Thanks to all who came out to our Games Day celebrations on Friday, May 22! Our kick-off to the Canada Games even made Compass AND the Guardian!
GAMES DAY PRIZES
Games Day organizers Lynn, Laurie, and Angela had great fun delivering all the door prizes to the winners on Friday afternoon. Click here for the list — congratulations to all!
CANADA GAMES VOLUNTEERS
Approximately 50 UPEI staff, faculty and students signed up to volunteer for the Games, which is great news for Canada Games organizers. Says Jake McInnis, Volunteer Co-ordinator, “We got a lot of exposure out of it as well, which has really contributed to volunteers signing up.”
And if you didn’t get a chance to sign up to volunteer for the Games, it’s easy to do online. They still need 1,200 people, particularly in Western PEI... So please don’t delay — especially since UPEI will match your volunteer time up to 15 hours.
UPEI CANADA GAMESWEAR
T-shirts are on sale at the Bookstore. We’re participating in the Canada Games Gameswear Fridays throughout the summer, and doing our own prize patrols as we count down to the Games, so be sure to wear your Canada Gameswear on Fridays!
GAMES DAY SPONSORS
And thanks to all the sponsors who donated prizes and to EVERYONE who helped out, and to Gary Bradshaw for giving us the hour to celebrate! If I've missed anyone in this list, let me know!
• Jacob McInnis and the Canada Games crew (including the police officer and the mascots, Eddie and Abbie)
• Facilities Management for setting up the area
• Rex Coffin and Joyce and her crew at Chartwells for the barbecue
• Kevin Rogers and the Bookstore for selling our shirts
• Robbie Saada from Athletics for getting the games going!
• Andrea Bird, Office of the Vice-President, Finance and Facilities, for pitching in wherever she was needed
• MaryEllen Basha from EventMax and the folks at East Coast Cresting for getting the t-shirts and golf shirts to us in time!
• Lisa Stapleton from Integrated Communications for her design work
• Angus McPhail from Audiovisual Services for giving us great sound
• Anna Lacroix for the inspiring Bosu class!
• Campus Kids for being so cute and providing such great entertainment!
• Lindsey Thereukauf for being such an enthusiastic Panther mascot
• Janice Robertson for supplying the hoolas, bocce, and croquet sets
• Mike Needham for the photography
• Neal Gills for the video
• Shawn Arsenault for being the first brave hoola-hooper!
GAMES DAY SPONSORS
• ADL (Dave Doherty)
• Pepsi (Charlie Seaman)
• John Morrison (Sport and Recreation, Province of PEI)
• Nicki Stanton (Columbia)
• Greg Gairns (Canada Games)
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Panther Sport
• Campus Wellness
And to all the volunteers who signed up with the Canada Games!
