Project Ponytails second annual ‘A Strike Against Cancer 2010 another great success!
I extend my apologies to everyone for the lateness of this posting. I hope that it was worth the wait!
On May 8th, 2010, Project Ponytail held it’s second annual bowl-a-thon, A Strike Against Cancer to aide the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre. This event saw a great turnout and we again reached and surpassed our fundraising goal of $5000. With more than 70 bowlers, loads of sponsors, tons of door prizes and trophies to hand out, everyone had a great time.
We also worked with Le Couvre Tete this year and provided a wig to a West Island resident that is undergoing chemotherapy treatments. It was our honour to help this person and we hope to be able to extend this service to many other such people in the coming months.
As promised, my own ponytail was cut off that day and it will be packaged with nearly 20 others to be sent to Pantene Beautiful Lengths to be made into wigs for cancer patients that are in need.
Here is a listing of the prizes and winners of the event. Below, you will find pictures taken that day.
Trophies this year went out to:
- Tony Lew - Best Bowler
- High Score – Sheldon
- ’Rocket’ Richard - Sportsmanship
There were 10 top prizes for most funds raised!
| Name | Amount Raised | Prize Won | |
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10. |
Eric Bateman | $100 | Wine Tasting kit |
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9. |
Peter Simpson | $110 | Tea box Set as donated by Cindy Kanis |
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8. |
Nicole Prairie | $130 | Set of flower prints as donated by Andrea Kemp |
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7. |
Lilian Woolmer | $139 | 1 night hotel stay at the Hotel Nelligan Old Port |
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6. |
Donald Evans | $159 | Hand crafted Pen, keychain and magnet set donated by John Salib |
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5. |
Isabelle Noel |
$172 | Swarovski wrist band and earring set donated by Love Montreal |
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4. |
Kim Seguin | $240 | 2 Nights at the Hilton Gardens Montreal Airport |
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3. |
Janet Rioux | $255 | Starter Golf Package with Golf Bag, accessories and passes for The West Island Golf Dome |
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2. |
Isabelle Gauthier | $333.75 | 4 VIA Rail Canada Tickets to travel within the Quebec City – Windsor corridor |
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1. |
Tony Lew |
$720 | 38′” LG LCD HD Flat Screen T.V. |
Pictures taken by the bowlers!
Getting the Ponytail cut off
The kids raffle
Hockey Stick raffle winner
Happy Bowlers!
Sponsors!
Baked Goods from Duffy Bakery
Trophies and Prizes!
Thanks to everyone who came out and to all our sponsors!!!
Updates to Follow!
For all of you waiting to see pictures of the 2nd annual A Strike Against Cancer, we will be posting shortly. Stay Tuned!
Un Abat Contre Le Cancer – 2010 A Strike Against Cancer - 2010
Le Projet Queue de Cheval est fier d’annoncer une nouvelle association en 2010 avec l’organisme Le Couvre-Tête. (www.perruquecouvretete.ca) Ces dames offrent au public des cheveux de grande qualité en remplacement des leurs, et principalement aux personnes atteintes de cancer. La perte de cheveux associée aux traitements de chimiothérapie est un rappel constant de la bataille à laquelle les personnes atteintes doivent faire face. Le Couvre-Tête les aide à retrouver un peu de leur dignité. Notre prochain évènement, Un Abat contre le Cancer - 2010, aura lieu dans un peu plus d’un mois. Les recettes de l’évènement serviront, grâce à Le Couvre-Tête, à offrir une perruque à une personne atteinte de cancer. Si vous désirez y participer, allez à la page évènement et inscrivez-vous.
Project Ponytail is proud to announce a new partnership for 2010. We have joined forces with the organization Le Couvre Tête. (www.perruquecouvretete.ca) These ladies offer the public high quality hair replacement solutions but more importantly, they offer them to people who are battling cancer. The hair loss associated with chemotherapy can be an unrelenting reminder of a persons battle with cancer. Le Couvre Tête helps to return a little of the dignity lost to these people. Our next event, A Strike Against Cancer – 2010, is coming up in a little more than a month. Proceeds from this event will go to providing a wig to someone that is battling cancer with the help of Le Couvre Tête. If you would like to be a part of it, check out the events page and sign up.
Raffle Winner!
Project Ponytail would like to congratulate the winner of the Hockey ticket raffle, Mark Amaral. He and a friend will be attending the Canadiens vs. Columbus game on Tuesday the 24th. This raffle raised almost 700$ for the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre and is due entirely to the generosity of those who bought tickets, Expedibus for donating the tickets to us and everyone who helped to put this together for us including Andrea Kemp, Carla Tanasescu, Cheryl Hill, Kimberly Seguin and Sarah Mougenot who drew the winning ticket for us. Pictures will follow soon.
Project Ponytail Raffle
Thanks to the generosity of Expedibus, Project Ponytail has a 1 pair of Canadiens tickets to raffle off for the 24th of November. Proceeds from raffle will be donated to the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre. The draw will be held on the 20th of November, 2009 at 15:00 and the wining ticket number and winner’s name will be announced on here on the 21st of November 2009. The Winner’s name will also be announced at the time of the draw. The draw will be held at Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories. Only 120 Tickets will be sold so the chances of winning are GREAT! If you would like to purchase raffle tickets, please contact stephen@projectponytail.com for more information.
Montreal vs. Columbus
Red Level 117, Row H
Seats 7&8, November 24th /2009
1 chance to win – 7$, 5$ for each additional chance
Bowl for the Cause – Huge Success
With more than 75 participants and a total of 5256$ raised for the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation and the West Island Cancer Wellness Center, the Project Ponytail team declares their first major fundraiser a huge success. Project Ponytail would like to thank everyone who participated, contributed, cheered us on and worked behind the scenes. All of this was possible only due to your generosity.
Note: At the time of the prize draw, we did not have all of the players scores. The winners of the top 3 prizes have been corrected as follows.
| 3rd Prize | Most Strikes | Donald Evans | 2 Round trip tickets to Québec City as donated by ExpediBus |
| 2nd Prize | Highest Score | Michael Hodge | 1 IPod Shuffle as donated by Constructions MC |
| 1st Prize | Most Funds Raised | Donald Doucette | 1 100$ Gift Certificate at Modavi as donated by Constructions MC |
The winner of the Bowler of the Day trophy went to Angelo Carbone and the raffle for the Canadiens Maxime Lapierre signed hockey stick and photo were won by Peter Simpson.
West Island businesses show their support!
Donations in support of Project Ponytails Bowl for the Cause have begun to flood in! There has been a fantastic response to our requests for door prizes and support.
A Strike Against Cancer
Project Ponytail will be holding it’s first major fundraiser on May 2nd to help support the Lakeshore General Hospitals oncology ward and to help the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre. In an afternoon of bowling, we hope to reach our goal of raising $10,000 to donate to these two deserving causes. If you like to bowl, if you like to win prizes and if you want to help people who are trying to beat the odds against cancer, come out and join us. Click on the EVENTS tab at the top of the page to find out how.
Site Updates
Site Updates
The Project Ponytail site is currently undergoing a major update. Please check back for change details.
2nd time is the charm!
September 21st. What an exciting day. We finally got out there and jumped. It was an amazing time and we all had a blast. First and foremost, I want to thank Parachute Montréal for all of their help and support. You couldn’t ask for a better team to go skydiving with. Their staff is knowledgeable, friendly and generous. Secondly, I want to thank all the jumpers. Every one of them made sure that the event was a success. Even after we got rained out the first day, everyone showed up for the second attempt. What a great team! All said and done, we were able to raise 300$ in donations. The success of this day really inspires me for the future of our fundraising.
Thanks to all who participated.
2010 Sponsors
