Spirit of the Land Foundation Fundraiser
Join us for Spirit of the Land Foundation’s inaugural event!
Place: Camrose Regional Exhibition (CRE), Pavillion B
Date: October 5, 2019
Time: Doors open 6:30pm, event begins 7:00pm
Stories & Music
Local musician, Ryan Lindsay, will host an intimate evening of a singer-songwriter circle. He will be joined by award winning musicians Troy Kokol, Joni Delaurier, and Don Amero. Watch these songwriters take to the stage to discuss their process and tell the stories behind their songs.
Cooperative Prairie Vision
We will also be launching a co-op project to purchase and operate Sunrise Farm, part of a larger vision of prairie stewardship for generations to come.
Tickets
By phone: Margaret @ 780-672-7033
In person: Fiona’s Coffee, Fox & Fable Café, FIKA Coffeehouse, or Vinesation
Online: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/prairie-song-songwriter-circle-fundraiser-tickets-71724892083
Local Food Appetizers
We’re pleased to be offer local food appetizers and drinks catered by local businesses: Grub & Shrub Farm, Lazuli Farms, The French Raw Chef, NRG coffee, Vinesation and more! Camrose’s one and only gelato maker, Craig Wentland, will serve chokecherry and Saskatoon gelato at the event. This will be accompanied by Little Bird Baking chamomile flavoured cookies.
Live & Silent Auction
We have some wonderful local items: half hour plane ride, log house retreat, pollinator basket, wildflower artist painted bird house, bird feeder, four litres of saskatoons, prairie photograph cards and photograph, hand made wooden truck, leather fringed vest, painting of person holding child’s hand and looking towards the future of the prairies (done on a vintage 1962 canvas prairie map), board game, banjo lessons, a guitar signed by the musicians, plus Art of Ten Thousand Licks.
Our Goals
The Spirit of the Land Foundation will focus on providing opportunities for place based, hands-on learning activities in the community and surrounding rural areas. The Foundation will also address the issue of making farmland affordable for new young agrarians through co-operative and community land ownership.