Saskatchewan's Boston Pizza Restaurants, BP's Lounges and the Saskatchewan Abilities Council have announced the kick off of the 2014 campaign to send Saskatchewan kids with disabilities to Camp Easter Seal.
Residents are invited to join in to help raise funds for Camp Easter Seal heading to Boston Pizza on Wednesday, June 25.
"Come in for lunch, dinner or simply appetizers and drinks with family and friends that day and our restaurants and lounges will be donating 10 per cent of total net sales to Camp Easter Seals through the Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects," says, Earl Fraser, franchisee at the Boston Pizza restaurant in Yorkton.
"Once again it is very exciting to be pulling together all of our regions franchisees, restaurant staff, supplier community, and generous guests and through the BPF Future Prospects, to make a difference for kids throughout Saskatchewan, that wouldn't be able to attend summer camp if it wasn't for the incredible work of The Easter Seal Camps."
From June 1 until June 25 Boston Pizza guests can help raise additional funds and spirits for these very special campers! With a $2 donation guests can purchase a specially designed Camp Card any time they visit a Boston Pizza restaurant and write a camp card message to someone special. Stores will post the camp cards throughout the restaurant to literally fill the walls with support for Saskatchewan kids with disabilities to attend summer camp.
"During this time we are excited to offer the BP On-line Auction for Camp Easter Seal, June 9th t0 25th. Keep your eyes peeled to the Boston Pizza Face Book pages and Hodgin's Auctioneering . Featured will be celebrity memorabilia, dinners with celebrities, golf games, hockey tickets and much more."
Funds collected from the Camp Cards will also be donated to Camp Easter Seal through the BPF Future Prospects, which raises funds for a variety of local, regional and national charities across Canada, including Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada, Kids Help Phone, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Rick Hanson Foundation and Live Different.
"We are excited to be entering our second year of partnering and hosting this fundraising event at all Saskatchewan and Lloydminister Boston Pizza restaurants" adds John Denysek, Regional Director, Saskatchewan Abilities Council. "As the need for specialized services grows, it is comforting to know there is a fundraising event that is growing too, to support campers with disabilities."
"It is our hope through this exciting partnership between our very family and community focused Saskatchewan franchisees and restaurant staff , the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, and of course our very generous guests, we will donate over $35,000 to Camp Easter Seal, sending some very special and deserving children to camp." furthers BPF Future Prospects, Executive Director, Cheryl Treliving.
If you would like to help out at the Boston Pizza Day for Camp Easter Seal on Wednesday, June 25, please volunteer with Saskatchewan Abilities Council staff to serve coffee and refill drinks.
"It is a great opportunity to work together to make a huge difference for Saskatchewan children with disabilities.
"We would love to schedule you in for an hour or so to change the lives and send Saskatchewan kids to Camp Easter Seal. If you are able to join in our fun for the day, please RSVP to 306-782-2463 or [email protected] by June 16, 2014."
