By: Claire Young, Calgary Herald
Source: http://www.calgaryherald.com
Category: Film School Online
The Grade 8 students of Alice Jamieson Girls' Academy focused their video cameras on Calgarians who are making Calgary a better place. As part of a Worldviews Project organized by their humanities teacher, Kate McKenzie, the 60 girls produced 20 short films that they debuted at a film festival at their school and for the public at the downtown library last week.
The people profiled "inspire us to make a difference and show the good in Calgary," said Katherine Giustini, 13. Her group made a video on local brain tumour re-search, moved by the stories of family and friends touched by the condition.
The students took on topics including wheelchair hockey, foreign adoption and teen mothers, all of which offer inspiring stories of Calgarians helping, accepting, healing and supporting one an-other.
Student Robyn Uptigrove's group did an overview video on the Worldviews project, which has made a lasting impression on her.
"I've been inspired to see that you can make a change while doing things that you like," she says.
The community lent a hand to the project. Awesome Calgary granted $1,000 and the Calgary Foundation granted $600 towards it. Chris Hsiung of Hidden Story Productions volunteered his expertise, teaching the students about filming, interviewing and editing.
He wanted to help the students "to really connect with community engagement and find motivation there," he said. "It's about building something to share with other people."
McKenzie hopes, through viewing the films, more people are inspired to make their communities better.
"If 13-year-old girls can do this, we all can," she said.
Mc Kenzie is taking a leave from her job in January to travel to eight countries in eight months, making a good-news video once a week to "fight hopelessness through inspiration and action."
Follow McKenzie's Worldviews Project at worldviewsproject. com. From this page, link to the videos by clicking on the YouTube icon to the right.
Students at Glenmore Christian Academy in southwest Calgary filled 1,051 shoeboxes with gifts and toiletries in support of Operation Christmas Fund. Grade 9 student Mark Moore donated the most boxes. Samaritan's Purse is delivering the boxes to children around the world.
Support KidSport Calgary with a text-to-donate. Text the word PLAY to 45678, to donate $5 to KidSport Calgary on any cellphone carrier. The campaign aims to raise $25,000 by Dec. 31. www.kidsportcalgary.ca
Bring backpacks and children's gifts to fill them to Crossroads Market this weekend to support Stephen's Backpacks Society.
Stephen McPhee, the Airdrie child who believes kids should have homes with toys and story-books, will be at the market to help collect the donations. www.stephensbackpacks.com
Angels in the Night volunteers distributed winter warming kits to homeless shelters on Tuesday night. Hundreds of volunteers from Invis and Mortgage Intelligence delivered new gloves, tuques, fleeces, boots and toiletries, in support of the Salvation Army. www.angelsinthenight.ca
The public is invited to the East Village Community Christmas Party at the Simmons Building, 618 Confluence Way S.E. (formerly 610 1st Ave. S.E.), Dec. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted by the Calgary Municipal Land Corp., there will be a 6-metre Christmas tree set up outside and a chance to win a 2-metre tree courtesy of Stantec. Admission is by donation to the Calgary Food Bank.
Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies and visit vendors including Cantos, Bee Kingdom, Vintage Bliss Market, Protospace, Fresh Kitchen, YYC Food Trucks and Fish Market gallery.
Giving Elf wants your support in its bid to win part of $1 million from Aviva Community Fund to help ideas that benefit the com-munity become reality. Albertan Nicole Pearson created the non-profit Giving Elf to help kids learn to make charitable giving part of their lives through a kid-friendly website. Children can donate to any Canadian charity through the website, manage their own fundraising initiatives and play an educational video game. Giving Elf needs supporters' online votes every day until Dec. 16. givingelf.ca, avivacommunityfund.org
Home Instead of Senior Care is launching its first Be a Santa to a Senior program in Calgary. The campaign collects and delivers gifts to isolated and deserving seniors, as well as helps stimulate human contact and social interaction for those who may not have guests during the holidays. Sup-porters can select an ornament containing a senior's name and gift wish from Christmas trees at Woody's RV World, 11700 29th St. S.E., and Home Instead's office, 200, 755 Lake Bonavista Dr. S.E. Unwrapped gifts can be returned to the tree location by Dec. 16 for delivery. beasantatoasenior.ca
In 1993, a client commissioned a painting from artist Paul Van Ginkel. The client recently gave the piece to the Drop-In Centre with the hope to sell it and donate the money to the centre. Within 90 minutes of sending out an e-mail to Van Ginkel's collectors on Friday, the painting sold for $10,000. Van Ginkel donates art prints for fundraising events to charities both large and small. Contact the artist through PaulVanGinkel.com.
Penny Lane Entertainment is hosting a children's Christmas party on Monday for low-income families. Donations are being collected at Spur Gastropub, Italian Kitchen, Belgo Brasserie and 355 Mansion. Toys also can be purchased through the online toy drive at all venue websites, as well as Cowboys' Facebook page.
Source: http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Young+filmmakers+inspired+Calgarians+sharing+spirit/5822708/story.html#ixzz1fzX5jkAL
Source: http://www.calgaryherald.com
Category: Film School Online
The Grade 8 students of Alice Jamieson Girls' Academy focused their video cameras on Calgarians who are making Calgary a better place. As part of a Worldviews Project organized by their humanities teacher, Kate McKenzie, the 60 girls produced 20 short films that they debuted at a film festival at their school and for the public at the downtown library last week.
The people profiled "inspire us to make a difference and show the good in Calgary," said Katherine Giustini, 13. Her group made a video on local brain tumour re-search, moved by the stories of family and friends touched by the condition.
The students took on topics including wheelchair hockey, foreign adoption and teen mothers, all of which offer inspiring stories of Calgarians helping, accepting, healing and supporting one an-other.
Student Robyn Uptigrove's group did an overview video on the Worldviews project, which has made a lasting impression on her.
"I've been inspired to see that you can make a change while doing things that you like," she says.
The community lent a hand to the project. Awesome Calgary granted $1,000 and the Calgary Foundation granted $600 towards it. Chris Hsiung of Hidden Story Productions volunteered his expertise, teaching the students about filming, interviewing and editing.
He wanted to help the students "to really connect with community engagement and find motivation there," he said. "It's about building something to share with other people."
McKenzie hopes, through viewing the films, more people are inspired to make their communities better.
"If 13-year-old girls can do this, we all can," she said.
Mc Kenzie is taking a leave from her job in January to travel to eight countries in eight months, making a good-news video once a week to "fight hopelessness through inspiration and action."
Follow McKenzie's Worldviews Project at worldviewsproject. com. From this page, link to the videos by clicking on the YouTube icon to the right.
Students at Glenmore Christian Academy in southwest Calgary filled 1,051 shoeboxes with gifts and toiletries in support of Operation Christmas Fund. Grade 9 student Mark Moore donated the most boxes. Samaritan's Purse is delivering the boxes to children around the world.
Support KidSport Calgary with a text-to-donate. Text the word PLAY to 45678, to donate $5 to KidSport Calgary on any cellphone carrier. The campaign aims to raise $25,000 by Dec. 31. www.kidsportcalgary.ca
Bring backpacks and children's gifts to fill them to Crossroads Market this weekend to support Stephen's Backpacks Society.
Stephen McPhee, the Airdrie child who believes kids should have homes with toys and story-books, will be at the market to help collect the donations. www.stephensbackpacks.com
Angels in the Night volunteers distributed winter warming kits to homeless shelters on Tuesday night. Hundreds of volunteers from Invis and Mortgage Intelligence delivered new gloves, tuques, fleeces, boots and toiletries, in support of the Salvation Army. www.angelsinthenight.ca
The public is invited to the East Village Community Christmas Party at the Simmons Building, 618 Confluence Way S.E. (formerly 610 1st Ave. S.E.), Dec. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted by the Calgary Municipal Land Corp., there will be a 6-metre Christmas tree set up outside and a chance to win a 2-metre tree courtesy of Stantec. Admission is by donation to the Calgary Food Bank.
Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies and visit vendors including Cantos, Bee Kingdom, Vintage Bliss Market, Protospace, Fresh Kitchen, YYC Food Trucks and Fish Market gallery.
Giving Elf wants your support in its bid to win part of $1 million from Aviva Community Fund to help ideas that benefit the com-munity become reality. Albertan Nicole Pearson created the non-profit Giving Elf to help kids learn to make charitable giving part of their lives through a kid-friendly website. Children can donate to any Canadian charity through the website, manage their own fundraising initiatives and play an educational video game. Giving Elf needs supporters' online votes every day until Dec. 16. givingelf.ca, avivacommunityfund.org
Home Instead of Senior Care is launching its first Be a Santa to a Senior program in Calgary. The campaign collects and delivers gifts to isolated and deserving seniors, as well as helps stimulate human contact and social interaction for those who may not have guests during the holidays. Sup-porters can select an ornament containing a senior's name and gift wish from Christmas trees at Woody's RV World, 11700 29th St. S.E., and Home Instead's office, 200, 755 Lake Bonavista Dr. S.E. Unwrapped gifts can be returned to the tree location by Dec. 16 for delivery. beasantatoasenior.ca
In 1993, a client commissioned a painting from artist Paul Van Ginkel. The client recently gave the piece to the Drop-In Centre with the hope to sell it and donate the money to the centre. Within 90 minutes of sending out an e-mail to Van Ginkel's collectors on Friday, the painting sold for $10,000. Van Ginkel donates art prints for fundraising events to charities both large and small. Contact the artist through PaulVanGinkel.com.
Penny Lane Entertainment is hosting a children's Christmas party on Monday for low-income families. Donations are being collected at Spur Gastropub, Italian Kitchen, Belgo Brasserie and 355 Mansion. Toys also can be purchased through the online toy drive at all venue websites, as well as Cowboys' Facebook page.
Source: http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Young+filmmakers+inspired+Calgarians+sharing+spirit/5822708/story.html#ixzz1fzX5jkAL
