Yonge Street Pub Crawl for Right to Play
It’s not often that you get the opportunity to get hammered in order to help disadvantaged children.
Well, this Saturday, you’ll get to do just that!
Semisolidmedia, a “purveyor of fine fun” (per their website), holds a monthly Rock Band jam session at Rockie Raccoons in Toronto. However, on the last Saturday in August (previously July) of each year, they take their drinkin’ on the road to raise money for charity.
“The Yonge Street Pub Crawl (YSPC) was started in 2005 by a group of friends who wanted to see just how many bars there were on the longest street in the world and how many could they have a drink at in one day,” the event site reads. “Five years later the event has morphed into an annual fundraising event that has raised over $1,500.00 for the charity Right To Play… Not bad for a bunch of people looking for an excuse to drink all day.”
Though it doesn’t cost anything to join in the fun, a minimum $10 donation is suggested and, if you’d like a souvenir, t-shirts will be sold at the event for $20 (email events@semisolidmedia.com if you’d like to pre-order one). This year, Semisolidmedia hopes to raise $500 for Right To Play.
The Yonge Street Pub Crawl begins at Yonge-Dundas Square (40 Dundas Street West, Toronto) on Saturday, August 21, 2010, at 2 p.m. Join the Facebook group for updates, or RSVP on their Facebook event page—even if you can’t make it, donations are welcome on their Right To Play page (which will give you a tax receipt for donations of $20 or more). And don’t forget to follow @semisolidmedia on Twitter for updates on this and their monthly Rock Band events!
