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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
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Give A Gift That Builds Skills and Self-Esteem
Tristan is shyly smiling for the camera. Although hesitant to participate at first, this youth from Mishkeegogamang in the far North of Ontario, has been given one of the greatest gifts -- the opportunity to feel his own self-worth. ArtsCan Circle brings art and music programs that help to
build skills and self-esteem to children and youths like Tristan living in
remote Native communities. In just a few days, for instance, an ArtsCan Circle team including
Wendell Ferguson, Katherine Wheatley, Suzie Vinnick and Anishinabe
visual artist and musician, Leland Bell, are heading to Sioux Lookout. These team members will be providing
workshops in song writing, guitar playing, singing and visual arts at two high schools, Pelican Falls, a First Nations
high school, and Queen Elizabeth High School. The
generosity of ArtsCan Circle donors has been critical in helping to provide art
supplies, musical instruments and programming to children and youth in remote
Native communities. At
this special holiday giving time of year
please consider a gift that will help children and youths living in remote
Native communities to build skills and self-esteem.
Your
gift today of $25, $50, $75, $100 or $500, $1,000 or of any amount you choose will help give the priceless gift of
self-esteem to children and youth in remote Native communities. At
this gift giving time of year, consider a gift in the name of a friend or
loved one. We'll send a special ArtsCan Circle gift card to your friend
letting them know that you made a donation in their name. Make your gift on or before December 31,
2009, you will receive a 2009 receipt for income tax purposes. Your
gift will bring smiles of achievement and self-worth to the faces of children
and youth living in remote Native communities. Click
here to You
many also contact Carol Teal, Executive Director at (905) 836-9117 or by email
at carol.teal@sympatico.ca or send
a cheque to: ArtsCan
Circle P.O.
Box 95557 Newmarket,
ON L3Y 8J8
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Sioux Lookout WorkshopsArtsCan Circle is excited to be taking a wonderful team to Sioux Lookout to work in two high schools in December. Pelican Falls is a First Nations High School which serves many of the communities we work with in the far North. The students from far north communities have to fly there and the school provides dormitory residences for them.
Queen Elizabeth High School has a mixed school population with a large percentage of Native students. Many of these students also come from remote communities and are boarded with families in Sioux Lookout. Can you imagine having to leave your family and small community to attend high school? Something most of us have never experienced.
We will be providing workshops in songwriting, guitar playing, singing, and visual arts with a wonderful team of musicians: Wendell Ferguson, Katherine Wheatley, Suzie Vinnick and Anishinabe visual artist & musician, Leland Bell. This program requires quality supplies such as artist canvas boards, paint brushes and acrylic paints to develop creative expression with mentoring from ArtsCan Circle Artist, Leland Bell. Please consider sponsoring a youth's supplies with a gift of $25 or more.
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Ukulele Mania in Pikangikum!The trip to Pikangikum took place the first week of November. The ArtsCan Circle team of David Anderson, Nancy Dutra and Roy Hickling had a wonderful time in the Pikangikum conducting workshops in visual arts and music for the students. Thanks to our generous supporters and the Corktown Uke Jam folks, they had 30 brand new ukuleles to deliver and got the students started learning to play them.
Roy helped older students try their hand with painting workshops- nice work!
David Anderson reports... "The ukulele classes were just total fun. It was wonderful to see almost every kid just whacking away on their uke, really trying to hold the rhythm and to start and stop at the same time! "
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Shell Canada Donates $2000 to Sarnia Songwriters ShowcaseShell Canada has donated $2,000 to ArtsCan Circle through their employee community service program as a result of the tremendous efforts of Shell employees, Scott Manery and Dave Miner and their Songwriter's Showcase held at the Sarnia Library earlier this year.
Our sincere thanks to Scott, Dave and Shell Canada for their support.
If you are interested in holding an event in support of ArtsCan Circle please contact us at info@artscancircle.ca.
Here's Scott (left) and Dave (right) presenting the cheque to ArtsCan Circle Founder, Mike Stevens (centre).
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