24-Hour Twister

Hey everybody, great job on the fund-raising front! We raised almost 1300$ from our day-long twister game. Here are some highlights.
-Unfortunate weather had no chance to ruin our fun. We toughed through moderate rain and uncomfortable cold for a whole day! (So maybe some of our success was due to pity. It was well worth it.)
-Heather was the charitable renegade, chasing anything and everything that moved by our station. Students, teachers, any slow-moving or familiar pedestrians, bikes and eventually the president of McGill were fair game and got hassled by her. Effective, if a bit unorthodox. Her tactics WERE largely successful.
-Arian, general member extraordinaire, was inspired by Heather's tenacity and followed his first victim up halfway to the SSMU building and succeeded in wrestling some spare change for our cause. Way to go, young grasshopper.
-Manyi, who played the most games.
-Pamela, who finished off her shifts undefeated every single time.
-Stacey and Elisia, who gathered themselves up at 2am and stayed till the morning.
-Jin, who was visited around 4am while working on an essay in burnside. Sorry we bothered you... it was really wet ouside.
-The many odd and wonderful patrons who walk around McGill in the wee hours of the morning. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
-A few breaks for some Tim Horton's coffee and scones

Bake Sale March 23rd

Our bakesale event for the fundraising blitz will be on Monday, March 23rd in the McConnell Engineering building.

We are still looking for a few people to sit at the table and sell during the following hours:

10:30-11:30 (1 person)
11:30-12:30 (1 person)
12:30-1:30 (2 people)

If you are available during any of those times, please leave your name and time you can come in the comments section.

We also need people to bake! If you can help with that, please leave a comment with your name and what you can bring. You can drop food off at the table starting at 10 AM, if that is a problem feel free to send me an email at nicolette.neumann@mail.mcgill.ca and we can meet a different day.


And of course, stop buy and support the cause by buying delicious homemade baking!

24 Hour Twister

24 Hour Twister will be held at the main crossroads of campus from noon on Thursday the 26th until Friday! I promise that it will be lots of fun, and it is a great money maker! Sign up whenever you have time between classes. Hints on being prepared: Wear lots of layers, mittens, hat, lots of socks, bring a thermos and most importantly hope for nice weather!

Please click participate and follow that link to another website in order to sign up!!

OBM

We will be having an OBM trip next Saturday, March 7th:

As per usual, a group will leave from the Roddick Gates at 3:45 and walk down to the shelter together, or if you prefer to meet us there, please arrive by 4:30.
Like last semester, we will take the first 10 people to sign up (in the comments section). Thanks, hope to see you there!

Montclair Elderly Trip on Saturday the 7th

Please come join us for a trip to Montclair Elderly Home! We have had lots of fun on these trips in the past! Please sign up in the comments section if you are able to come. Also, please mention if you are planning on going by yourself or going to join us on the bus.

We are going to meet at the McGill College and Sherbrooke bus 24 bus stop to catch the 2:07pm bus. If you are not there, unfortunately we as we group will leave without out you, as we need to get to the residence on time (3:00pm). We will catch the 24, get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and catch the 102 or the 105 bus (whichever comes first). From that we will get off at Somerled / Walkley (102) or Sherbrooke / King Edward (105) and walk the two blocks to the residence. Note that these buses do not come very often, so it is important that we are on time. If you happen to miss us at the gates at 2:07pm, not to worry - simply take the next 24 that comes, and get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie and take the 105 as it comes much more often. You might be a few minutes late but it's better than not coming at all!

Some additional information for those of you either travelling by yourself or for future reference:
Montclair Senior Home
4413, av. Montclair
Montreal, QC

Should you go by yourself, simply ring the doorbell and tell them that you're from McGill Rotaract.

Benefit Concert

The season of giving has not passed, for McGill Rotaract is hosting a benefit concert and silent auction in support of a fantastic charitable cause.

Please join us for an evening of good music, fundraising, home cooked delicacies and drinks, as well as friends and fellowship at 4897 Boul St Laurent at 7pm on Saturday, January 17th. Going fare is 15$ for students, and 25$ for everyone else. Bring family, bring friends, bring everyone you like!

The charity we have chosen to support is called the Elizabeth House Foundation, which is a private rehabilitation centre that helps young mothers by delivering healthy babies, encouraging them to return and finish their educations, find jobs and builds their independance by enabling them to function in the community. This program is also interested in ending vicious cycles of neglect and abuse of both mothers and children.

With such great reasons to give, it is easy to participate. Simply leave a comment on the blog stating how many tickets you would like as well as your name and contact email or phone number. You will be added onto the list and can pick your tickets up at the door.

See you soon everyone!

Caroling at Montclair!

Hey everyone!

I hope that this season of papers and exams is treating everyone well. I just wanted to let everyone know that we are going to Monclair again THIS saturday, however weare going a little bit later than normal - we are going for 3:00 pm. We will be singing Christmas and Hanukkah carols, tea and cookies, and perhaps a game or two, depending on how into the caroling the residents are. Please sign up on the comment section and let me know if you will be meeting at the bus stop. the directions are below, and the system is the same as normal - meet us there or at the bus stop to travel together, whatever works for you. This is going to be a really great study break, and a great way to get into the spirit of this great time of year!!

We are going to meet at the McGill College and Sherbrooke bus 24 bus stop to catch the 2:07pm bus. If you are not there, unfortunately we as we group will leave without out you, as we need to get to the residence on time (3:00pm). We will catch the 24, get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie, and catch the 102 or the 105 bus (whichever comes first). From that we will get off at Somerled / Walkley (102) or Sherbrooke / King Edward (105) and walk the two blocks to the residence. Note that these buses do not come very often, so it is important that we are on time. If you happen to miss us at the gates at 2:07pm, not to worry - simply take the next 24 that comes, and get off at Sherbrooke/Decarie and take the 105 as it comes much more often. You might be a few minutes late but it's better than not coming at all!

Some additional information for those of you either travelling by yourself or for future reference:
Montclair Senior Home
4413, av. Montclair
Montreal, QC

Should you go by yourself, simply ring the doorbell and tell them that you're from McGill Rotaract.

Hopefully we will see lots of people out on saturday and if you cant come happy holidays and see you in january (when concert craziness begins!!)