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Not sure what to get mom for Mother’s Day?

Why not a rain barrel, downspout diverter, rain barrel stand or flower pot?

You can get mom a gift she will love while also supporting the fundraising efforts of our non-profit partners.

Below is a list of our non-profit fundraising partners that are now accepting orders for pick up on Saturday, May 10th. Click on the location closest to you to submit your order.

CHATHAM, ON – The Salvation Army of Chatham-Kent

DUNBARTON, ON – Dunbarton High School

INGERSOLL, ON – Ingersoll Youth Advisory Council

LONDON, ON – Calvary United Church

LONDON, ON – London Optimists

OTTAWA, ON – Ottawa Riverkeeper

PEMBROKE, ON – Kinette Club of Pembroke

PETAWAWA, ON – Petawawa Lions

PICKERING, ON – Valley View Public School

RICHMOND HILL, ON – Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society

ST. CATHARINES, ON – Calvary Christian School

Don’t see your location here? Order one for later pick up and tell mom about it on her special day!  For a full list of sales please click here.

Non-profit fundraising is hard work. Any help from the community in promoting rain barrel sales or any events is truly appreciated and makes all the difference in helping raise awareness and funds for our partners.

Shares and likes on Facebook contribute to this effort.

Thank you, this week’s community supporters Peterborough Mitsubishi, Living Rooms :: EcoLogical Living + Building, Li’l Miss Perfect Services, Ottawa Cycling Tours and Here in Ingersoll for sharing our non-profit partners’ events!

Did you know our non-profit partners fundraise with rain barrel stands too? It’s true; they do!

UPDATED! Our rain barrels stands are made from recycled end-cuts of 2×10, 2×8 and 2×6 lumber, so no additional trees were cut to produce this product. The boards can be stacked in alternating directions, 8 levels high to create a stand that is 1 foot tall. We recommend using a solid base of gravel, bricks or a 2×2 patio stone. The exact same boards can be secured together with 3.5 inch wood screws to create a 2 foot tall, bench-style stand, however the wood screws must be purchased separately from your local hardware store.

We receive the wood in strapped bundles containing hundreds of pieces. Some bundles are wrapped in tarps and others are not. The lumber is in its natural state and has not been treated, stained or painted and may have arrived wet, discoloured or weathered.

In most cases, every single piece will have at least three surfaces that are in excellent shape. Before constructing your rain barrel stand, consider allowing the wood to thoroughly dry and treating it with a sealer, stain or paint to extend the lifespan of the wood. Organize the pieces in advance so that the best sides are facing outward and so that the very best pieces are used to construct the top surface.  The most weathered pieces can be easily hidden out of sight.

A solid base for support comprised of a 2×2 foot patio-stone, pavers, bricks, blocks or stones is recommended. The stands can be setup in two formats. By stacking the boards, they will be 1 foot tall. By assembling them with wood screws, they will be 2 feet tall. Multiple stands can be stacked to provide additional height.

Want to order one and maybe a rain barrel or downspout diverter too? Click here to see a list of all sales being hosted by our non-profit partners. If you have any questions you can leave a comment or email [email protected].

UPDATED APRIL 26 – MORE SALES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR LIST HERE

April 25, 2014 UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who purchased a rain barrel and/or accessories from our non-profit partners. At this time the only sale left open for ordering is the Hamilton City Sale. You you click here to submit your order.

When you purchase a rain barrel, downspout diverter, stand or flower pot from one of our non-profit partners; not only are you helping them to reach their fundraising goals but you are also helping our environment .

Below is a list of fundraising truckload rain barrel sales happening on April 26th. Click on the location closest to you to submit your order.

 

 

AYR, ON – The 136 Kiowa Royal Air Cadet Squadron 

BAYFIELD, ON – Bayfield River Valley Trail Association 

BRUCEFIELD, ON – Brucefield Community United Church 

CARLETON PLACE, ON – Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority 

DORCHESTER, ON – St Peter’s Anglican Church

EXETER, ON – South Huron District High School Eco Team

GODERICH, ON – Goderich District Collegiate Institute

HAMILTON, ON – HAMILTON CITY SALE

KINBURN, ON – Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Central Frederick Community Garden 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Forest Hill’s TreeGeneration 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Century 21 Home Realty 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Eastwood Collegiate Institute WRDSB 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – Waterloo Preschool 

KITCHENER – WATERLOO, ON – North Waterloo World Jamboree Scout Patrol 

OTTAWA, ON – Great River School

OTTAWA, ON – Beacon Learning Centre

OTTAWA, ON – Westminster Presbyterian Church

SCARBOROUGH, ON – West Hill Highland Creek Lions Club 

SEAFORTH, ON – Seaforth Public School 

STRATFORD, ON – Perth County Crimestoppers 

SUDBURY, ON – Sudbury Teachers Lions Club 

SUDBURY, ON – Sudbury Synchro 

TORONTO, ON – Toronto Zoo 

TORONTO, ON – Black Creek SNAP

VANASTRA, ON – Vanastra Recreation Centre 

Can’t find a sale in your area? Click here for a complete list of all our fundraising rain barrel sales happening this year.

 

 

 

We don’t swim – we sync!

Sudbury Synchro Swim Club operates out of the Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool at Laurentian University.  Our club offers novice, masters and competitive levels of synchronized swimming.   The club started in September 2003.  That very first year, Lindsay Wandziak and Stephanie Westphal won gold in their duet at the Ontario Winter Games.  Now Lindsay is the club’s Head Coach and Stephanie has returned as a guest coach.  We have 60 novice swimmers, 9 masters’ swimmers, 24 competitive swimmers, and a number of experienced coaches and judges involved with our club.

Synchronized swimming combines swimming, dance and gymnastics, with swimmers performing a synchronized routine comprised of different figures, skills and movements choreographed to music. Synchronized swimmers are strong swimmers with great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as the ability to hold their breath for long periods of time even while upside down in the water!  Synchronized swimmers are not allowed to touch the bottom at any time during their performance.  And yes, they can hear the music underwater because they use underwater speakers!

Every October Sudbury Synchro participates in a Burning Bright for Breast Cancer event.  (Breast Cancer is the charity of choice for Synchro Ontario).  Prior to the event, all swimmers with the club get pledges and donations.  On event day, the swimmers participate in an hour long relay where they pass a burning candle from swimmer to swimmer while doing the eggbeater.  There are hundreds of pink rubber ducks floating in the pool during the relay.  Each year, Sudbury Synchro has been the top fundraising club in Ontario!

Two years in a row the club has hosted Olympians for a weekend.  Last year the club hosted Olympian Elise Marcotte and this year the club hosted Olympian Tracy Little.  Both Olympians performed parts of their Olympic routines for the swimmers and parents, and two full days in the water, on the pool deck and in a gym mentoring the Sudbury swimmers and coaches.

For three years our club has had swimmers selected for the Provincial Team.  A number of members of the club are working towards becoming Provincial Judges.  In late spring, watch for information about our “Try Synchro” events where swimmers can get in the pool with our coaches and swimmers and decide if synchro is the sport for them.

The club has already had the first of two water shows (December and April) where all routines are showcased.  At the end of February, our 11-12 competitive team (coaches Chelsea Wandziak and Dana Yawney, swimmers Bronwyn Ashley, Alexa Bates, Emily Binks, Laurel Duguay, Rebecca Haferer, Sarah Ieropoli, Stacie Kohan and Georgia Speck, swimming to Inspector Gadget music) and our 13-15 team (coach Courtney Stasiuk, swimmers Kamryn Butler, Katherine Caddel, Mya Duguay and Megan Sarmatiuk, swimming to Kung Fu Panda music) are both attending the Ontario Winter Games!  This is a very exciting opportunity for our club!  Three duets will also be attending the Ontario Winter Games.  A number of our novice teams will be off to a meet in Burlington at the beginning of March.  A Regional meet is held towards the end of March for our competitive teams, a Hilton Invitational meet is held in April where our 8 and under competitive team (coached by former National Team member Carrie Wilson) will make its first meet debut.  And finally our season ends mid-May in Windsor for the Ontario Age Group championships, which is a five day meet with teams from all over Ontario competing.

The club continues to grow year after year as we instill a lifelong love of the sport of synchronized swimming into our athletes.  For more information on the sport or our club, please visit www.sudburysynchro.com.

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Order your rain barrel today to help the club with operational costs such as pool rental and lifeguards on duty. Funds raised will also contribute to coordinate special events for the club and competition registrations. Submit your order for pick up on April 26th by visiting: www.RainBarrel.ca/SudburySynchro