and that makes all the difference!

Like us, Scott has a mission: fight stress.  Stress undermines the health of the majority of North Americans and enriches the pharmaceutical companies. How to fight it? By adopting healthy living habits, by breathing properly, exercising, eating well, drinking lots of water and getting a good night's sleep. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But, as Scott says, simple doesn't mean easy!

In the SCD, we are lucky enough to benefit from this experience 3 days a week. We also receive instruction and advice from a team of health specialists such as naturopath, nutritionist, physical trainer and even Yogi  because Organik is also a dynamic, informed team who work synergistically and offer a whole range of health education adapted to the needs of  the workplace.

When I told Scott about the Kilimanjaro project, he immediately offered to help us on our journey towards the top. The team was able to attend a conference called Health Redefined which outlined much the same process that we are following in order to meet our challenge. Whether it is individually or in a team, our project obliges us to redefine what we mean by health and how to improve it, live it and develop it every day. We have to get our minds and bodies ready for the challenge and, to do that, we must chose health.

It's a pleasure for us to be associated with Organik in promoting good health. Thank you to Scott and his team for supporting and accompanying us throughout the next 10 months on our journey to the top.  Whether it's in changing eating habits, in stepping up our training sessions or in overcoming obstacles along the way, we need all the help Organik can give us.

Translated by Pamela Gauvin