GOOD NEWS!
It is now January 2010 and we are so very happy to announce that a telecab
has been donated to the Potter family!
AMAZING!!
The fundraising has provided the money required for a wheelchair accessible bathroom and also to install the telecab.
Thank you to everyone who was involved in Helping Mackenzie.
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Thank you everyone who came out to support both of our fundraising events on June 20, 2009.
Thank you also to all the corporate sponsors and individual donors who helped us.
We could not have had such a successful day without an army of excellent volunteers - well done everyone!!
We are very pleased to announce that through online donations and money raised on June 20th,
we have raised approximately $11,000!! A tremendous success.
But it doesn't stop there.....we still have some more money to raise to help Mackenzie get her telecab. Online donations are still welcome. Smaller fundraising efforts will be ongoing.
Fundraising Event
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Two events, one great location!
(Rain or shine)
Carnival day: 10am - 3pm. Fun for the whole family.
Tickets on sale at the carnival: 10 tickets for $10 / 25 tickets for $20.
(each daytime event uses tickets, ie: carnival games = 1 ticket, BBQ = 3 tickets, etc.)
Come join us and enjoy a BBQ, cotton candy, lots of kids games and prizes, 50/50 draw, great raffles, special needs sensory area, teddy bears hospital (don't forget to bring your bear) ... and so much more!
Parking on site (with overflow parking at Morden School across the street.)
Evening dinner/dance: Tickets $20.00 per person 7pm - 11pm
Entertainment (DJ and Live Band), dinner, exciting silent auction items, fabulous raffle prizes and many great door prizes (you need not be present to win a door prize!)
Some of our silent auction items include: Autographed items from Michael Buble, Sonia Rodriguez, Kurt Browning and Steve Nash. National Ballet of Canada, exclusive event: Box Seats to a Dress Rehearsal of The Sleeping Beauty, directed by Karen Kain with full backstage tour and gift bags!! ($1,000 value!) Via Rail passes for two - return tickets from Toronto to Montreal, two pieces of beautiful artwork by Brampton artist, Jeremy M. Browne, Terminator Salvation Plak-mounted poster, Blue Jays tickets (dugout seats), Marriott Hotel overnight stay, Dancing Lessons and so much more! Come and place a bid....you never know, you just might win a fantastic item!
We have many great door prizes, some of them are: Sirius Satallite Radio, Ice Wine, custom made t-shirts, Avon gift basket, Craftsman cordless drill, various restaurant gift certificates, and many other great items.
At 8:30pm we will have a video presentation of Mackenzie and her family.
Older children may attend, but must also pay the admission donation of $20 per person.
Limited number of spaces available. Please reserve tickets in advance to avoid disappointment!
Location:
St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca Street, Oakville
(between Fourth Line and Dorval Drive, next to YMCA)
Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to purchase tickets for the dinner dance or for more information.
Or phone Hazel: 416-898-9728
For corporate donations, please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Bring your family, bring your friends, bring your neighbours
and come out and have a great day with us!
Donation Information:
Donations can also be made to the HelpingMackenzie Fund by:
Option 1: using the link to the left (accepts Paypal, Visa or Mastercard)
Option 2: deposit at any TD Canada Trust branch with the following information:
Name: Mackenzie Potter
Account: 6010277
Branch: 1027
Mackenzie's Story
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 14:30 Written by Daryl Potter Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:37
Mackenzie Emily Potter is a beautiful, eight year old, girl who needs your help.
She was born on February 10, 2001 in Burnaby, British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast and now lives in Ontario, attending second grade at Pilgrim Wood Elementary school in Oakville, Ontario. She was born 3 ½ weeks early, weighed 6 lbs, 9 ounces at birth and despite her somewhat early arrival appeared to be a very healthy baby girl.
Within a week there were signs that raised concerns. Her weight post-delivery continued to drop even after the one week mark and when she was 10 days old her mom (with dad tagging along) attended a breast feeding clinic at Vancouver General Hospital. This trip was intended to a quick coaching session after which the family was going to enjoy a cool weather picnic at Stanley Park. After a thorough evaluation by the medical team at Vancouver General, instead of a picnic, the Potters rushed to B.C. Children’s Hospital where Mackenzie’s heart-broken dad helped hold Mackenzie steady for the first of many, many IV lines and needles over the following years. The first 4 veins burst on that traumatic first emergency room visit before one of her tiny, 10 day old veins could support an IV line. From B.C. Children’s Hospital the family was then transported to New Westminster General Hospital. Mackenzie and her mom stayed there for 10 days before coming home.