Bowl for Kids Sake 2018 Newsletter

Bowl for Kids Sake Wrap Up

This year, our Bowl for Kids Sake teams were on a mission to raise money to help Island children reach their full potential! Participants had the chance to relive the fun of spending Halloween with your friends while raising money for a great cause! On March 3rd & 4th we had so much fun celebrating the hard work of our teams at events in Charlottetown, North Rustico, Summerside, Souris, and Tignish.

Bowl for Kids Sake 2018 was a huge success! We would like to thank all of the participants, sponsors and volunteers who helped raise more than $124,500!! Imagine who they will become because of you!

Community Updates

Charlottetown raised $84,173!

North Rustico raised $2,945!

Souris raised $1,230!

Summerside raised $19,858!

Tignish raised $1,112!

Ready for BFKS2018!

Air Canada Draw

Thanks to the Air Canada Foundation, we were able to award a great Travel Prize to one of our hardworking fundraisers!  Everyone who raised $150 or more had the chance to win 2 tickets to anywhere Air Canada flies in North America!(including Mexico, Hawaii, and the Caribbean).  The more people raised, the more ballots they received – our ballot box was full!  On Wednesday, March 28th, Sister Teresa Currie, a member of Sister Laura’s Sisters in Action team, won the tickets.  Congratulations Sister Teresa!

Raffle Prize Winners

• First Prize: A Mantis Classic 2 Cycle Tiller/Cultivator from Veseys Equipment won by Sandi Clark
• Second Prize: One Giant Bar Clam and Deep Sea Fishing Adventure for Four from Paradise on the Sea Adventures won by Kathy Biggar
• Third Prize:  32″ Samsung Smart TV won by Shelley Christian
• Fourth Prize: BBQ from Kent Building Supplies Summerside won by Sam McKay

Draws for people who raised $150 or more for Bowl for Kids Sake

• Matt MacInnis, MRSB and Josh Murnaghan, Invesco (Britney Spares) each won a Rogers Hometown Hockey Packages which includes an autographed book by Ron MacLean
• Nicole Brown Dunbar, Cox & Palmer (Dominion Generals) won a 50’s style Hot Chocolate Maker and a can of Hot Chocolate from Home Hardware Charlottetown, 2 Pottery Mugs from McAskill’s Studio and a $20 MacAulay’s Bakery & Deli Gift Certificate
• Tom Wright, Afton McMillan (Split Happens) won the Treat Yourself Prize Package provided by The Showcase, Confederation Centre of the Arts
• Mariah Getson, Holland College Business Administration (Squad Ghouls) won the Angry Birds Speaker from  Enman’s Audio Video Unlimited
• The Charlottetown Kiwanis Club won the draw for teams who had all members raise $150 or more.  They will be celebrating with a $50 Broadway 45 Gift Card sponsored by Summerside Toyota and 6 Haunted Mansion Passes

Individual Prizes

• Top Individual Fundraiser: Karen Lavers (City of Charlottetown – City Rollers) won a $50 Gift Card of her choice sponsored by O’Leary Farmers Co-op, a $50 Confederation Centre of the Arts Gift Card sponsored by EastTech Engineering Consultants Inc, and a Seal or Harbour Cruise for 2 from Peakes Wharf Boat Tours
• Second Place Individual Fundaiser: Ryan Pineau (MacPherson Roche Smith – The Peaky Blinders) won a One Night Stay for Two at the Delta Prince Edward
• Third Place Individual Fundraiser: Tracy Bernard (The Monster Mixture) won a $100 Prince Edward Island Preserve Company Gift Certificate
• Event Survey Prize: Peter Gallant (Vampire Virgins) won a $20 Prince Edward Island Preserve Company Gift Certificate and a $25 Subway Restaurants Gift Card
• Event Volunteer Draw: Erika MacLean (RBC Summerside Volunteer Group) won a $50 Montague Atlantic Superstore Gift Card

Teams Prizes

• Top Fundraising Team: Master Packaging (Ali Cats) won a SUBWAY® Restaurants Lunch on Us
• Second Place Fundraising Team: Whisperwood Villa (Bi-Polar Rollers) won 40 lbs of Mussels from Atlantic Aqua Farms; 20 kg of Blueberries from Wyman’s of PEI; and a $20 Prince Edward Island Preserve Company Gift Certificate
• Third Place Fundraising Team: Summerside Lions Club won a $50 Montana’s BBQ & Bar Gift Certificate and 2 Ross Family Concert Tickets at Clinton Hills
• Top Fundraising Business: Master Packaging (Ali Cats) won a Maritime Fun Group Package which includes 2 passes to Shining Waters Family Fun Park; Sandspit Entertainment Ltd.; Mariner’s Cove Boardwalk; and the Cavendish Beach Adventure Zone
• Emco (Junk Food) won the Matchmakers Club Draw for an Island Foodie Gift Basket which includes: 60 LBs of Mussels from Atlantic Aqua Farms; Cows Cheese; Anne of Green Gables Chocolates; $50 Farmed Market & Craft Butchery Gift Certificate, Assorted Hot Sauces from the Maritime Madness General Store; a $100 Island Honey Gift Certificate; and 20 kg of Blueberries from Wyman’s of PEI
• Reactive Health Charlottetown won the New Team Draw for a $75 Restaurant Gift card sponsored by Mallett’s Radiator Service Ltd. and 4 Cineplex Charlottetown Movie Passes
• Whisperwood Villa (Bi-Polar Rollers) won the Early Bird Draw for 2 tickets to a 2018 show at the Trailside Music Café & Inn

Event Volunteers

We couldn’t host such a huge event without the help of our wonderful volunteers!  Thanks to:

Salil Arora, Bashar Al Hakeem, Shadae Beale, Margaret Bernard, Mehrdad Bordbar, Miriam Bowen, Kathleen Brennan, Sahara Brewster, Ashley Brown, Kaitlyn Bruce, Melissa Burke, Martin Caird, Ariel Carscadden, Summer Carscadden, Angel Cash, Yoki Chan, Susan Connaughton,  Mitch Cormier, MacKenzie Curtis, Natalie Crockett, Amanda Creamer, Mohammad Dabbit, Farida Dabbit, Sekyere Darko, Margaret Dawson, Ash Dow, Lisa Doyle-MacBain, Tracey Duguay, Radi Ekramur, Susan Frellick-Perry, Karen Frizzell, Jasmine Frizzell,  Linda Gaudet, David Green, Russell Hambly, Linda Hicken, Vivian Huang, Deborah Hooper, Hillary Isleifson, Jayne Johnston, Michelle Johnston, Irene Johnstone, Valerie Jones, Crurjir Kaur, Gurvir Kaur, Amanda Keuper, Lee Keuper, Marie LaVie, Isabelle Lee, Apollo Lin, Rafael Sebastian Lozada, Laura Lee MacKinnon, Erika MacLean, Mitchell MacLean, Catherine Martin, Emma Mayne, John McAleer, Camilla McAleer, Kim McCardle, Barb McDowall, Joan Melanson, Tina Mill, Michele Millar, Ben Morrissey, Pat Murray, Shannon Murray, Patrick Murphy, Jessica Mutch, Edna Nino-Esparza, Mai Nguyen, Katie Parker, Starlene Perry, Gina Raymonville, Madeline Reddick, Karen Roper, Peter Russell, Rob Saada,  Omorinsola Seyi-lande, Solafunmi Seyi-lande, Albert Siby, Navneet Singh, Raman Singh, Bonnie Stewart, Oscar & Josephine, Margaret Stordy, Laura Stordy, Anh Ta Hoang, Heather Warren, Harriet Worden, Ogechi Worji, Sunita Yadav, and 22 Atlantic Police Academy Cadets

Team Captain Prizes

Thank-you Draw: Ed Arsenault (Cluett Insurance – Cluett Rollers) won a One Night Stay at one of the 10 D.P. Murphy Hotels & Resorts in the Maritime Provinces

Team Sheet Draw: Fitzpatrick & Company (Fitz & Co) won a Ganong Gift Basket

Open your package weekly prizes:

• Week 1: Tanya McCarron (Dundee Arms Inn Superheros) won a Brookvale Provincial Ski Park Full Day Alpine Lift Passes and Rental
• Week 2: Ashley Schurman (City of Summerside) won $20 Prince Edward Preserve Company Gift Certificate
• Week 3: Kristen Jones (Boyles Optical – The Last Jed “Eye”) won 5 Kg of Blueberries from Wyman’s of PEI
• Week 4: Karen Lavers (City of Charlottetown City Rollers) won 5 Kg of Blueberries from Wyman’s of PEI
• Week 5: Lynne O’Neill (Hocus Pocus) won a $25 Montague Atlantic Superstore
• Week 6: Lorena Dunne (Donuts Dunne Right) won a $25 Montague Atlantic Superstore

On-Line Prizes

• Top On-line Fundraiser: Bonnie Stewart (UPEI Experiential Education Office – Happy Hatters) won a One Night Stay in a Traditional Queen Room at The Great George
• Top On-line Team: Invesco Cares won a $50 Boston Pizza Gift Card & 2 Brackley Drive-In Theatre Carload Passes
• On-line Fundraisers’ Draw: Karen LeClair (Reactive Health Charlottetown) won 2 Tickets to Jesus Christ Superstar at the Confederation Centre of the Arts

Matchmaker Club

Creating a new mentoring match costs roughly $1200. Here is the list of amazing individual and businesses who raised enough to make a match.  Imagine who they will become because of you!

Individual Matchmakers

$1220 – Linda Nowlan
$1325 – Reg McCarvill
$1335 – Tracy Bernard
$1420 – Ryan Pineau
$1725 – Karen Lavers

Team/Business Matchmakers

$1200 – Sherwood Timber Mart
$1217 – MRSB Charlottetown
$1220 – David Ford Dynamos
$1220 – Dept of Health & Wellness
$1225 – Sister Laura Kelly’s Sisters in Action Team One
$1353 – D.P. Murphy Inc.
$1387 – MRSB Group
$1400 – Emco
$1440 – Princess Auto
$1480 – Carr, Stevenson & MacKay

Team/Business Matchmakers

$1530 – MacPherson Roche Smith
$1614 – Stratford Youth Centre
$1768 – TTEC
$1778 – Sobeys Summerside
$1835 – Malpeque Bay Credit Union
$1895 – City of Charlottetown
$2279 – Maximus Canada – Deltaware Division
$2288 – Cox & Palmer Offices
$2522 – Summerside Lions Club
$2602 – Invesco Teams
$2755 – Sister Laura Kelly’s Sisters in Action Teams
$3038 – Whisperwood Villa
$3070 – Master Packaging
$3863 – Holland College Business Administration Teams
$5355 – Holland College Teams

Location Prizes

Charlottetown

• Best Team Name: The Boys and Girls Club (Boos & Ghouls Club) won an Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown Treats Package
• Best Team Costume: Penningtons (Crystella DeVille & the 101 Penmations) won an Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown Treats Package
• Top Fundraising Team: Master Packaging (Ali Cats) won 2 Tickets to a Show at The Guild

North Rustico

• Best Team Name: The Opposition Office (Elvis & the Elves) won a West Royalty Superstore Treats Package
• Best Team Costume: Stephanie Peters (Krampus) team won a West Royalty Superstore Treats Package
• Top Fundraising Team: North Rustico Lionettes Club won a $40 Prince Edward Island Preserve Company Gift Certificate

Souris

• Best Team Name : Kathleen MacNearey (The Hawaiians) won a $25 King’s Playhouse Gift Certificate
• Best Team Costume: Souris Co-op won a $25 King’s Playhouse Gift Certificate
• Top Fundraising Team: Harbourview Training Center won a $50 Gift Card (your choice) sponsored by Ching Brothers Inc.

Summerside

• Best Team Name: Open Eats (Alley Catz) won an Atlantic Superstore Summerside Treats Package
• Best Team Costume: Cox & Palmer (We Ain’t Smurfin Around) won an Atlantic Superstore Summerside Treats Package
• Top Fundraising Team: Summerside Lions Club won a $100 Atlantic Superstore Summerside Gift Card

Tignish

• Best Team Name: Suzanne Murphy (Cobras) won a $25 Bray’s Independent Gift Card
• Best Team Costume: CUPE (Puppy Pound) won a $25 Bray’s Independent Gift Card
• Top Fundraising Team: CUPE (Puppy Pound) won 6 Eugene’s General Store Coffee/Hot Chocolate Cards

Challenge Winners

• Charlottetown Business Challenge (fewer than 3 teams): Maximus Canada – Deltaware Division
• Charlottetown Business Challenge (3 teams or more): Invesco
• Charlottetown Pub & Restaurant Challenge: Dundee Arms Inn (Dundee Superheroes)
• Lions Club Challenge: Summerside Lions Club
• CareWorx Challenge: Andrew Burleigh’s team
• Cox & Palmer Challenge: Summerside & O’Leary team
• D.P. Murphy Challenge: Holiday Inn Express
• Holland College Business Administration Challenge: Livin’ on a Spare team
• Invesco Challenge: Spirtual Funds team
• Penningtons Challenge: Power Women
• Wilson Fuel Esso Challenge: Read’s Corner Esso (Read’s Corner Tigers)

Raise and Win Sponsors

The more you raise, the more you win.  Everyone who raised $150 or more took home a t-shirt and everyone who raised more than $250 also received a gift card ranging in value from $25 to $150.  These prizes are made possible by some great local businesses including:

Aspin Kemp & Associates, Business Technology Consulting Ltd., Campbell’s Concrete Ltd.; Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc., DME Limited Partnership, Hearts and Flowers, Mermaid Marine Products, Precision Mechanical Inc., Premier Island Homes, ServiceMaster of PEI, Simpson  Aqua Ventures Ltd., Twin Shores Camping Area, and UPEI Student Union

Bowl for Kids Sake Sponsors

3 Points Aviation Inc.

Air Canada Foundation

Anne of Green Gables Chocolates

Aspin Kemp & Associates

Atlantic Aqua Farms

Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown

Atlantic Superstore Montague

Atlantic Superstore Summerside

BellAliant

Boston Pizza

Brackley Drive-In Theatre

Bray’s Independent

Brookvale Provincial Ski Park

Business Technology Consulting Ltd.

Campbell’s Concrete Ltd.

Cavendish Farms

Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc.

Charlottetown Airport Authority

Ching Brothers Inc.

Chucker’s Trophies & Awards Ltd.

Cineplex Entertainment

City of Charlottetown

Clinton Hills

Confederation Centre of the Arts

Cows

D.P. Murphy Hotels & Resorts

Delta Prince Edward

Discover Kia

DME Limited Partnership

EastTech Engineering Consultants Inc.

Enman’s Audio Video Unlimited

Eugene’s General Store

Fair Isle Ford Lincoln

Farmed Market & Craft Butchery

Ganong

H & R Block Summerside

HGS Canada Inc.

Haunted Mansion

Hearts and Flowers

Home Hardware Charlottetown

Island Honey Wine Company

Kent Building Supplies Summerside

Kings Playhouse

MBS Radio (Q93, CFCY, & Spud FM)

MacAulay’s Bakery & Deli

Mallett’s Radiator Service Ltd.

Maritime Electric

Maritime Fun Group

Maritime Madness General Store

McAskill’s Studio

Mermaid Marine Products

Montana’s BBQ & Bar

Murphy’s Community Centre

Murphy’s Pharmacies

Newcap Radio (Ocean 100 & Hot 105.5)

O’Leary Farmers Co-op Association

Paradise On The Sea Adventures

Peake & McInnis Ltd.

Peakes Wharf Boat Tours

P.E.I Credit Unions

PEI Mutual Insurance Company

PEI Provincial Parks

Pepsi Bottling Group

Precision Mechanical Inc.

Premier Island Homes

Prince Edward Aqua Farms Inc.

Prince Edward Island Preserve Company

Rogers Hometown Hockey

ServiceMaster of PEI

Simpson Aqua Ventures Ltd.

Sobeys

Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Stewart McKelvey

Subway Restaurants

Summerside Toyota

The Great George

The Guardian

The Guild

The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Adjusting and Appraisals Ltd

The Journal Pioneer

The Showcase Gift Shop

The Trailside Music Café & Inn

Township Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd.

Twin Shores Camping Area

UPEI Student Union

Veseys Equipment

West Royalty Superstore

Wilson Fuel Company Ltd.

Wyman’s of PEI