Two years ago Vancouver was overrun with Spirit Bears on almost ever street corner.
Photo credit: RightAntler on Flickr
Batman, Darth Vader, and Brent Butt were some of the themes for these posed monuments that, once auctioned off at the end of the campaign, helped raise over half a million dollars for the BC Lions [...]

Last October I wrote a post about the Surrey Memorial Hospital expansion, and followed up by contacting the Fraser Health Authority about a campaign I had read about. As a result, I was able to help them connect with other bloggers and get their message out using social media, augmenting the distribution and exposure of [...]

Just a quick update on the UGM website and blog that was recently launched.
As the official blog of Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver, BC, The Street aims to share stories of hope from our daily work with people in need here in the Lower Mainland
I met local web monetization guru John Chow when we were [...]

This afternoon I stopped by the Union Gospel Mission on East Cordova as I was invited to an open house to celebrate the launch of their new website. Built by a local company and using a sleek-looking cms (content management system) the UGM has been pretty excited about the changes.

The most ambitious part of [...]

Checking in this evening on some local non-profits, I found out about the following event coming up this month that will help raise funds for the Surrey Food Bank:
Universal Cultural Society of Canada is hosting their second annual Holi Festival of Colours to Eliminate Racism. “Celebrating the colours of life for the elimination of racial [...]

Now that our team is complete for the Bowl for Big Brothers Classic, I’d like to introduce our members, their blogs, and provide an update.

Corinna of GusGreeper - Sponsor Corinna
Keira-Anne of Keira-Anne - Sponsor Keira
Duane of DuaneStorey - Sponsor Duane
John of JohnBollwitt - Sponsor John
John of JohnBiehler - Sponsor John Biehler
Tod of TodMaffin [...]

I recently received an email from Malcolm, a teacher and volunteer who is also a participant in the annual Canuck Place Adventure Challenge. He informed me about this event that place in the fall (going on 3 years now) that involves performing various physical tasks while raising funds for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.
Canuck Place [...]

Here at Miss604 we are always looking for neat community events and especially charity fundraisers that we can get involved with and promote. From Blogathon, Food Banks, Childhood cancer research, Hospital Foundations and Raising the Roof for the homeless.
After an evening of bowling and good times at Commodore Lanes, Corinna sent me the idea over [...]

Every so often while walking the streets of Vancouver you’ll have the chance to buy something. It may be a hot dog, fresh roasted chestnuts, a print from that guy who draws black and white sketches Tupac and Wayne Gretzky, or perhaps a daily newspaper.
On Tuesday February 5th, volunteers will take to the streets [...]

Those of you who use the popular instant status updating, feed-publishing, messaging, window-into-your-soul web application, Twitter may have noticed over the last few weeks that some of your contacts or those you’re “following” have changed their avatars to include peas.
The peas represent frozen peas, actually, and they’ve morphed into this entire support network that [...]