Batty over BINGO!

Our fabulous clients at NorthMart Pharmacy have gone batty over Bingo. Here's a few shots of Cross Lake NorthMart manager Richard, Pharmacist Mark, and our client Dave playing a rousing game of Bingo in some poor unsuspecting Cross Lake resident's living room. They are taking an active role in researching this amazing phenomenon first hand.

Can't wait to launch our own NorthMart Bingo in the next few weeks.

Alas there were no winners this particular evening but Dave reports an excellent time was had by all. Thanks for the pics Dave.

Student Placement News

Today we say a fond farewell to Monica Saromo, our Red River College work placement student from the Graphic Design program. Monica designed our latest email invite for the Picante Cinco de Mayo fiesta and was a great pleasure to have around. The whole Picante gang (except for Shaun who is frolicking with wife Kaleigh in the Big Apple) went out for a fabulous Meiji sushi lunch and presented Monica with a genuine Picante cookbook.

And this past Monday, Paul Blawat joined us from RRCs Creative Communications programs. The students were a big help to us this week as we worked on a new program for credit unions in Saskatchewan to help them celebrate Coop Week this October.

Back from Jamaica.

Yes, I took a quick 7 day reprieve from the grind to enjoy Jamaica with my husband Allan and our friend Tony from Midcan Productions. We had an awesome time and now it's back to a very hectic shop.

Working on a couple of RFPs and continuing to keep very busy with North Mart Pharmacy. Clark did a great job on the video and Amanda and Shaun performed herculean feats in developing 18 different print projects at the speed of sound! Now we're working on the Bingo broadcast strategy. Very fun stuff.

The SaskCentral Annual Report was delivered on time. Amanda, what would we do without you?

Grant Park is very happy with the new Spring Environmental campaign . Will add some graphics here when I get a chance.

And everything is coming along nicely for The Centre Mall in Saskatoon.

Thanks to Elemental Motion Media (Denise in particular)for helping us with a tight deadline yesterday.

Getting ready to shoot more stories for the Just Slow Down campaign on Easter Monday.

And...we have a couple of other new business projects on the horizon. Should know more later this week.

If we were thinking we were going to slow down a bit this Spring it appears we were sadly mistaken.

Still planning the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. More details available soon.

Short week next week. Ay Yi Yi!

A magical evening.

Amanda and I were treated to a wonderful, wonderful evening. A big part of the gala event was a tribute to our 24 Aboriginal role models from the Rawlco Role Model Campaign. Leanne Bellegarde was outstanding as she highlighted the achievements of these special individuals. Monica Goulet was MC and did a wonderful job. The event was put on by the Aboriginal Business Students Society at the Edwards School of Business and it was a fantastic trip down memory lane for me as I was reunited with so many of the role models we met over the course of the summer.

We met Sean Willy's mom - emotionally tributed in his profile and had fun with the unique Darlene Johnson and the cutest couple ever,

Luke and Erin Levesque.

One of the best parts of the night was that each table featured a young aboriginal high school student. These students were coached on mixing and mingling and let me tell you - everyone could learn a lesson about "how to" from them as their poise and charm was evident as they worked the room. Talk about inspirational.

For anyone who hasn't been there yet - I really encourage you to visit http://www.thisisyourfuture.ca/

I know their stories will move you as they did us.

Cross Lake Rocks!

A very early morning call to Perimeter Airlines for a 7 am flight to Cross Lake. First we were told that we could get on but lots of our equipment wouldn't likely make it til the 4 pm flight. Eventually it was all sorted out and we were off to the grand re-opening of the North Mart Pharmacy in Cross Lake. Along with one of the happiest people I've ever met, pharmacist Dave Huston we headed north. While there we met Store Manager Richard, pharmacist Mark Bautista and pharmacy assistant Deanna Ross. What a fabulous group of people. Camera-guy Clark did a fantastic job chronicling the event and charming the residents. It was very exciting interviewing area residents who shared their thoughts in English and in Cree. All in all it was a super fun and successful event.

Thanks to Amanda, as always, for getting all the print jobs done in record time with the help of Ken Stuart and Brian Matychuk who set speed records for production as usual, Brian while dealing with the somewhat challenging Sask Credit Unions Annual Report. It looked like we might not make it back as the skies were looking a bit sketchy - but thanks to some pro flying from Perimeter Airlines we were back to Winnipeg by 9 pm.

Tomorrow it's off to Saskatoon.

A lovely letter.

Bowling for Big Brothers Big Sisters

The Picante crew of Laura, Kathryne and Amanda (just back from her honeymoon) was joined by Lori from Elemental and loyal spouse Allan, to participate in Bowl for a Kid's Sake for Big Brothers Big Sisters. We raised over $900 for this important organization who do so much for kids in Winnipeg. We had an awesome time and proudly wore our Just Slow Down T-shirts to keep promoting this important initiative.

Thanks to all who donated. We really do appreciate your support.