Vancouver Diversity Health Fair 2011 (win prize package)

I love my adoptive country, Canada. I have lived in several different countries in North America and Europe, but I consider Vancouver my home. This is the land where I have grown and flourished.

As an immigrant myself, I am keenly aware of the amazing ethnic and cultural diversity in our beautiful region. On the bus, I often listen to French, Japanese, Mandarin, Tagalog and several other languages I don’t even recognize. It’s fantastic.

So when my friend Kristi Ferguson (Double You Kristi) asked me if I would be interested in being a media sponsor for the Vancouver Diversity Health Fair 2011, I emphatically said YES.

When? – Saturday, February 12th (10 am to 3pm)
Where? -Croatian Cultural Centre – 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
How much? – ZERO – it’s 100% Free!

The AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia) presents their 7th Annual Vancouver Diversity Health Fair, the largest event of its kind in Canada which has evolved into one of the most exciting and dynamic multicultural events in the Lower Mainland. The Fair was created to provide newcomers, immigrants and ethno-cultural communities with access to a wide range of health and wellness resources, presented in a number of languages including Cantonese, French, Korean, Vietnamese, Farsi, Punjabi, Spanish and Mandarin. The Fair features over fifty health and wellness related exhibitors, interactive fitness and culinary demonstrations, health screenings and onsite tests, spectacular multicultural entertainment and children’s activities.

Featuring:

* Over 50 health and wellness exhibitors
* Free health screenings + onsite tests
* Healthy cooking demonstrations for the whole family
* Interactive fitness workshops
* Spectacular multicultural entertainment
* Healthy Kids Activity Zone with sledge hockey, gymnastics + lots more!
* Onsite translation services
* Fantastic prizes, including the grand prize of 2 night’s stay at Times Square Suites Hotel downtown Vancouver, passes to Spokes Bicycle Rentals + more!

Some highlights of the 2011 Vancouver Diversity Health Fair

• Multicultural Stage sponsored by REDfm – to feature Chinese Lion Dancers from Lok’s Martial Arts Studio; Caritas Children’s Choir; Nia Dance Workshop by Joi Works; music and storytelling from the Shanti Mala Collective; Mukutano African singing & drumming; Estilo Cubano (Cuban salsa workshops) with Karlos Reyes; The Carnival Band and more!

• Healthy Cooking Stage sponsored by Safeway – to feature Today I Ate a Rainbow founder Kia Robertson and her daughter Hannah (simple recipes to make eating rainbows – fruits and vegetables – fun); Easy, Healthy Indian Cooking with Vikram and Jasvir of Ace Curries To Go; Homemade and Health Recipes with Simone of The
Rustic Gourmet; Easy Asian Basics with Chef Thaung Yan

• Healthy Kids Activity Zone – to feature Sledge Hockey by City of Vancouver Parks and Recreation Access Services; Circus Fun by Red Fox; Button-Button-Whose Got the Button personalized button making crafts with City of Vancouver Parks and Recreation.

To encourage my readers to participate in such awesome health fair and promote healthy living in diverse communities, the organizers of VDHF 2011 have entrusted me with a prize package. I am giving away a one month flexi-pass from the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to visit any of their community centres across Vancouver, and 2 passes to (any) half day bike rental from Spokes Bicycles (up to $100 value).

To enter my giveaway, all you need to do is to drop a comment on this post telling me what activities you engage to maintain a healthy living (or which ones you are vowing to do!). I do cardiovascular training every single morning and use weight training 3 days a week. How about you? Drop a comment on this post and let me know (contest open until February 10th, 2011 at 5pm). As usual, I’ll draw a random winner from all Twitter and blog entries. You can also enter via my blog’s Facebook page.

Alternatively you can earn an entry by tweeting the text below:

I entered @hummingbird604 and VDHF’s prize pack giveaway http://is.gd/9aJOvQ, you can too. Check @yvrhealthfair: Feb 12, 10am-3pm, FREE

Good luck!

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