Walk the Red Carpet right here in Ottawa!!
Posted in Events and tagged with cancer, charity, gala, hollywood, ovarian cancer on 09/16/2009 10:47 pm by Veronica Giggey
Ever wished you could walk the red carpet? Well, here’s your chance! You are cordially invited to attend the Reliving Old Hollywood Gala on Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 7pm.
The Gala is in support of ovarian cancer research and will have as a special guest “Canada’s Sweetheart”, 1988 Calgary Olympics Figure Skating Silver Medalist, Elizabeth Manley who will be sharing a few words about her experiences with her mother’s journey with ovarian cancer.
Each year, approximately 2600 women in Canada are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, 80%-90% of these women are diagnosed at advanced-stages of the disease. Diagnosing ovarian cancer is not easy. A pap test does NOT detect ovarian cancer. Even in its advanced stages ovarian cancer symptoms may be confused with non life threatening conditions.
Come support ovarian cancer research through this fun and unique event. It has it all; ”red carpet paparazzi”, charity casino tables, photo booth, door prizes and live music by Juno award-winner Tracey Brown and the Richard Page Swingtet.
Best part? We have a free ticket thanks to Nancy O’Brien, the Chairperson of the event. Just leave us a comment below letting us know you would like to attend and one randomly drawn lucky person will get their ticket for free. We’ll do the draw Friday September 18th at 12:00pm EST.
Ottawa Girl Geek Dinners are an offshoot of the London Girl Geek Dinners, started by Sarah Blow. The goal of these get-togethers is to make technology accessible and interesting to all age groups and all people, particularly women.
September 17th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Wow, this sounds like a great event and such a worthy cause. I can’t believe I haven’t heard of it before now!
September 17th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
The GGD was fantastic! This event sounds super fun too!
Cheers,
Jessica
September 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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September 18th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for responding ladies. We were happy to be contacted by the event organizers and it looks like it will be a pretty fun night. Jessica, you are now the proud owner of an entrance. I sent a note to the chairperson, so she should be contacting you for your address. Thanks again!