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AHA MEDIA meets Colorado Church volunteers giving away Free hot dogs in Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside on June 9, 2009
AHA MEDIA was strolling by Oppenheimer Park when they noticed a food lineup gathering near the Clubhouse

In the photo below, AHA MEDIA spoke with Julie Ann DeBoer and found out that they were all the way from Colorado! They were visiting our area for a few days and were here to provide food and drink for Park residents today 🙂

In this video, kind Church volunteers give out grilled hot dogs, potato salad and beverages to hungry and happy area residents at Oppenheimer Park in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES). Julie Ann Deboer identifies that they are from Colorado when asked by a hungry person in the food lineup.
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

In this video, kind Church volunteers from Colorado give out grilled hot dogs, potato salad and beverages to hungry and happy area residents at Oppenheimer Park in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES). A very polite young man identifies that some of his fellow volunteers are from Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in North Western Colorado. Ken Glofcheskie of AHA MEDIA speaks about how it’s a good thing that people are trying to help the less fortunate.
This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
To see 31 photos, please see our Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619646159576/
AHA MEDIA meets Family Services of Greater Vancouver Outreach workers Chris Berrio and Dave Mitchell on East Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA was pleased to meet Family Services of Greater Vancouver Outreach workers Chris Berrio and Dave Mitchell 🙂

There are a great many people in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside who appreciate the efforts of outreach workers! 🙂

AHA MEDIA thanks Chris and Dave for spending the time to chat with us.
Family Services of Greater Vancouver http://www.fsgv.ca
AHA MEDIA volunteered at Work Less Party on Saturday June 6th
AHA MEDIA worked hard while volunteering to do Coat Check at a past Work Less Party party event at Japanese Language School on Saturday June 6th
Work Less party website is http://www.worklessparty.org
Below is a photo of Peter Davies, Hendrik Beune and April Smith of AHA MEDIA waiting for the Party to start.

Below is a photo of the Carnival Band giving a live performance to electrify the evening !

Below is a photo of Paul Preibisch dropping off his coat with us. Paul is a very dynamic man ! http://www.youtube.com/Fire2006

AHA MEDIA is luckily very open minded and we always do our job to the best of our ability 🙂
Below is a pair of boxer briefs that were checked in with us! The owner assured us that they were very clean! 🙂

Since the Work Less Party events are always a costume party – the followoing photo shows a man dressed up as “Drunk and Arrested B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell in Hawaii” complete with Beer can. What a parody!

Below is a photo of fantastic drummers enticing people to dance to their beats

The Work Less Party always throws an amazing party for Vancouver to enjoy! 🙂
AHA MEDIA to participate in Pivot’s Hope In Shadows 3-Day Photography Contest in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
PIVOT’s Hope In Shadows 3-Day Photography Contest
Vancouver Downtown Eastside Photography Contest

First Prize (1 winner): $500 cash
Second Prize ( 5 winners): $100 cash each
Third Prize (10 winners: $50 cash each
Honourable Mention (24 winners): $25 cash each
Every contestant will get $5 cash when they turn in their camera
Winning photos will be exhibited and may be used in the 2010 Hope In Shadows calendar
Free Cameras and training provided


This year’s theme Heart of our Community
Cost to enter: Free! First Come, First Served

Pick up cameras: 10:30am, Saturday June 6
Interurban Gallery (1 East Hastings)
Contest ends 5pm, Tuesday June 9
Space is limited to 200 contestants

Each contestant will be given a disposable camera at the beginning of the contest
All pictures must be taken with an official contest camera.
You enter your photos by turning your camera in, – we take care of developing and printing!

To see 200 photos, please see our Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157619350888586/
W2 info night on June 4, 2009 at Flack Block in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

Interested in W2 and the community? Want to get involved to make a positive and lasting change?

Come to the W2 info night, held on Thursday, June 4th at 7PM. This is an free and informal event open to everyone. Food and drinks will be served.

Thursday night is a community meeting for our supporters. We will be doing Info Sessions every week on key subjects, but this meeting is aimed at updating our active community on challenges we are having with City negotiations, as well as recruiting more volunteers.

The W2 Info Night will be held in W2’s new offices at the Flack Block building at 163 West Hastings from 7-10PM on June 4th.

A W2 staff member will be waiting out front of the building to let guests inside.
Future topics include Social Enterprise Incubator program

W2 Youth Media Arts Lab apprenticeship program recruitment
Intro to our tv/radio programs
Youth program
Disability arts program

W2 Community Media Arts http://www.creativetechnology.org
To see 68 photos, please see our Flickr
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