17 days until Kermesse...

Kermesse is a Flemish word meaning fun fair. The first Kermesse in support of the Children’s Hospital in Halifax was held in 1911. It is a day for children, families and people in the community to enjoy wonderful activities while supporting the hospital.

The IWK Auxiliary is hosting Kermesse 2009 on May 23, 2009. That is only 17 days away!

Our class here at CompuCollege has been hard at work for the past couple of weeks working on the PR for the event. Being able to encompass course material by working on a real life event makes it seem a lot less like schoolwork, especially when we are working on something for such a good cause.

My job has been to work on the text for the posters and flyers, as well as PSA’s and a backgrounder for the media. The PSA is posted below.

Today my job is to figure out the in’s and out’s of Twitter. Twitter is having technical difficulties and our class account is not showing up in the regular search engine. If you would like to follow us, you can do a search for compucollegepr through http://search.twitter.com.

Have a safe and happy Wednesday!

Abbie

Public Service Announcement

THE IWK AUXILIARY PRESENTS: KERMESSE FUN FAIR 2009

Join the IWK Auxiliary at the Kermesse Fun Fair on May 23 from 10 to three. Start your day at the flea market at Gorsebrook School then stroll over to the IWK for kid's games, food, crafts, a silent auction and raffles. An Art Gallery opens Thursday night at 7:30 in the Parker Reception Room and continues through to Saturday. Money raised helps the IWK provide quality of care to patients and helps kids be kids. For information please contact the IWK Auxiliary at 470-8245.

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For more information please contact:
IWK Public Relations
(902) 470-6740