Insert Drumroll Here: And the #CrashBucks Winners Are:

... Before announcing the winners I'd like to thank @TwtrTwtrChknDnr for helping select the winners and @StarbucksCanada for allowing me to have some fun with this.

Winner #1 is @IAmJazzy!
Winner #2 is @ginnynotweasley!
Winner #3 is @leoraheilbronn!

Congratulations ladies! I will be sending you a DM with the store location!
Yay!

Starbucks Reserve Coffee Tasting: Wanna come?

If you know me, even if only a little bit - you know how much I love my coffee. Most of all how much I love Starbucks.
Thanks to @VickiLazlo and @StarbucksCanada for giving me the opportunity to have a special private tasting of their reserve coffees on December 8th at one of their awesome locations.
Also, because this isn't something I get to do every day, I'm going to raffle off the 3 spots I have available for friends to my twitter followers.

What you have to do to win:
1) Follow @Wedding_crasher
2) In 140 characters describe why you would like to win a spot at the @StarbucksCanada Reserve Tasting (include the hashtag #CrashBucks)
3) GoodLuck! I'll be using @TwtrTwtrChknDnr to pick my winners on Wednesday December 7 at 6pm
4) check back here to see if your a winner! (I'll be dm'ing the event location to the winners)

Good luck!

#AngelosOnKing Winner Announced:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest by RT'ing and following @AngelosOnKing!

Also I would like to thank @TwtrTwtrChknDnr for helping us choose a random winner for @AngelosOnKing 's contest!

Without further adieu, Congratulations goes to ..... Insert drumroll here:



Craig Silva aka @BigDaddyKreativ!!!! Please Dm @AngelosOnKing your info!

Keep checking in, because there will be a very special Starbucks contest coming up!

Angelo's On King

I've recently had the pleasure of getting to know @AngelosOnKing via Twitter. Angelo is a very enthusiastic guy who likes to cook and according to @Shes_So_Savvy he's pretty good at it.

I thought it would be nice to have a little get together to try out some of his authentic Italian cuisine on Thursday November 17th. After setting all of this up, Angelo and I got to talking and he'd like to give away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky person on twitter to use at his restaurant. How super awesome of him!

To take part in the twitter contest all you have to do is Tweet: "Follow @AngelosOnKing and RT to win a $50 gift certificate to AngelosOnKing. We'll be announcing the winner Sunday on thecrashdiaries.com". It's so easy. Good Luck and hope to see you at #ItalianoTO

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OrphanageTO

Toronto- Pikto Gallery, 55 Mill Street October 27th 2011, Nzirambi Education Fundraiser.

Event night came and it was an absolute success. The venue was packed, people were bidding on the silent auction items, raffle tickets were sold and we even had a spontaneous bidding war over a last minute donation from Arlene Dickinson!
The social media community really pulled together to locate and have items donated for the silent auction, then again to spread the word about the event and online ticket purchases. It was pretty amazing to see SoMe (Social Media) peeps band together for the SoGood (Social Good)!

I had the opportunity to meet and work with the other volunteers and they are all amazing in their own way. The event wouldn't have been such a success with out them. I felt honoured to be granted the opportunity to participate. I wish I could have done more but, as it turns out the volunteers involved brought their "A-Game" and it made all the difference!

Not only was it a wonderful night out but, the Event raised $10,500.00 that evening. How awesome is that?

Organizers of the event have posted a "Thank-you" blog post for the participants of #OrphanageTO
You can feel the emotion - they joy the organizers feel regarding the success of the event.

#OrphanageTO - you rock! Hope to be a part of #OrphanageTO2 next year ;)
I've created a list of Organizers, sponsors, volunteers and attendees on twitter. Follow the list or individuals, so many great people and brands.

Special thanks to the organizers: Sandra Brunner (@wallabina), Sylvie Labosse (@sylvieintoronto), Monica Kahindo (@monicakahindo) and Karen Snider (@karensnider)

The photos below we're taken and provided by Ardean Peters (@photosbyardean)

Pikto Art Gallery the evening of the event.

Arto Yuzbasiyan's Limited Edition Watercolour Print:  Queen Street

Tweet this event: #OrphanageTO

That's me selling raffle tickets :D Sue and I sold $1000 worth. Good Job Sue!

This is Brian Pieters. He is the photographer who traveled to Uganda to take the wonderful photos of the children in the Nzirambi Orphans Talent Development Centre. Thank you Brian.