Thanks Everyone For Making PoliBowl 2014 A Success!

 I just wanted to thank everyone for making PoliBowl a huge success!  We held the third Polibowl charity political bowling fundraiser at Century Casino Bowling on Monday August 25 and it was a great event.  I was able to sell more lanes than anticipated, which was amazing considering we are not in an election year and I am humbled that we were able to pack the facility.

  The wonderful thing about Polibowl is that it is supported by concerned citizens, local business leaders and engaged people from across the entire political spectrum.  We had teams from all political parties and everyone pulled together (as they always do) to help raise some money for charity.  It seems to get more popular each year, due solely to the great people who purchase lanes and show off their bowling skills.

Here are some pictures from this years event. ( I couldn't get shots of all 25 lanes...sorry if I missed you!)

Best Team Spirit Winner " Split Happens" 

Team #PoliWings ( aka Pretty Pretty Princesses)  With our special guest "Rooty"

 Team Tom Kmiec ( Calgary Shepard CPC Nomination Candidate)

Team Cam-Paign!  ( Cam Davies- Calgary SE Wildrose PartyNomination Candidate)

Team Traptow 

Team Verico First Start Mortgage "Split Happens #2" 

Team Brokerlink #2

Team Enmax

Team 1Calgary Vote

Team Alberta Party

Ric McIver's McBowlers

Media All Stars! 

Team Sean Chu

Team Carra

Team YYC

Calgary SE PCAA MLA Rick Fraser, Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark and Calgary SE WRP Nomination Candidate Cam Davies

My bowling was so bad...I should have stuck to taking pictures!

2014 GutterBall Champion...Patty McLeod! Patty was also 2013 GutterBall Queen....and we expect the same for 2015! :)

PC Leadership Candidate Ric McIver being a good sport at a failed "patch over attempt"!

Through your generosity, we were able to raise close to $4500 for Brown Bagging For Calgary's Kids, which will provide lunches for thousands of needy school kids this year.

I hope that this can continue to be an annual event.  Thanks again to everyone for their donations and support.  For more information on Brown Bagging For Calgary Kids, or to make a donation and/or information on volunteer opportunities, please visit www.bb4ck.org

Thanks!

Shane

Thanks For Making The #PoliBowl 2013 Charity Bowling Event A Huge Success!

I wanted to send a huge thank you to everyone who attended the August 26, 2013 #PoliBowl event at the Century Casino Bowling Centre!  Thanks to the amazing generosity of local politicians and concerned citizens, we were able to raise close to $4500 for Brown Bagging For Calgary Kids and The Calgary Foundation Flood Recovery Fund!

There were over 150 people at this sold out event, including over 25 local politicians that are running for election in the 2013 Calgary municipal election, along with local media.  By all accounts it turned out to be a fun event and nobody reported any smashed toes, which is great news!

 Here are a few pictures from the event....

 

Gutterball Champion! 

The "K-Team" ( Shane Keating) Best Team Spirit Award!

Team Angry! ( AKA Team Wildrose!) 

More pictures to follow!  Thanks again everyone for an amazing night.  Good luck to all of the candidates in the upcoming election.

Let's Use Social Media To Raise Some Extra Money At PoliBowl 2013!

  First off, I would like to thank everyone for their amazing support of #polibowl 2013!  This event sold out in less than three weeks, and I am blown away by this!  With three days to go until the event, I thought I would try and tie in a fun way to try and raise some additional funds for Brown Bagging For Calgary's Kids by harnessing the power of social media!

  Back in December, my pal Joey Oberhoffner had a wonderful idea to help raise money for and Inn From The Cold Christmas fundraiser that I was trying to organize.  He pulled together a "foodapolooza" fundraiser, where individuals reached out to their social media contacts to "sponsor" them in their efforts to devour Tacos/Wings at a local pub.  Through twitter, we were able to raise close to $5000 via these small individual donations (we then had a $5000 matching gift via an anonymous donor) which was amazing!  You can read about this December event here: 

1) http://www.enlightenedsavage.com/2012/12/ablegcares-it-really-really-does.html
2) http://www.calgaryliberal.com/2012/12/20/ablegcares/#.UhdyhtKsjK4

  The success of this cool idea really proved to me the power of social media and how a large number of people can make a huge difference by donating small amounts to a good cause.

 So, JUST FOR FUN.... I think we should try this at #polibowl 2013!!

  How will it work?

 Reach out to your Facebook/Twitter contacts and friends/colleagues and asked them to support you in your bowling efforts!  The possibilities are endless and really up to you!  Some ideas that may work...

• $5/strike! 
• $0.10 per point! 
• $3/spare! 
• $1/gutterball! 

 Keep track of your individual donations and have your contacts submit their donations directly to Brown Bagging For Calgary Kids ( after the event) on their website at: http://bb4ck.org/donating-to-bb4ck/

I bet than we can easily raise $500 ( maybe even $1000!) for this amazing charity and have a ton of fun using social media to do this!  Remember, this is just a fun idea and not mandatory!  

The person that raises the most money at the event will win the amazing trophy pictured above and will be able to hang that on their mantle for years to come!