The Power of You
Raising funds for UNICEF's Tsunami Relief efforts in Southeast Asia

The World comes to Whistler, Whistler gives back to the World
Our Place in the Global Community

January 21, 2005, Maurice Young Millennium Place, Whistler BC

Two fold cause: To raise funds to assist the Tsunami relief efforts
To raise community consciousness
This event raised over $7,000 in 3 hours for UNICEF during an evening of meditation, dance and auction.

Presenters:
William Roberts - Host and Motivational speaker
Lil’ Wat Hand Drummers - 10 person Native drum and dance
Kelly Oswald - Guided Meditation
Lyndsay Smith - UNICEF
One Dance Creative Arts Company - Multicultural dance troop
Whistler Youth Center and Whistler High School/ Spring Creek Elementary School
Anne Rowan - David Susuki Foundation
Dave Smith - Slide Presentation of Southeast Asia
Hugh O’Reily - Mayor of Whistler
Cheryl Brewster - Singing bowls

Events:
Silent Auction
Raffle
Bar
Psychic Readings
Massage
Musical Intermission the Kostaman band

Sponsors:
Millennium Place
Bear Paw printing
TicketMaster
Rocky Mountain Production
One Dance Creative Arts Company
The Oracle gift store

Produced by:
Higher Ground Entertainment, Dave Smith, Krista Hoffs, Kelly Oswald (The Oracle & West Coast Institute of Mystic Arts) and a multitude of amazing volunteers.

MEDIA - WINTER 2005

Tsunami Event to Promote Healing By Nicole Fitzgerald, Reporter January 13, 2005 Organizers of MY Place show to send good vibes, money to victims A study was conducted on the power of prayer. One group of ill people was prayed for, the other was not. The people for whom prayers were offered healed faster than the group for whom none were offered. The Tsunami Relief Fundraiser on Friday, Jan. 21, at MY Millennium Place, will operate on this study’s principals by both raising money for the UNICEF Tsunami Relief Fund through a silent auction and ticket sales and featuring prayer-like activities to send conscious healing to Southeast Asia tsunami victims. (Click to continue)

Tsunami relief provided By Nicole Fitzgerald, Reporter January 27, 2005 Consciousness, $7,000 raised at ‘Power of You’ A generous show of support through multiple tsunami fundraisers still continues one month after a tsunami devastated the people of South Asia. The Power of You fundraiser at MY Millennium Place lived up to its name with more than 175 guests and volunteers coming out to support the performance and silent auction. Audiences sent prayers and more than $7,000 to tsunami victims via UNICEF. The beauty of the land and people were celebrated at the festivities with bongo drumming, ethnic dancing from India and the Middle East, and a slide show of South Asia before the tsunami struck.