Runners' Edge 2009: Calgary's Running Expo -
June 13, 2009
The University of Calgary's Kinesiology Department put on an excellent expo for runners this year (called Runners' Edge) that focused on how to ensure you've got the right gear to enhance your training. We sent Jason down to check it out and to make a presentation on the new Forerunner 405CX units which are sure to be a hit with any serious runner.
Alberta Annual Highway Cleanup (Red Deer Geocachers CITO Event) -
May, 2009
On May 2, the Red Deer Geocachers participated in the annual Alberta highway clean up program as their Cache In Trash Out event. To help support these geocachers and their event we sent some t-shirts and ball caps. Check out the cake they made for the event in our photo gallery!
Cheap Tickets Canada's Cross-Country Adventure -
Summer, 2009
From May 30 to August 1, 2009 Cheap Tickets Canada.com President, Normand Schafer and his family of 8 are embarking on a 17,000 km, high tech trip across Canada and the USA to uncover some of the greatest places to visit. The trip starts in Victoria and travels to the East Coast of Canada before heading back through the Northern United States. To help them on their journey we've supplied them with a Garmin nuvi 265WT and a GlobalSat DG-100 data logger. Check out the photo gallery to see a pic from when they stopped by to say "hi"!
Northern Manitoba Event Cache -
May, 2009
"Thank you so much for donating prizes to out event! We had great weather. Nights and mornings were quite chilly but the days were just perfect! We had night caches Friday, Saturday and Sunday this year. The rain on Sunday night didn't dampen anyone's spirits though! As promised, we've attached some pictures. Thanks again for donating prizes! Cache on! Muffet (aka Deb)" See photos of the event here.
CITO 2009! -
May, 2009
Cache In Trash Out! We like to support geocaching and a green planet so of course we love to help out the folks who participate in CITO events. This year we helped out a team in PA clean up an illegal dumpsite in Fairchance, Fayette County, PA. They cleaned up 4.88 garbage and 4.39 tires (about 450 tires). Great work guys!
Proud Sponsor: Team H&R Block - KONA -
March, 2009
Established in 2006, Team H&R Block is a semi-pro racing team committed to promoting the sport of cycling across Canada. The Team races at the elite level through focusing on the development of young riders so that they can achieve their dreams of competing at the highest levels of the sport. The Team is dedicated to supporting our riders - many of whom have competed and won National Championships, Provincial Championships, and numerous other events across Canada and the U.S, and who aspire to race and compete for a professional team. The roster of young riders currently boasts National Team members and Provincial Champions with a strong level of commitment to community involvement, race organization, and leadership activities.
Proud Sponsor: Mac's Motorsports Driver Randy Thompson -
February 30, 2009
Not only are we here at GPS Central proud to sponsor Randy Thompson of Mac's Motorsports and get our logo on his super awesome race car, but we are also happy to have been able to give away a FREE Garmin nuvi 765T to Rick Hanson who stopped by to see Randy at the World of Wheels in Calgary and pick up a ballot to win. Congrats Rick! Hope you like your new nuvi!
Fuel for School -
December, 2008
This Christmas we decided to raise money for "Fuel for School", a Calgary Board of Education program that helps hungry elementary students get a nutritional breakfast before school each day. A full belly helps students pay attention so they can fill their mind.
Canadian
Owners and Pilots Association -
July 29, 2008
"Dear Mr Valentine, On behalf of Ian Basson,
COPA Flight 75 Captain and Convention Lead Organizer of the 2008
COPA Convention as well as the Board of Directors, all convention
attendees and COPA members across Canada, I would like to thank
you for yur contribution as a sponsor of the 2008 COPA Convention." Read
more
Above
+ Beyond -
June 7, 2008
This summer, two pilots will paramotor 3000 kilometers
from Dawson City, Yukon to Salmo, British Columbia, creating
an eye-opening documentary of what mass deforestation looks like
today while showering these dead zones with seeds of alpine flowers
native to those regions. GPS
Central is noted as a sponsor for
the flight on the website.
(GPS Central donated 3 Garmin GPSMAP
76S's. We trying to figure out how to get to the Salmo
music festival to watch these pilots complete the journey...)
Cancervive
Peleton Project (CPP) Ride 2008 - June 7, 2008
We donated 7 nuvi
260W's for a 9-day, 24-hour cycling
relay from Calgary to Philadelphia. The event raises funds for
Wellspring Calgary - in support of the local Cancer Survival programs.
Event date: August 2008. View
progress
Calgary
Women's Emergency Shelter - June 6, 2008
"Mr. Valentine, I want to extend a sincere
thank you for GPS Central's generous donation at our inaugural
Turning Points Non-Gala May 8th. We were overwhelmed with the tremndous
community support for the work we do in ending family violence
in our community. We are thrilled to report you have helped
us net the largest fundrasing total in the history of the 14-year
Turning Points legacy. This year's Non-Gala raised just over $450,000.
An amazing accomplishment!
Terry
Fox Foundation, Tour of Hope - May 30, 2008 *DAY
1*
"You have heard of the Van that accompanied
Terry Fox on his Marathon of Hope. It has been fully restored
by Ford of Canada and is currently on its own journey west, starting
from St John's, NL supported by the employees of ScotiaMcLeod." -Onne
de Boer
GPS Central sent a Garmin
nuvi 760 for use in the ORIGINAL van! See the Tour of
Hope blog.
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orthern
Lights Wildlife Shelter -
April 26, 2008
"Hey
Roxie, Thank you so much for donating the Topo
Canada software for
our Grizzly release program. It got here and it is great!
We will release our grizzly at the end of June, I promise you
will get some good pics then. Until then the grizzly will stay
in our enclosure here and I will run around with my GPS getting
real familiar with it before I hit the woods following our grizzlies...
Attached is a picture on
which you can see Suzie, one of the grizzlies, in her enclosure.
You can see that she is excited to be out in the wild again soon.
So, thanks again and you ll hear from me. " -Joachim
Treptow www.wildlifeshelter.com
Team
Diabetes -
April 5, 2008
"Hello
George, Thank you so much for getting back to me and donating
the Forerunner 305.
There are over 2 million Canadians living with Diabetes
today and with help from people like yourself , the money raised
from
donations go towards helping make their lives a little easier.
Below is all my mailing info etc.. should you need to reach
me at
anytime.
Again, thank you." Dale Brownlee,
Team Diabetes
River
Shiver 2008 - March
3, 2008
"Dear
Mr. George Valentine, On
behalf of Rocky Mountain Land Cruiser Association (RMLCA),
its club members, and the River Shiver 2008 participants, we
would like to express our sincerest appreciation and thank all
of our sponsors for their contributions, sponsorship and commitment
to this Calgary area event, our club and the 4WD community. Read
more & See photos
Osprey
Lake Retreat - January
30, 2008
"Hello
again, thanks so much for accepting my offer. I'm positive I
will expand ... the whole concept of 'geo cache' and high tech
treasure hunting [in this area with]...... the GPSMAP
76 CSx [with Topo
Canada maps]." -Bruce Merit
Kids
Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta - January
24, 2008
A Legend
HCx goes to the Parents' Quest for The Cure 2008 Auction
Gala, under the category of geocaching. (Last year's event
raised $100,000 for childhood cancer research.) "Thank
you so much for your generous donation of a GPS for our gala
on March 15th " -Ruth Wylie | See
note
29th
Annual Western Canada Logistics Tournament - January
17, 2008
"I
wish to acknowledge the receipt of the 5 Garmin GPS units,
30 T-shirts and 8 beer cooler covers that your company graciously
donated in support of our golf tournament." -CR
Gerber, Vice ChairThe
4 Wing Cold Lake Logistics organization is hosting the tournament
20-22 August 2008. (The Logistics organizations consist of
support units responsible for construction, vehicle maintenance,
transportation, food purchase and preparation, financial
management, purchasing, repair and maintenance of facilities.
Attendees are members from CFB Calgary, Edmonton, Wainwright,
Moose Jaw, Suffield, Winnipeg, Yellowknife, Shilo and Cold
Lake.) The tournament offers R&R for troops before they
head back to Afganistan. View
letter
Calgary
Interfaith Food Bank -
December 22, 2007
We
donated donated $1000 and had a “T for 5” store campaign where we gave away T-Shirts for a $5.00 donation to the Food Bank – customers filled our jar several times over, and unloaded coin, to the tune of $669.82. >>>>
TOTAL: $1669.82!The 2007 CBC/Petro-Canada Food Bank Drive raised
more than ONE MILLION DOLLARS - the largest amount to date. The
goal was $700,000 - fundraising thermometer ... busted!
Fame
for Food - December
1, 2007
This event raised over $250,000 for the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank. We brought food and money, then we got a moment of fame. "On behalf of our sponsors... we thank you again for your generous donation to the Fame for Food Program and the Calgary Food Bank." -
From the Citytv Crew [all taped greetings aired beginning
Dec 9] View letter
City
of Calgary, Land Information and Mapping Recruitment Drive -
Oct 22, 2007
Land Information and Mapping (LIM) manages The City of Calgary's spatial data and infrastructure information by surveying, mapping, GIS, computer assisted drafting, data base management, consulting, marketing and stewardship of key City interests. We donated a Garmin eTrex H to help with LIM's recruiting efforts at local career fairs in November (The City of Calgary, SAIT) for GIS Analysts/Cartographers, Survey Personnel, Geomatics Technicians, CAD Operators).
GeOCanada2:
Landon Bay Environmental Centre - June 28, 2007
Dear
Sir, The GeOCanada2 planning committee would like
to thank you for your recent donation to our annual gathering.
The event was held last weekend with almost 100 people in attendance
from Ottawa to Montreal to Toronto. The extra income from campers
provided much needed revenue for The
Landon Bay Environmental Centre. Thanks to your generosity
and that of other local sponsors, the prize table was a overwhelming
success that will ensure the return of many satisfied visitors.We
appreciate your support and thank you once again for helping.
Regards, John Cooke
Habitat
for Humanity -
June 7, 2007
The
Thomas Family receives a Garmin GPSMAP
478 to help with road navigation on the journey from
Calgary AB Canada to Santiago, Chile. The Thomases are working
on and advocating for Habitat projects along the way. "Thank
you for supporting Justin and Kim Thomas and family as they
prepare for their long drive..." -
Wayne deJong, VP Strategic and International Partnerships View
letter & brochure>
Motorcycle
Ride for Dad -
May 10, 2007
"Thank
you so much for your help making the first annual Ride
for Dad such a great event! Over $44,000 was raised in
pledges alone." - The Ride for Dad Committee. Motorcyclists
in cities all over Canada are rallying June 2, 2007 to raise funds
for Prostate Cancer. We sponsored this event with a classic GPS
V - NOH which was given as a prize. See
note
Halifax
Regional Search and Rescue - May
2, 2007
"The continued support of local organizations such as yours has permitted Eco-Endurance Challenge 2007 to once again be a truly successful event..." -
Kelvin King and Chris Richards View
letter
McKenzie-Smith Bennett School (Apr 25, 2007)
With discounted GPS receivers, two teachers incorporate geocaching
into geography, math, history and English units. Thank
you note & article
Calgary
Area Geocachers, CITO -
April 14, 2007
"Just a quick note to thank you all again for the wonderful donation of the GPSr, the discounted T shirts and the freebies!! We had an awesome event with about 80+ people attending in beautiful sunny weather in Edworthy Park: People wore their T shirts with pride: Picked up loads of trash: And were really happy when they won: Thank you!! We’ll do the event again in October!" -
Miles Finlay Check the pics!
St
Albert Geocachers, CITO -
April 14, 2007
"I'm writing to express my thanks for the generous donation you provided for the CITO I organized on Saturday. The event was a resounding success, with 35-40 attendees. We had the park cleaned top to bottom with an hour to spare. Everybody really appreciated the donations, and said to thank you on their behalf. Please feel free to log your attendance at this CITO, as your donations were instrumental in its success." -
Ron Heigh
Alberta
GeocoinFest -
Mar 2, 2007
Thanks again for the prizes, they went over very well and were appreciated. - David Papp Check
the pics!
Bryon
Enns - Jan 16, 2007
2006 UCI Masters Down Hill WORLD MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPION
"I
have received the Garmin Edge 305 GPS unit and have about
10 rides with it now. It has been working very well even
in the wet winter conditions we have had lately. Bryon
was sponsored for the 2007 season with an Edge
305 Garmin GPS unit. More about Bryon in Photo Gallery
Canadian
Journal, IAFF - Nov,
2006
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS
The
Fire Fighters members magazine is published with advertising
revenue alone. (The International Association of Fire Fighters
represents more than 287,000 full-time professional fire fighters
and paramedics. More than 3,100 affiliates and their members
protect communities in every state in the United States and
in Canada.) We supported the Canadian Journal with a 1/4 page
$500 print ad. View certificate
Queen's
Mostly Autonomous Sailboat Team - Aug, 2006
ENGINEERING SOCIETY, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (KINGSTON ON)
"I
am writing on behalf of the mostly automomous Sailboat Team
to thank you for your support for our 2005/2006 season. Our
success and progress could not have happened without your
support." -Mark
Callaway, MAT Project Manager. The Mostly Autonomous Sailboat
Team (MAST) designs and builds a 2m long sailboat that can
be sailed with no external control. The boat, when completed,
should navigate and hoist and trim sails as necessary. View
plaque
