We are pleased to announce and thank our first three sponsors: Muddy York Films, Bluebeards Originals, and The Vermont Mystic Pie Company and introduce you to our two charitable organizations: Africa Soma and Right to Play.
Muddy York Films is a Toronto based Film Production Company. Co-founded by Alan Sukonnik, Muddy York Films works with feature films, commercials and music videos incorporating older cinematic technologies with new cleaner and clearer digital formats. Check out their reel here featuring clips from their work with Nikki's fellow Victoria native musician Nelly Furtado. Muddy York Films were the generous makers of our UNCOR video.
Bluebeards Original makes products for the bearded man. Bluebeards uses only natural ingredients like lime and aloe to make beards clean and healthy. They don't test on animals, but when tested on Scott, they brought out his blue eyes and made his beard fresh and clean! Scott is a proud user of Bluebeards beard saver and beard wash, and Nikki often finds him gazing in the mirror using their beard brush. If you are lucky, you will win one of their lovely gift sets at the non-wedding. In the meantime, visit here to buy their products today, so you will be sure to look good at our party.
Vermont Mystic Pie Company makes quite possibly the finest, all natural, premium bake-and-serve pies ever. They use local Vermont apples to provide not only delicious pies to customers, but also a value-added market for producers. The company combines pride in high-quality, natural foods, with socially progressive principles: tasty and responsible, what could be better? Many of you will get your first taste of Vermont Mystic Pie at the UNCOR, and we hope you love it. When you do, be sure to spread the good word!
Africa Soma is Scott's organization of choice for donations to support small-scale educational initiatives in Kenya. The Swahili (which Scott speaks, along with Maa, French, German and English) word “Soma” means “to learn” and captures the mission of Africa Soma, an all-volunteer organization which facilitates creative educational opportunities among and between disadvantaged youth in Kenya and their global peers. Most of their activities are based out of a rural Maasai community, Elangata Wuas, in Southern Kenya and in the Nairobi slums, where they work with local organizations servicing youth. You can read more about their current programs here, which include a Secondary Scholarship Program, Community Library Project (which some of you donated to at our Halloween Party in 2009), an Art Exchange Program, Cultural Dialogue, an Evaluation Program, and a Volunteer Teaching Program.
Right To Play is Nikki's organization of choice for donations to support sport and play programs for disadvantaged children around the world. Nikki has been a Right To Play ambassador since 2003 (and many of you have supported her fundraisers over the years). She traveled to Peshawar, Pakistan to visit their programs where she saw first hand how the power of sport and play can promote peace, health and development. Right To Play gives children a chance to become constructive participants in society, regardless of gender, disability, ethnicity, social background or religion. Through games and sports, they help create social change in communities affected by war, poverty and disease. A team of top athletes from more than 40 countries support Right to Play. As role models, these athletes, like Nikki, inspire children and raise awareness about Right To Play internationally. Each week, more than 700,000 children take part in regular sport and play activities and a combined total of more than 1 million children attend regular programming and special sports events and festivals. This is made possible by more than 15,000 local Coaches, Teachers and Leaders. You can see Right To Play's program map here.
To make a donation to Africa Soma or Right To Play on our behalf, please visit our gift registry. Thank you for helping make positive change through the programs and projects that mean the most to us.
