Extra, Extra...hear all about it! (A Snippet from the Latest Press Release... 4th Annual Zeal for Teal Fundraiser Meets the Wild West...)

            ...Community support for Zeal for Teal has been astounding, including Teal Fridays at the Moorefield, Drayton and Arthur Royal Bank branches. Bank employees graciously participate by wearing teal t-shirts each Friday and donating $2 to the Sunflower Seeds for their Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope. Last year they raised over $200 for the cause, thanks to the initiative of Royal Bank Manager, Amber Tuck.

           

 Louis Latham of Drayton has donated the $100 grand prize once again this year. This is the fourth year that Latham has given this substantial and much appreciated prize to one excited participant. The lucky 2011 winner of the Zeal for Teal grand prize was Lorna Weber of Elmira.

           

 The Zeal for Teal Committee includes Amber Tuck, Darlene Hauser, Amanda Hauser, Sue Bauman, Rosemary Latham (set designer and creative advisor), Newton & Belec. They are once again excited to welcome Vickie Downie back as a guest at their new Wild West Shady Lady Hotel where she will be sharing her talents by offering free mini-manicures to participants.

           

As seems fitting in the Wild West, there will be a wonderfully stocked General Store complete with everything from soup to jewelry and everything else in between for sale. A penny table and silent auction promises to be a wonderful experience for participants, too. And if that isn’t enough to ruffle a cowgirl’s frills, there will be lots of opportunity to pan for gold, create a memory in the Barn Door photo booth or toss a horseshoe or two, all for the cause.

            An invitation is extended to the general public who just might want to check out and see what all the hoopin’ and hollerin’ is about at the arena. Guests may visit throughout the day and partake of a little downhome hospitality. For $5 visitors can enjoy refreshments (moonshine muffins, fruit fiasco, candy bar, tea, coffee, cactus juice) visit the vendor’s alley, check out the silent auction, the penny table and the general store. For $10, visits can be timed around the lunch hour (between noon and 1pm) and they can also partake of some mighty fine Chuck wagon Stew, Prairie Spuds, Gold Mine in a pot, Cow Patties, Horseshoe cake and more, prepared by the expert cookies - Ann Kabbes and Yvonne Timmerman (left). All profits from the guest visits go directly to the Sunflower Seeds Team Walk of Hope, too...

...finish reading the story in next week's Community News.            

Yee-Ha! Git' Along Little Dogies...and join us!

We are plum excited! The days are flitting by but we are bang on target as we prepare for a wonderful, Wild West Day for all our scrapbooking and crafting friends!

There have been a lot of generous food and prize donations and we can promise you that you will surely enjoy what we have planned for your day out. Panning for gold and the Shady Lady Hotel (with the free mini manicures) are only two of the more interesting attractions. How are you at horseshoes? Guessing games? Can't wait to shop the General Store? Try out the Wild West photo booth?  Well, ya'll ain't seen anything yet!

Make sure you wear some cowgal duds or a teal and we will give ya'll an extra door prize ticket for being a good sport.

Spread the word, too, about how friends and family can drop in for a visit during the day. For $5 visitors can come by and check out our silent auction, the penny table, the general store, visit our vendors and onsite store and partake of a snack and beverage. That entire $5 will go to the Sunflower Seeds team. Or, if'n it's vittles they prefer tell yore buddies and cowpoke friends that they can join us for lunch at high noon. For $10 they can sample some of our Cookie's great Chuckwagon Stew, Cheese Biscuits, Pot-Lickin' Macaroni and Cheese, Prairie Spuds, some fine mixed greens, Cowpatties, Cowboy cookies, Horseshoe Cake and more! Plus they can stay awhile and enjoy the festivities.

We can't wait.

Our biggest goal, though is to keep in mind why we are doing what we are doing. Awareness...we want this Zeal for Teal day to be a lot of fun and a super time for everyone to relax and play. But we also want to remember those gals who have succumbed to ovarian cancer and to support those who are going through this awful gynecological experience. Of supreme focus, too, is the awareness factor. We want women to know the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and to be alerted when something just doesn't seem quite right.

For those that are already signed up and are in the corral - thanks. Bless you for caring enough to support us in our passion and for doing your part in helping us raise awareness about ovarian cancer. For those who are thinking about joining us - no pressure (although you will be plum sorry that ya'll might miss this yee-ha, humdinger of a day!)

Kits are ready!

 Kits are available for purchase now! Please email or Facebook us to get your kits! These are in limited quantities so if you want one (or two!), please contact us right away so I can set it aside for you.

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Last Call (Almost!)

 

Time is whizzing by faster than a tumbleweed in a tornado! We're sure ya'll will love our theme this year - The Wild West! This is our fourth Zeal for Teal event and we are pumped up higher than a bucking bronco cut loose at a rodeo so we`re looking forward to some fun and fadangling in our general store and beyond. Stay tuned for details. Coming soon to an arena near you!

REMEMBER

The countdown is on before the gong strikes on that super-duper Early Bird bargoon! Instead of paying $45 for a wonderful jam-packed day of scrapbooking and crafting and everything else that goes along, you get a whopping $10 off! So don't delay. Call today and book your spot. You can sign up and pay via PayPal (see side bar) or you can pay your $35 by cheque or cash. But that sweet offer lasts only until the stroke of midnight on January 31st, 2012.  

Email mailto:msunflower.seeds.team@gmail.com and ask for a Zeal for Teal 2012 Registration and just like that, we will send it your way! Can't wait to hear from YA'LL!

Come on out and help the Sunflower Seeds raise funds for their 2012 Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope that will take place in September.

Bargain Anyone? Yippee!

Howdy Cowgirls, Cardmakers, Scrapbookers and Crafters. Don't forgit' about the early bird special fer this year's [April 28th]  Zeal for Teal.

It'll cost ya'll $35 if yer' interested in partaking of this bargoon! Count 'em...35 golden nuggets if you register on or before the stroke of midnight, January 31st, 2012! That's a whoppin' $10 savings. Don't delay - registrations are coming in fast and furious. Yee haa!

But don't worry; even if'n ya'll do forgit' or if'n ya'll are one of those local yokels who likes to put things off until the last minute - despair not. The regular cost for an entire day of hootenany fun is $45. Guaranteed ya'll get yer money's worth! It's a day to relax, laugh and to make a difference. All monies after expenses will be goin' to those adven'trous type Sunflower Seed Gals for the annual Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope that is being held September 9th, 2012.

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New this year...the Zeal for Teal invitation is extended to not only our wonderful, faithful, creative scrapbookers and cardmakers, but also to crafters of any flavour! We attended a wonderful crop in Listowel  a little while ago put on by Renee Dykstra Beswitherick. (All her amazing efforts helped raise funds for for the Diabetic Association!) Most who attended that day were avid scrapbookers but we did notice some gals who were sewing patchwork quilts while others were doing some other craft work. We thought that a lovely idea. So we thought we would tell anyone interested to bring along their knitting needles, crocheting hooks, sewing machine, and so on to ZEAL for TEAL. So go ahead and spread the word.

 

We are thrilled to let everyone know that we will have our happy vendors back on board again - with a few extra surprises.

There is another planning meeting this weekend for the Zeal for Teal committee so there will be more exciting news to follow. We just wanted to remind you about the Early Bird Special.

For a registration package please contact either Glynis or Amanda at sunflower.seeds.team@gmail.com

(or check out our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/128232750620890/)