Successful Raise a Reader Morning
The Raise-a-Reader campaign was created by The Vancouver Sun in 1997 to increase awareness of literacy and raise money to fund children’s literacy programs. Since our inception, Raise-a-Reader Vancouver has raised over almost $3.45 million in 10 years in support of children’s literacy initiatives throughout British Columbia. [Canada.com]
There weren’t as many Canucks players out and about but I was able to see Henrik Sedin, Kevin Bieksa, Byron Ritchie and Fin was running around like a mad man err… orca.
All photos below are taken with my trial Nokia n95.
He’s SO going to kick John’s a$$ for taking that photo!
John snapped this photo on Fin on Melville and Burrard when he boldly boarded a trolley bus.
I’m still pretty flustered. Kevin “boom boom” Bieksa is absolutely dreamy in person, yes I can say dreamy on here, it’s my blog.. and my husband is the one that took the photo…
I am still a huge fan of Fin’s… although he’s a little crazy, he’s hilarious. No he’s not doing a Michael Jackson impersonation in this photo, he’s grabbing his “steam trigger” - see: blow hole.
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October 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 am
Ok, Hank looks a little bit like a cardboard cutout in that picture, but I can assure everyone that he is real. And yes, Fin is quite possibly insane.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:41 am
you so seriously rule i have NEVER had a balls to go up to any of the players on raise a reader day, the best i ever got was my fedex guy brought me in a paper signed by henrick sedin as a nice little gift, i still have it but it isn’t the same, someone told me where bert was one day way back and i ran out and he was gone!
“I’m still pretty flustered. Kevin “boom boom” Bieksa is absolutely dreamy in person, yes I can say dreamy on here, it’s my blog.. and my husband is the one that took the photo…”
love it!!!! i think men who live in Canada come to a point where they are a lot happier if they just accept this is a hockey town, hockey players can be good looking and women like that.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 am
Great photos Rebecca! I was hearing all about it on the radio on my way to work this morning and sooo wishing that I could have detoured to visit the boys and make a donation! And I very much agree with you about the dreaminess of “Boom Boom”:)
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Hot damn Bieksa makes me think thoughts that I really shouldn’t be thinking when I’m at work.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
You’re not alone there, Keira-Anne
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Kevin boom boom Bieksa… love that nickname. Hopefully they’ll say that on CBC this year instead of mispronounce his name as Kevin Bieska.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Henrik looks like the kid from life goes on in that pic
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Grabbing his steam trigger….
Is that what the kids are calling it now?
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