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Victoria: Full House at Fairfield Literary Event

By RAVEN / June 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Victoria: Full House at Fairfield Literary Event

“A full house and great energy. We raised 200$ for Pull Together and drank a lot of iced tea. :)” It was an evening of literary readings – part of the ‘elements’ series – as well as a fundraiser for Pull Together. Pictured is one of the evening’s writers, Julie Paul, reading from The Pull Of…

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Artists and Writers Pull Together in Victoria

By RAVEN / June 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Artists and Writers Pull Together in Victoria

Over the weekend, Victoria artists & writers pulled together at a private backyard party to support Pull Together. Everyone had a great time. There were fun art projects for kids, a light dinner, fireside music, readings, conversation and fun! A donation jar was passed around raising $2515, which with our matching donor’s contribution is over $5000!

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Smithers rocks out with concert & BBQ

By RAVEN / June 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Smithers rocks out with concert & BBQ

On June 13th, Smithers marked the one-year anniversary of the federal governments approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline with a show of strength to reaffirm their opposition to this dangerous project. Despite some cool & wet weather, local musicians kept the crowd toe-tapping and enteretained. According to an attendee, the music was great, and the hamburgers…

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Toast the Coast Festival at Jericho Beach

By RAVEN / June 4, 2015 / Comments Off on Toast the Coast Festival at Jericho Beach

Our friends at Greenpeace are helping organize a celebration to show how much we love our coast and want to protect it from all its impending threats – including Northern Gateway. It happens on the first Saturday of the Week to End Enbridge and we’re excited to be a partner. Bring your family, friends and…

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Farmers for Pull Together!

By RAVEN / May 4, 2015 / Comments Off on Farmers for Pull Together!

Farmers give a LOT to all of us. They provide us an essential need: food and nourishment. They spend long days on the farms, working tirelessly to feed our communities. We’re especially lucky in BC to have so many farmers producing food without toxic pesticides, herbicides or fungicides, making the land healthier as the produce…

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A magical night to remember

By RAVEN / March 27, 2015 / Comments Off on A magical night to remember

The Pull Together Relaunch with Sarah Harmer & Friends was just the jolt of inspiration and good vibes that we needed to kick-start Phase II of the amazing Pull Together campaign. In the newly restored York Theater in East Vancouver, 350 people came together to celebrate the campaign that has become a grassroots organizing triumph. In…

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Haida Gwaii group CoAST Raises $2,000 with Gorgeous Calendars!

By RAVEN / February 12, 2015 / Comments Off on Haida Gwaii group CoAST Raises $2,000 with Gorgeous Calendars!

Communities Against Super Tankers (CoAST), a group of concerned islanders on Haida Gwaii, raised $2,000 for Pull Together through the sale of their 2015 calendar, featuring stunning photographs of Haida Gwaii by local photographers.   Thank you to CoAST for such awesome work!   To learn more about CoAST and the work that they do,…

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ThunderPants presents: Queer Speed-Dating!

By RAVEN / February 11, 2015 / Comments Off on ThunderPants presents: Queer Speed-Dating!

Last summer, a group organized queer speed-dating event at Vancouver’s Heartwood Cafe. Wish you could have been there? Organize your own! Connections were made, fun was had, and $300 was raised for Pull Together! Below is some information from the event. Will it inspire you to create your own event? “Do you like playful pick-up lines,…

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Pender Island pulls in over $4K in star studded night

By RAVEN / November 4, 2014 / Comments Off on Pender Island pulls in over $4K in star studded night

Last Saturday night, Pender Island’s community hall was draped in cedar for a very special fundraising concert. Led by the incomparable Mae Moore, who sang a spine-tingling rendition of “Tom Thompson’s Mandolin”, an all-star ensemble of musicians poured out their passion for B.C.’s wilderness and brought the sold-out audience to laughter and to tears.   Daniel…

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Mae Moore & Friends concert on Pender in Island Tides

By RAVEN / October 31, 2014 / Comments Off on Mae Moore & Friends concert on Pender in Island Tides

Island Tides, a regional newspaper of the Gulf Islands and Salish Sea area, has a story this week on Pull Together. http://www.islandtides.com/assets/IslandTides.pdf Salish Sea luminaries Pull Together for First Nations A new initiative, Pull-Together.ca, is offering citizens an opportunity to support First Nations who are headed for the courts to protect sacred wild places in BC.…

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