Easter Seals Society of PEI http://eastersealspei.org Believe In Yourself! Fri, 17 May 2013 09:46:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tulip Festival set for Sunday, May 19th http://eastersealspei.org/2013/05/tulip-festival-set-for-sunday-may-19th/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/05/tulip-festival-set-for-sunday-may-19th/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:57:18 +0000 Margaret Wilton http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2139 Island East Tourism Group, Vanco Farms and Balderston’s Farm Market raise money for Easter Seals.

Sunday, May 19th from 10 am to 8 pm will be the day to come out and pick your own tulips!

$1 from every bouquet is being donated to Easter Seals.

Festival Times: 12 noon to 6  pm (U-Pick will be open from 10 am to 8 pm)

Balderston’s Home – located at 10897 TransCanada Highway just east of Farm Market

  • Paxton will be at the field from 1:30 to 2:30
  • Entertainment by Kendall Docherty and friends is scheduled from 3 pm to 5 pm
  • Artisans will be there selling their wonderful creations and will be doing demonstrations
  • Island Taylor Meats will be providing wonderful BBQ items for sale

Come out and support Easter Seals.

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]]> http://eastersealspei.org/2013/05/cupe-raises-5200-at-conference-for-easter-seals/feed/ 0 School Tour Beats All Time Record! $39,364.43 http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/school-tour-beats-all-time-record-39364-43/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/school-tour-beats-all-time-record-39364-43/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:34:48 +0000 Margaret Wilton http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2127 Island Students and Educators beat the record! What an amazing show of support for the Easter Seals Tim Hortons School Tour.  We can’t thank you enough for your generosity!

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]]> http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/school-tour-beats-all-time-record-39364-43/feed/ 0 Paxton’s School Raises $6000! http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/paxtons-school-raises-6000/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/paxtons-school-raises-6000/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:30:02 +0000 Margaret Wilton http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2120 Queen Elizabeth Elementary and ScotiaBank teamed up to raise $6000 for the Easter Seals School Tour!

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]]> http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/paxtons-school-raises-6000/feed/ 0 Jessie Hippenstall collects $1800 for Easter Seals! http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/jessie-hippenstall-collects-1800-for-easter-seals/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/jessie-hippenstall-collects-1800-for-easter-seals/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:18:38 +0000 Margaret Wilton http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2108 Thank you Jessie!  Amazing!

Once again Jessie has raised an incredible amount of money for Easter Seals but collecting change.  Her motto is “Change for Change”

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]]> http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/jessie-hippenstall-collects-1800-for-easter-seals/feed/ 0 Day 4 – Easter Seals School Tour http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/day-4-easter-seals-school-tour/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/day-4-easter-seals-school-tour/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:11:23 +0000 Margaret Wilton http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2104 Another sunny day as the Tim’s bus makes it way across the Island!

Day 4 – Monday, April 22, 2013:

9:00 a.m.               Ecole Francois Buote

9:30 a.m.               Birchwood Junior High

10:00 a.m.               Colonel Gray Senior High

10:20 a.m.               Queen Charlotte Jr. High

10:45 a.m.               Ch’Town Rural High School

11:05 a.m.               West Royalty Elementary

11:25 a.m.               Grace Christian School

1:00 p.m.               Ecole Saint Augustin

1:25 p.m.               Gulf Shore Consolidated

1:50 p.m.               Central Queens Elementary

2:30 p.m.               Bluefield High School

 

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Day 2 – Thursday, April 18, 2013:

9:00 a.m.               Vernon River Consolidated

9:35 a.m.               Belfast Consolidated

10:15 a.m.               Southern Kings Consolidated

10:55 a.m.               Cardigan Consolidated

11:15 a.m.               Georgetown Consolidated

12:40 p.m.               Montague Consolidated * Montague Intermediate Montague Regional High

1:40 p.m.               Stratford Elementary

2:00 p.m.               Glen Stewart Elementary

$1000 to the total at Glenn Stewart with a lot of the funds raised from a crazy hat day. Belfast School day 2 Leo Madeline and Tom cardigan Joe Brothers IMG_6292 IMG_6293 - Copy IMG_6294 IMG_6295 IMG_6296 IMG_6297 IMG_6298 IMG_6299 IMG_6300 - Copy IMG_6303 - Copy IMG_6304 IMG_6306 Nolan and Rachell present to Paxton at Southern Kings Principal of Georgetown will end up in a dress for a day after students raise $370 on his challenge to raise over three hundred Student Council and picks up a cheque at Stratford Elementary

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Check out Day 1 with over $7000 raised!

Day 1 – Wednesday, April 17, 2013:

9:00 a.m.               Stonepark Intermediate

9:25 a.m.               Sherwood Elementary

9:50 a.m.               Parkdale Elementary

10:15 a.m.               Prince Street School

10:40 a.m.               West Kent Elementary

11:00 a.m.               St. Jean Elementary

11:20 a.m.               Spring Park Elementary

1:00 p.m.               East Wiltshire

1:25 p.m.               Westwood School

1:45 p.m.               Eliot River Elementary

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Check out these great photos!

 

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]]> http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/doolys-pool-tournament-raises-650-for-easter-seals/feed/ 0 Video Contest – Create Your Entry! http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/video-contest-create-your-entry/ http://eastersealspei.org/2013/04/video-contest-create-your-entry/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:59:10 +0000 Easter Seals PEI http://eastersealspei.org/?p=2017 Do you like making videos? Here’s your chance to use your talents to raise awareness and support for PEI Easter Seals.  The video in each category with the most  views on Youtube will be crowned Easter Seals Champion for 2013! 

Video Contest Details

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