Weekend Love

What I love for the weekend;

FRIDAY

Anita, Jer, Bianca and I will be at the Polaroid Party {previously blogged here} There's going to be a ton of fun things going on {to mention a few; a photo booth, life-size polaroid pictures, an "awesome" wall, great music, great people, for a great cause} Try to be there, even if you can just stop by and say hi!

SATURDAY

I'll be attending the Student Leadership Conference out at UBC this weekend! I'm super excited about hearing some pretty inspiring people speak. 

The Student Leadership Conference did a cool campaign and asked UBC students what makes UBC awesome:

The inspiration for this campaign is closing keynote speaker, author of "The Book of Awesome" Neil Pasricha! Some of the other featured presenters include Rachel Lewis {Chief Operating Officer of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC}, Shobha Sharma {Director of Free the Children}, Mark Brand {owner of Boneta, and Save on Meats [check them out in my Dine Out blog here!]}, and Sam Sullivan {former Vancouver mayor}.

                                     Yes we have a library Harry Potter style!

In addition to the huge line-up of speakers there are workshops all throughout the day focusing on leadership, technology, development, and global citizenship.                                                 

Check out more of awesome UBC campaign here! Read about the SLC here.

SUNDAY
ZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzz.
Kidding! - I'll be trying to dig myself out from underneath the massive pile of studying and reading I have to do, as well as try and have some sort of a social life.

SLC//Team Awesome//A Note on Design//Weheartit


Super excited for all of it :)
Have a great weekend!!!

Kat, xo.

The Polaroid Party

On Friday, January 13th Anita, Bianca, Jer and I will be volunteering at the first big party of the new year!

Oh you haven't heard? {have you been living under a rock..?} 

It's the POLAROID PARTY being thrown by Team Awesome {yes, they are exactly what you think... awesome!} and partnering with imagine1day, the Dalit Freedom Network of Canada, Exe Productions, and Social City Networking of course!

All the proceeds from this party will be put towards sending children in Ethiopia and India to school via the imagine1day and Dalit Freedom Network organizations.

What is this awesome party all about?? 

Take 20 amazing photographers, give them polaroid cameras - 

et voilà! 

You get hundreds of fantastic polaroid pictures.

Next, sell the photographs for charity at $10 a polaroid.

Then take 100% of the proceeds from both the photos and party ticket sales {at only $10 a pop for entry and a drink!} and put it towards charity.

Throw in a fun venue = CANVAS LOUNGE

Mix in beats from a couple of Vancouver's best DJs = 

{a close friend of mine}

DJ YURIE and 

The Freshest, DJ MARVEL 

& DJ SEKO.

And you get...

An awesome party, for an awesome cause = an awesome way to start off 2012.

images via Team Awesome.

Get your tickets here. Check out Team Awesome here. Become a volunteer here!

Be there or be square.

Kat, xo.

Social Sisters

Spotlight:
Krista and Sara McKenna! - Social City Networking

Yesterday FVWLxo had the privilege of being introduced to {by the wonderful SCN intern Caela!} the two wonderful ladies behind Social City Networking...

Sara and Krista McKenna!!

(Photo credit: Dan Poh)

Social City Networking is a community inspired company that provides social networking experiences, event planning services, marketing, promotions, and advertising for all types of interests and needs.

Krista and Sara are two spunky and unique individuals full of love and life - they have devoted the past year to their company and one thing is clear, for them it isn't work. 

The two twin sisters developed their idea with a passion and love for community as their base on which to build a platform for social networking. Their positivity and determination to make a difference in our community is beyond inspiring and motivating.

From red carpets to farmer markets, Social City Networking strives to bring together like-minded individuals by creating and providing social interactions throughout the city of Vancouver, essentially expanding personal and professional networks through providing up to date information about interesting events, causes, organizations, and businesses in our city!

Krista and Sara out and about! (Photo credit: Lindsey Henwood)

Current projects of SCN include the Get Warm Project {previously blogged here} and Team Awesome which is a collection of organizations, businesses, and communities within Vancouver working to establish a connection between the larger community and new networks of people to send children to school in Ethiopia and India {look for a collabo with Team Awesome and FVWLxo soon!}

Sounds pretty awesome doesn't it?

What sets Krista, Sara, and Social City Networking apart from the crowd is that everything is community driven - all projects are community inspired, these ladies are all about giving back and inspiring others to do so! Not only that, Social City Networking donates 5% of entire company earnings to different charities that have aligned with SCN's morals and values {yeah, we were blown away too!}

 Fun Fact: Krista and Sara are twins and have a combined total of 37 tattoos! (Photo credit: Team Awesome)

Yes, these two are as fun and bubbly as they look.
Call them up for all things social in {Van}city!


Tweet Krista {@kmckennaSC} and Sara {@smckennaSC} and Caela {@cregaladoSC}
Find Social City Networking on Facebook and Twitter {@socialcitynetwo}!

Get Warm here.
Check out more about Team Awesome here.


FVWLxo.