Sponsors & Funders for Stock Characters: The Cooking Show
To date, our funders include:
- BC Arts Council
- Spirit of BC
- Canada Council for the Arts - Inter-Arts – Artists and Community Collaboration Fund
- City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs
- Telus Community Fund
- BC Ministry of the Attorney General - BC Anti-Racism and Multiculturalism Program
- BC Gaming Commission
- Canada Council for the Arts – Music – Artists and Community Collaboration Program
- Canadian Heritage – Multiculturalism
- The Hamber Foundation
- Dr. George Tien INC.
Youth Leadership Funder
Internships / Work Placement Sponsor
To date, our donors include:
- Kelly K. Korpesio
- Masako & Masashi Matsushita
- Karen Dunfee
- Elaine Carol
- Brenda Joy Lem
- Rita K. Wong
- Stephens Insurance Brokers Ltd.
- Gerry Hildebrand
- Estelle Cormier
- Sally Rogow
- Fern Vineberg-Karpman
- Laurie E. Newell
- Louisa Azevedo
- R. Cole Harris
- Douglas C. Harris
- Walter Bishop
- Paul Kingsbury
- Rebecca Bishop
- Ellen Pond
- Susan Pond
- Evin Jones
- Eric D. Wong
- Esther Oh
- Jeff Henschel, RoomTone Productions
- Julie Cruikshank
- Lisa Webster
- Katharine Dickinson
- Clare Patterson
- Joanna Chen
- Angela Chen
- Jennifer A. Currin
- Rick G. Wong
- Masashi Matsushita & Kaoru Matsushita
- Gwyneth Lewis
- Karen Clarke
- Jenny Coyle
- Karen Guelke
- Trikinetic Massage Therapy
- Megan Turnock
- Estelle M. Cormier
- Elaine Arrowsmith
- Jules Rochielle
- James F. Pond
Our rehearsal venue sponsor for this project is:
Our audition and rehearsal venue for this project is:
Our Open Rehearsals/Community Forums sponsors are:
Film Industry Sponsors are:
- Sim Video

- PS Canada Production Services Ltd.

- Imagika Film Productions

- Jeff Henschel of RoomTone Productions
- Kelly Mason
- Steven Miko
- Mark (Sparky) Pitkethly
- Alison MacLean
To date, our community partners and advisors include:
- Kensington Community Centre
- Family & Youth workers in the Vancouver School Board – Eastside and Southeast secondary schools
- PEERS – Prostitutes Empowerment and Employment Resource Society
- David Thompson Secondary School – Community Support Team
- Killarney Secondary School – Community Support Team
- Community Kitchens, Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society
- Environmental Youth Alliance – Community Gardens Program
- Multicultural Helping House Society
- Britannia Community Services Centre – Teen Centre and Latin American Youth Program
- Broadway Youth Resource Centre and the Vietnamese Youth Development Program
- John Oliver Secondary – Community Support Team and Community Support Team
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
- Vancouver Native Health
- Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design
- Culinary Capers
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Vancouver East Cultural Centre is our venue for the performance in November 2007.
895 Venables Street
Vancouver, BC, V5L 2H6
Sponsors & Funders for e - r a c e
e-race Funders: e – r a c e is being funded by the Government of Canada through its National Crime Prevention Strategy, Canada Council for the Arts – Inter-Arts, Canadian Heritage – Multiculturalism Program, Vancouver Foundation, BC Solicitor General and Public Safety – Safe Streets Safe Schools Fund, BC Anti-racism & Multiculturalism Program, BC Gaming, Coast Capital Savings Foundation, BC Arts Council, Dr. George Tien INC., Autoplan, Richmond Community Foundation, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation We have received a grant for the development of “e-race” awarded through the Canada Council's Artists and the Community Collaboration Fund, a two-year investment that gives the arts a stronger presence in everyday life.
e-race Sponsors: GateGateway Theatre, the City of Richmond through the Richmond Arts Centre / Richmond Cultural Centre and Richmond Addictions Services.
e-race Community Partners: the City of Richmond Inter-cultural Committee, City of Richmond Health & Safety Committee, Richmond Addictions Services, Richmond Youth Service Agency, Vancouver-Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Services Society, Richmond Public Library Youth Librarian, Volunteer Richmond and many others.
e-race Donors: Florence Naimer, Karen & Don Dunfee, Gerry Hildebrand, Melissa G. Davis, Sally M. Rogow, Louisa A. Azevedo, Stephens Insurance Brokers Ltd. - Wally Bishop, Grace Eiko Thomson, Fern Vineberg Karpman, Laurie E. Newell, Trikenetic Massage Therapy – Karen Fleming, Elaine Carol, Sheila & Simon Johnston, Nathan H. Gilbert, Estelle Cormier, Rita Wong, Masako & Masashi Matsushita, Brenda Joy Lem, Judith M. Findlay, Rebecca Bishop and Mina Shum.
To Date, e-race Funders Are
To Date, e-race Sponsors Are
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City of Richmond | Richmond Arts Centre / Richmond Cultural Centre | Richmond Addictions Services |
Sponsors & Funders for Past Projects
Funding 2003 - 2004
Special Funding for MISCELLANEOUS Magazine was made possible by a grant from:
British Columbia Anti-racism & Multiculturalism Program/BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal & Women's Services.
Funding was also provided by the BC Gaming Commission and Multiculturalism and Human Rights Programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Sponsors: Richmond Gateway Theatre and City of Richmond through the Richmond Arts Centre / Cultural Centre.
Community Partners: Richmond Intercultural Committee and Helen Moore, Youth Librarian, Richmond Public Library.
Our Fabulous Donors - who have helped us to realize this special project:
D. Gerry Hildebrand, Lorie Thomas, Karen Dunfee, Sheila Johnston, Walter Bishop, Estelle Cormier, Nathan Gilbert, Jay Hildebrand, Melissa Davis, Sally Rogow, Elaine Carol, Jules Rochielle, Brenda Joy Lem, Masako & Masashi Matsushita, Fern Vineberg-Karpman, Mary Hildebrand, Laurie E. Newell, Bonnie Winston, Aerlyn Weissman and Daniel W. Burnett.
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Funding 2002-2003
What You Carry With You... Youth & Elder Performance & Video Project would not be possible without the generous contributions from the following funders sponsors and donors.
Our Funders Include: National Crime Prevention Centre - Community Programs Division - Justice Canada/Solicitor General Canada & Provincial Ministries; BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal & Women's' Services - BC Anti-Racism Program; Canada Council for the Arts - Inter-Arts - Artists & Community Collaboration Fund; Canada Council for the Arts -Theatre-Artists & Community Collaboration Fund; Vancouver Foundation; RM Development Corporation / Cosmo Plaza; Canadian Heritage - Multiculturalism; BC Gaming Commission; Canadian Race Relations Foundation; Chris Spencer Foundation; VanCity - Vancouver City Savings Credit Union - VanCity Community Partnership Grant Program; The Richmond Community Foundation - Leadership Grant Program; The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation; Creo Inc. and Dr. George Tien INC.
Individual Donors: Elaine Carol, Rebecca Bishop, Brahm Kornbluth, Jules Rochielle, Amy Gilbert; Laura Mayne, Laurie Newell, Eric D. Wong, Melissa Davis, Nathan Gilbert, Nan D. Hunter, Rita Wong, Fern Karpman Vineberg, Brenda Joy Lem, Kathleen Stuart, Michael Arkin, Jo Ann Chew, Masashi & Mako Matsushita, Estelle Cormier, Grace Eiko Thomson, Dr. George Tien, Derek Wilson, Melody Kimmel.
Sponsorships: Gateway Theatre; City of Richmond through the Richmond Arts Centre and Minoru Place for Seniors Centre.
Sudeste Angeles sponsor
BC Ministry of the Attorney General - BC Anti-racism and Multiculturalism Program
Funding for THE REENA PROJECT (2001)
Funders and donors for THE REENA PROJECT included: Vancouver Foundation, National Crime Prevention Centre - Community Mobilization Program, B.C. Ministry of Multiculturalism & Immigration Anti-Racism Program, Cosmo Plaza/RM Development Corp., B.C. Attorney General - Safe Communities Partnership - Community Programs Division, Richmond Savings Foundation, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union - VanCity Community Partnership Grant Program, B.C. Arts Council, John Fluevog Shoes, The Richmond Foundation and generous individuals.
The sponsors of THE REENA PROJECT were the Gateway Theatre, City of Richmond through the Richmond Arts Centre, Richmond Women’s Resource Centre and Rumble Productions.
We would like to thank to our Community, Artistic and Institutional Advisors Families of all participants involved in THE REENA PROJECT & What You Carry With You... MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Volunteers, Board of Directors and our Funders, Donors and Sponsors.
We would also like to send out a special thank you to the family of Reena Virk. The Virk family gave us the permission to name this project in her memory. We are inspired by their strength and courage.
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Stock Characters: The Cooking Show & e-race photos by Chris Randle
What You Carry With You… photos by jamie
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THE REENA PROJECT / Outcasts & Angels photos by
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