2oceans Vibe

The new Camps Bay Business Forum is staging a Charity Gala Evening at The Bay Hotel on Tuesday 22 November, to raise much needed funds and awareness with a view to ensuring the sustainability of this truly iconic South African destination for visitors and locals alike.

This stylish formal event for over 300 guests is set to be quite an occasion, featuring a great line up of top performing artists and on the fundraising front, a select item auction together with a fantastic prize pool lucky draw, all geared to realizing the funding objectives.

The evening will start with guests enjoying a sunset salute at Sandy B’s, where cocktails and bubbly will flow before guests move through to the legendary Rotunda. Here the delicious four course dinner is paired with fine wines, accompanied by the outstanding entertainment, which whilst festive, allows for good conversation and networking.

The money generated from the Gala Evening will fund a dedicated field worker programme for the Camps Bay strip, which will encourage social upliftment and empowerment of the needy, as well as providing additional paid security for visitors to the strip to supplement the existing resources of SAPS, the City and the Camps Bay Community Security Initiative (CBCSI).

Tickets for the Gala Evening are R1000.00 per head and available NOW.

Contact: Alison 082 554 9926 or Debbie 083 264 011 from Rainbow Experiential Marketing:  (021) 422 1418 or events@rainbowcpt.co.za

Camps Bay Business Forum Information

Contact: Simon Kneel: 082 990 5577 or Chris Bertie: 083 6254069

Sunday, 27 Movember is an auspicious date. Kelvin Grove Club will never be the same, until next year.

For those of you not in the know, during the month of Movember, men grow their moustaches as a sign of support for those men who have been afflicted with cancer.

GO Bowling uses bowling as a platform to get men and woman together for a fun filled day on the lawn, playing bowls in a four-man team format. This year’s expanded tournament boasts 48 teams!

How it works

Each team plays four rounds with a duration of 20 minutes per round. The top half of the teams then progress to a semi final, after which the top half proceed to the finals. The grand finale winner is crowned based on the team with the best score. During the lunch break, the two MC’s, Corne and Twakkie (The Most Amazing Show) host a charity auction, from which all proceeds are donated to CANSA. Through this GO Bolwing raises much needed awareness and funds for CANSA and Movember.com.

A team entry of four players costs R500, and all proceeds go to CANSA. There will be DJ’s, live music, food, booze, and lots of awesome prizes to be won.

If any of you can feel your upper lip quiver in anticipation and want to enter a team, please mail us with a team captain name and team name, and GO Bowling will reserve a spot in the line up.

28 of 48 teams have already been booked so don’t leave it too late!

Enter your team, here.

Check out details and directions, here.

Check out the prizes, here.

Check out Go Bowling, here.

Check out Movember, here.

GO Bowling is a non profit organization that raises funds for CANSA through an annual charity bowling event called Bowling for Movember in association with Movember.com international.

A guy from Volunteer Wildfire Services emailed me. His name is Michael Brandt. No spice. More than enough reason to show you this flyer.

We at VWS Jonkershoek will be holding our second Fire & Fynbos Awareness Day on the 25th September 2011. Our focus is once again on creating awareness of what our volunteer firefighters do,why it is so important for all of us to protect our precious natural heritage and the sensistive mountain water catchment areas.

The day promises to be a blast, with loads of fun (and often educational) activities for the kids and grown-ups too. With foodstalls,tented seating and interesting exhibitions the event is a fun filled day for the entire family!

Rad!

Things have just gone from rad to awesome! I was in my element when I heard that Ard Matthews had secured Dan Nicholl as the MC for the “Ard Matthews & Friends” charity concert being held on Thursday night. But now they go and announce that one times Jack Parow will be joining the likes of Laudo (from aKing), Zolani (Freshlyground), Louise Day, Dino Moran and D-Seven on stage. Let alone the sweet, sweet tones coming out of Ard Matthews beautiful mouth!

80% of the tickets have been sold and I STRONGLY urge you to get your tickets NOW to avoid disappointment. Seriously, stop mucking about.

What’s more, all proceeds go to MyLife – so your karma will get a boost at the same time. Two birds, one stone and all that…

See you there!

CLICK HERE to buy tickets or
contact marina@thelittleblackbook.co.za for sponsorship opportunities.

CLICK HERE to check out the event page on Facebook.

Ard Matthews’ annual live charity event, in association with MyLife, is back again! Another star-studded show will be taking place on Thursday August 25 at the Upper East Side Hotel. I’m sure those of you who went last year will be back again – as you know just how much fun the evening is!

2oceansvibe will be there in more ways than one, because this year’s event will be broadcast LIVE on 2oceansvibe Radio! The Just Jinjer frontman’s guests this year include the man himself, Ard Matthews, Zolani(Freshly Ground)  Dino Moran, Laudo (aKing), Crash Car Burn, Louise Day and D-Seven. Dan Nicholl will be the MC and Auctioneer!

CLICK HERE to buy tickets or
contact marina@thelittleblackbook.co.za for sponsorship opportunities.

CLICK HERE to check out the event page on Facebook.

WHAT a novel idea! You will recall an article we posted in early March about little Natalie – a little girl close to our heart, who has a rare form of bone cancer. The family and friends supporting Natalie are a terribly creative bunch, as you would have seen by the brilliant website they setup for their ongoing quest for funds for her operation (be sure to check out the awesome YouTube video). The creativity certainly didn’t stop there, as I see they have arranged a POKER evening (Thursday 2 June) to raise funds! Genius! Check it out below and, as we said before, supporting 2oceansvibe’s causes comes with our reassurance that you are supporting something truly worthwhile and legitimate, not to mention indulging in the kharma boost that comes with it!

Get involved and thanks for the support, gang!

2oceansvibe has always made it very clear that, as much as we would like to, we simply cannot help everyone and so we share our charitable efforts between the BobsForGood & MyLife causes. There are however some cases that occur so close to home that it would be unnatural not to make the most of this platform and help out.

These kind of situations are obviously a great opportunity for the 2oceansvibers out there to ‘do their bit,’ safe in the knowledge that they are supporting something genuine and something very much a part of the vibe.

In other words, I’ve got a stack of good karma here, and it’s all gotta go!

Please spare a moment and read about young Natalie below.

Below is an excerpt from the website Natalie’s family has made, to facilitate this donation drive. Check it out here.

Welcome to Natalie’s Circle of Love.

On the 5th January 2011, Natalie was diagnosed with a very rare form of bone cancer, Chordoma, along the thoracic section of her spine.

Natalie underwent emergency surgery to relieve the pressure of the tumor on her windpipe, and now we are preparing to travel abroad for further surgery to remove the tumor and reconstruct her spine. The surgery is very complex, and involves a multi-disciplinary team of top surgeons. Very few surgical teams globally have this level of skill and experience, but we managed to connect with three very proficient teams, two in the USA and one in Europe.

After much research and soul searching, we are traveling to Boston USA where the multidisciplinary team of world class doctors have developed a treatment plan to meet her unique needs. At Massachusetts General Hospital Natalie will undergo pre-operative Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) – a specialised form of radiation. Surgery will follow some time in April, and once Natalie is rested and has recovered from the operation, she will have further PBT.

The surgery and PBT treatment are very expensive, and we will be away from home for a long period of time.

Financially, we are simply not in a position to absorb the costs – expected to be between R2-3m – and our hospital plan only covers basic expenses in South Africa.

So any support, however big or small, is deeply appreciated.

With all your love and prayers and generosity, we know our daughter is held in a divine circle of love.

With humility and gratitude,

Shirley Lowe & Jonny Cohen

PS We have started a blog found in ‘Follow Natalie’s Journey’, and some more about Natalie along with a photo gallery found in Natalie.

For more information on Chordoma:
www.chordomafoundation.org

So there it is gang.

Please get involved – check out their website here – (nataliescircleoflove.org)

There’s a big fat boost of karma coming your way