In this issue...
• Thanks to Shelter Valley Folk Festival
• ArtsCan Circle on Facebook!
• Upcoming Trips!
• Aeroplan Miles Campaign - May 2009
• Silverbirch PLUS Wendell Ferguson & Dnes Sisters!
• Jon Brooks House Concert
• Thank you!
• Your Support Makes Our Programs Possible
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 Thanks to Shelter Valley Folk Festival
The hosts of Shelter Valley Folk Festival, Arnie and Tracey Henkel and family, donate their farm to the Festival each year. In exchange, Shelter Valley Folk Festival donates $1,000 to a charity of their choice. This year, the Henkels have chosen The Arts Can Circle as the beneficiary of this generous donation. Here Magoo, Chairman of the ArtsCan Circle Board of Directors, accepts the cheque from Arnie! Many Thanks!
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ArtsCan Circle on Facebook!
ArtsCan Circle has caught up and caught on to the social networking world. We're very excited to have a Page and a Group on Facbook! Please check it out and see the latest breaking news. Join the group page to show your support and meet lots of other caring and talented people! You can post a comment on our wall and participate in the Circle of caring individuals that are our friends and supporters. Let us hear from you! You can even donate there through the Facebook "Causes" link on the ArtsCan Circle Page. Become a "Fan" or a join the Group! Check in often to hear new songs written by the children and see photos and video clips of trips. Let us hear from you - write on our wall or send us a message!
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 Upcoming Trips!
We Need Drums & Harmonicas!
We are very pleased to be able to return to the community of Wabaseemoong (White Dog), Ontario this year in Northwestern Ontario. We are also excited to be working with Ron Kanutski as a new team member. Ron is a musician and cultural teacher who brings a lifetime of instruction and training from numerous Ojibway, Oji-Cree elders, healers, story-tellers and medicine people. Ron will lead drum circles for the students and we hope to bring along some hand drums to leave in the community.  Each drum costs $50. To help with this we're asking for monetary donations to assist with the drum purchases. If you would like to sponsor a drum for the Wabaseemoong trip or contribute to the funding please donate online at www.artscancircle.ca and click on the "donate now" button or call the office at (905) 836-9117 with your Visa or Mastercard or send a cheque to:
ArtsCan Circle Box 95557 Newmarket, ON L3Y 8J8
We're also planning a trip to the Dokis community where we hope to conduct harmonica workshops with the children and give participants their own new harmonica. Harmonicas are a wonderful and inexpensive way to allow students to produce their own music and express themselves musically. A donation of $20 will sponsor a child to have their own harmonica. Donations of any amount are welcome. We will send you a charitable tax receipt for the amount of your donation. Many Thanks!
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 Aeroplan Miles Campaign - May 2009
May Aeroplan Airmiles Campaign - Let's get 300,000 Miles!Help us send teams to Northern Aboriginal Communities! The May 2009 Aeroplan Campaign is gearing up - please help if you can. Last year was the first year for this campaign and our supporters donated over 200,000 Aeroplan Miles! Many people helped us send teams North last year by donating Aeroplan Miles. We were able to use Aeroplan Miles for the first leg of the journeys. As we are expanding our programs to include new communities this year's goal is 300,00 Aeroplan Miles. Tell all your friends! It takes 25,000 Aeroplan Miles to send one musician to Labrador. It takes 15,000 Aeroplan Miles to send one artist to Thunder Bay. That's the first leg of the journey for many of our northern communities, from there it costs another $300 to $500 flight on a 15 seat airplane to get to the children we serve.
Help us give more children opportunities to express themselves through art & music. Can you spare 1,000 Areoplan miles? Every donation helps. Many small donations can add up quickly.
Please print out the simple form on our website and mail/fax your donation to the address on the form by the end of May. Go to www.artscancircle.ca to print the form. Thanks for your support!
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 Silverbirch PLUS Wendell Ferguson & Dnes Sisters!
5th Annual Silverbirch Charity Concert
Saturday, March 28, 2009
7:30 pm at the Uxbridge Music Hall FEATURING:
** Silverbirch ** ** Wendell Ferguson ** **Dnes Sisters** $15.00 per person
Tickets available in Uxbridge at:
The Blue Heron Book Store, The Royal Canadian Legion # 170 Uxbridge, Stadam Design, or call Tom McCreight at 705-228-8426 http://wendellferguson.com 
All proceeds to benefit ArtsCan Circle.
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 Jon Brooks House Concert
Don't miss this one! Up close and personal withJon Brooks performing a benefit house concert for Arts Can Circle Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:00 p.m. $20.00
Hosts: Peter Chitty & Marlene Campbell 2226 Richard Street Innisfil, ON Advance tickets only - please contact Peter at musicupclose@rogers.com
http://www.jonbrooks.ca
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 Thank you!
Our sincere thanks to everyone who has donated instruments over that past few months. Many individuals have donated guitars, keyboards, recorders, harmonicas and more. Also our thanks to M-Audio who donated some high quality keyboards to the program. We will find good homes for all your instruments in Northern Indigenous communities.
Thanks to volunteer Jamie Steele for helping to spread the word about the work of ArtsCan Circle. Jamie set up and manned an ArtsCan Circle display at the East Coast Music Awards Conference in Corner Brook, Newfoundland on Feb. 28. Many thanks!
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Your Support Makes Our Programs Possible
Thanks to everyone who supported us with donations over the past few months. Your donations are vital to the continuation of ArtsCan Circle's programs. Your donations enable us to provide arts and music workshops & musical instruments to isolated Indigenous Youth in need of positive interactions and creative outlets. Please consider sending a donation today to: ArtsCan Circle P.O. Box 95557 Newmarket, ON L3Y 8J8
or call the office and speak to Carol at (905) 836-9117 Thank you!
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