Hospice Calgary in the APX Givesback Project

Here’s something cool. As many of you know, we here at Simply Elegant are big supporters of  Hospice Calgary.  If you feel, as we do, that the work they do is important, you can help them by voting for them in the APX Givesback Project.  

Hospice Calgary is now in the APX Givesback Project finales. In fact, Hospice Calgary has been chosen as one of 15 Canadian finalists given an opportunity to win the top prize of a $100,000.or the regional prize of $30.000.

That means, they’re only up against 14 other Canadian charities. So they have a real shot at this!

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Every day until August 21, 2010, Facebook users from all over the US and Canada will vote for the charities that they feel are having the most impact in local communities. If Hospice Calgary gets the most votes for Canada, APX will give us $30,000. The top overall charity will receive $100,000.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?

Just follow these simple instructions and remember to vote EVERYDAY for Hospice Calgary.

1. Click on this link  
2. Click on ‘Like’
3. Find and click on the yellow ‘Canada’ icon
4. Find Hospice Calgary, then click on ‘Endorse this charity’
5. That’s it!
6. Vote EVERYDAY, and please encourage all of your friends to vote too.
7. Invite your kids (with Facebook accounts) to get on board and help us out.

With your help, Hospice Calgary could win $30,000 (or more!) towards helping families like Rylan’s discover hope after the death of someone they love.

RYLAN’S STORY

Just before New Year’s 2007, a patch of black ice turned Jennifer’s world upside down. She and her family were headed to B.C. for a ski trip when in an instant a fatal crash took her husband, Doug, her daughter, Amy, and left her injured with multiple fractures.

The family had previously lost their 18-month-old daughter Kira to meningitis in 2000.

Her son, Rylan, was only 5 years-old at the time of the crash. He survived without physical injury, but his spirit was traumatized. Jennifer turned to Hospice Calgary for help.

Over the next eighteen months, Rylan came to Hospice Calgary for counseling and play therapy. He joined Kid’s Club, the support group for grieving children and also attended the summer Kid’s Bereavement Day Camp. “There is no quick fix for grief. It is a journey of healing as it happens, and I know Hospice Calgary is there for as long as we need it,” says Jennifer.

“I learned to recognize the ways that grief surfaces at different developmental stages. When it does show up, Rylan and I say that ‘our bucket is full’ and we need to tip a little out so we can go on. And so we do,” she said.

Hospice Calgary has checked with APX Alarms and has concluded that this is a legitimate initiative set up by APX Family Foundation to fulfill its mission to restore hope for families impacted by need.

PLEASE VOTE EVERYDAY

Knowing how busy we all are, may we suggest that you set up Outlook to send you a daily reminder to vote.  It’s fast and easy to set up recurring tasks on Outlook.

Open Tasks
Subject: Vote for Hospice Calgary
Date Due: Mon 8/23/2010
Start Date: Today’s date
Click Recurrence and request daily recurrence with an end date of Aug 21.
Make note: Facebook APX Givesback