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Past Homepage News*2010*Run for Rights for LITE - Saturday, June 5th!May 2010
You can walk, run, cycle or roller blade the 5 or 10 km route that begins and ends at Kildonan Park. Collect pledges in support of LITE or volunteer to help on the day of the race. All funds raised help LITE support local initiatives that train, employ, and mentor underemployed residents in Winnipeg's inner city. Registration is at 8:30 AM at Kildonan Park. Please contact us for more information or to volunteer. Hope to see you there! The 9th Annual Run for Rights is sponsored by Assiniboine Credit Union, MGEU, CUPE, CKUW, and KICK FM. The 2010 Run is sanctioned by Athletics Manitoba Find out more about the Run for Rights and other participating organizations at runforrights.org LITE's 2010 Community Grant PartnersSpring 2010 On Thursday, April 29, LITE hosted a Disbursement Event to celebrate the $46,700 distributed in early April to inner city employment projects as part of our Community Grants initiative. 
Several of LITE’s Community partners attended the event and shared their stories with the group. This year, LITE distributed funds to nine community projects and six of these are new LITE partners! Click here to find out more about our 2010 grant partners. Run for Rights Benefit Concert, May 3!Spring 2010
Come out and support Run for Rights while enjoying great local music! Nova, Flo, Littlehawk, and Phoebe Man are headlining the Run for Rights Benefit Concert Monday, May 3 at the West End Cultural Centre. Doors open at 7:00 pm, showtime 7:30 pm. Tickets are just $15, available at Folk Festival Music Store, Mondragon, Into the Music and the WECC. The Run For Rights is hosted by a coalition of diverse Winnipeg organizations promoting social justice causes. The 2010 Run is sponsored by Assiniboine Credit Union, MGEU, CUPE, CKUW, and KICK FM Find out more about the Run for Rights and other participating organizations at runforrights.org And the Winners are...February 2010 Last fall, a group of LITE supporters decided to hold a beard growing contest to raise money for LITE. Participants registered for the contest in September and the beards were judged on November 27th at LITE's Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast.  
Derek Eidse won for the Best Beard, Colin McInnes won for the Best Groomed Beard and Andy Blum won for the Worst Beard. The money raised from the contest was donated to LITE in the name of the three winners. Thank you to everyone who participated to help raise funds for LITE! *2009*LITE's 13th Annual Wild Blueberry Pancake BreakfastDecember 2009 We are pleased to report that this year's Breakfast was another huge success, with over 800 attendees and more than $20,000 raised in ticket sales and donations! 
Throughout the morning, the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre was bustling with hundreds of people who came out to mingle with old and new friends, to do some early Christmas shopping at our local Crafter's Market, to enjoy the locally sourced blueberry pancakes catered by LITE Partners, and to take in performances by The Dusty Roads Band, Fred Penner, Troy Westwood, and Niji Mahkwa School Choir. The staff and Board at LITE would like to thank our sponsors: Assinbione Credit Union, MGEU, The Thomas Sill Foundation, and CKUW, our dedicated volunteers, and everyone who attended to support LITE and CED in Winnipeg! We can't wait to see you all again next year! LITE's Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast is November 27!Fall 2009
Come join us in celebrating CED in Winnipeg's inner city while enjoying pancakes catered by LITE's partners, a local Crafter's Market, and live music, including performances by Fred Penner, Troy Westwood (Little Hawk), Burnt Project 1, and more! This year's Breakfast is Friday, November 27, 2009 from 7:00 am- 10:00 am at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre (45 Robinson at Dufferin). Get Creative with LITE Fundraising Campaigns!Fall 2009 This summer, LITE board member, Jenn Bogoch, came up with a great idea for a LITE fundraiser: a traveling used book sale. The book sale began at SEED Winnipeg and continues to raise money for LITE as it travels on to other workplaces! At the end of the summer, Brad Franck, a past LITE board member, thought of another fun way to raise money for LITE: a beard growing contest!
In September, participants posed for a photograph to document their clean shaven faces for comparison at the end of the contest. The beards will be judged on Friday, November 27th at LITE's Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast and the money raised will be donated to LITE in honour of the winners! If you are interested in multiplying your donation by leading a school, church, or workplace campaign for LITE, please contact us for more information. Save the date for LITE's Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast!Fall 2009 This year's Breakfast is Friday, November 27, 2009 from 7:00 am- 10:00 am at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre (45 Robinson at Dufferin). Come join us in celebrating CED in Winnipeg's inner city while enjoying pancakes catered by LITE's partners, a local Crafter's Market, and live music, including performances by Fred Penner, Troy Westwood (Little Hawk), Burnt Project 1, and more! If you're interested in volunteering at the Breakfast, please contact us. 8th Annual Run for Rights a Huge Success!Summer 2009 On Saturday June 6th, hundreds of people came out to Kildonan Park to Run for Rights. Each year the Run gets bigger as more people participate to help raise awareness about social justice and human rights issues. 
This year, nearly 40 runners ran on behalf of LITE, helping raise over $2,500! All funds raised at the Run for Rights help LITE support local initiatives that train, employ, and mentor underemployed residents in Winnipeg's inner-city. Thank you to everyone who ran and volunteered on behalf of LITE!The 2009 Run For Rights is hosted by the cooperative effort of 17 Winnipeg organizations promoting social justice causes. The 2009 Run is sponsored by Assiniboine Credit Union, MGEU, CUPE, and CKUW Get Ready for Summer and Run for Rights!
April 2009 Spring is in the air...a sign that it's time to get ready to Run for Rights! Come join LITE on Saturday, June 6 to run, walk, cycle, or blade the 5 or 10 km route, beginning at Kildonan Park. Whether you are looking to exercise, to spend time together as a family, or to rally your friends and family to support inner city CED, Run for Rights is a can't-miss event. 
Volunteer runners are gearing up for the Run by collecting pledges that will be invested in CED in Winnipeg's inner city! Current LITE supporters will receive sign-up pledge sheets for the Run in our May newsletter. But anyone is welcome to participate: Download our Run 4 Rights Info-Pledge form or contact us to find out about other ways to volunteer at the Run. The Run For Rights is hosted by the cooperative effort of 17 Winnipeg organizations promoting social justice causes. The 2009 Run is sponsored by Assiniboine Credit Union, MGEU, CUPE, and CKUW Download our Run 4 Rights Info-Pledge form A Musical 'Warm up' for the Run!April 2009 
Come out and support Run for Rights while enjoying great local music! Nathan and Oh My Darling are headlining the Run for Rights Benefit Concert Wednesday, June 3 at the West End Cultural Centre, with additional musical guests Issidra Turay, Maggie Howison, and Lori Smith. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Tickets are just $15, available at the door, online at www.ticketworkshop.com, or by visiting the West End Cultural Centre, Into the Music, Music Trader, or Mondragon. A Record-Breaking Breakfast, What’s Next?February 2009 The Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast in November turned out to be LITE’s most successful fundraising event ever! An attendance of over 800 celebrated CED in the inner city by singing with Fred Penner, enjoying the delicious pancakes, shopping from local crafters, and supporting LITE's Working Solution Fund. Our net income this year was $15,850 (compared with $7,200 in 2007). Thank you so much to the dozens of dedicated volunteers, our sponsors (ACU, KAIROS, Thomas Sill, CBC Radio One, CKUW), and everyone who promoted the breakfast and made it a success! Check out our upcoming spring newsletter for details. Like other charities, we too are weathering the effects of the economic downturn, but we are nearing our end-of-March donations target of $120,000 for our Working Solution Fund. Less than $5000 still to raise! Would your church or workplace be interested in a presentation about LITE? Or just more info? Let us know, and thank you for helping us support our partners, who, after all, are the most vulnerable to recession! Please contact us, or donate now… This winter will pass, believe it or not, and if you are dreaming about that possibility, now’s the time to mark your calendars to Run for LITE in the 2009 Run for Rights, June 6th. Watch for more info to come in the spring. *2008*Click here to download LITE's 2008 Homepage News.*2007*Click here to download LITE's 2007 Homepage News. |
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