Summertime & the backyard is talky.
It’s not TV. It’s ele:vision. Weekly videos at iamelephant.com
elephant’s
summerlong backyard
Talk Show
Every Thursday this Summer
Behind the Trident Café & Booksellers
This Thursday, June 7 @ 7:15pm
On The Trident’s backyard patio
940 Pearl St, Boulder. Come, sit, stay, laugh, cry—then go get dinner and drinks, then brush your teeth, then go to bed.
elephant editor Waylon H. Lewis
{in conversation with the amazing, the incredible…}
Eden Ellmen & Lizzy Scully
Of Girl’s Education International and HERA
Educating Young Women around the World &
Climbing for Cancer
{also}
Alyson Duffey of Thorne Ecological Institute
Enlightening Young Folk with Hands-on Environmental Education
With cello courtesy
Heather Truesdall
This is a live taping. To watch videos: iamelephant.com
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Summary of Press/Media Stuff
1. An interview with Elephant Magazine this Thursday, June 6th (time to be determined, but it will be taped outside the Trident in Boulder). Will be posted on site and on YouTube, but also potentially in magazine, depending on how it goes.
2. An article written by Zak Brown in the Boulder Daily Camera for later this week or next week (not sure when it will be published)
3. Articles on www.55-alive.com and also EzineArticles.com about Sean, written by Lizzy
4. An article to be published later this year in Alternative Medicine magazine, written by Pamela Emanoil
5. Press releases on Climbing.com (Climbing mag) as well as an article summary with photos to be published after the event
6. Press releases posted on RockClimbing.com
7. Four press releases posted via PRWeb.com
8. Press releases posted on MountainProject.com
9. I have posted the event on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post events calendars.
We're still hoping to get an article published in one of the following three papers: Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post, or the Westword (Jesse & the CAMP folks are working on follow up calls to these papers)
We apparently are going to have something written in Boulder Women's Magazine, but I haven't heard the details on this yet.
I've submitted our event to the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, and am waiting to hear back from them
The Boulder Daily Camera website is down, but I will post the event on its calendar of events tomorrow (June 7th).
I am probably not actually going to write a release on the vets because they haven't written me back yet and I don't have time to follow up with phone calls. If they write me back, I'll write one up and have Jesse and/or Ken and Carolyn send them out.
I haven't heard yet about the event being posted on the radio, but we'll probably get an update on that this Wednesday from Carolyn.
I think that is all.
2. An article written by Zak Brown in the Boulder Daily Camera for later this week or next week (not sure when it will be published)
3. Articles on www.55-alive.com and also EzineArticles.com about Sean, written by Lizzy
4. An article to be published later this year in Alternative Medicine magazine, written by Pamela Emanoil
5. Press releases on Climbing.com (Climbing mag) as well as an article summary with photos to be published after the event
6. Press releases posted on RockClimbing.com
7. Four press releases posted via PRWeb.com
8. Press releases posted on MountainProject.com
9. I have posted the event on the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post events calendars.
We're still hoping to get an article published in one of the following three papers: Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post, or the Westword (Jesse & the CAMP folks are working on follow up calls to these papers)
We apparently are going to have something written in Boulder Women's Magazine, but I haven't heard the details on this yet.
I've submitted our event to the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, and am waiting to hear back from them
The Boulder Daily Camera website is down, but I will post the event on its calendar of events tomorrow (June 7th).
I am probably not actually going to write a release on the vets because they haven't written me back yet and I don't have time to follow up with phone calls. If they write me back, I'll write one up and have Jesse and/or Ken and Carolyn send them out.
I haven't heard yet about the event being posted on the radio, but we'll probably get an update on that this Wednesday from Carolyn.
I think that is all.
Five-Year-Old Raises $1,200 For Upcoming Ovarian Cancer Fundraising Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2007
Media Contact: Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org,
703-887-9755
Background: www.herafoundation.org
Photos available
Five-Year-Old Raises $1,200 For Upcoming Ovarian Cancer Fundraising Event
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 30, 2007, Addi Srednick has already raised $1,200 for ovarian cancer, but is only one of a number of kids participating in this summer’s Climb4Life ovarian cancer fundraising event.
Five-year-old Addi Srednick, one of numerous children volunteering at and raising money for the HERA Foundation at this summer’s Front Range-based Climb4Life event, has already raised her goal of $1,200. She and other young rock climbers, such as Amanda Woods, are excited to give back to a worthy cause.
According to Addi, she’s really “happy” to be able to raise this much money because “my gramma GeeGee died [of cancer] and Deb Lavender [too]. I want to help out so people can get better.”
Sixteen-year-old Amanda will also be raising money for HERA, primarily through her involvement with the Evolve (climbing shoes) Team, which is encouraging its members make donations through the HERA website.
“I want to raise awareness mainly so that people can know that this is a disease affecting hundreds of people everywhere, and to see if I can get some people involved,” says Amanda, whose grandfather has cancer.
“Its hard to imagine that out of all the things people work to prevent from happening to them like safety harnesses in climbing, and seatbelts in cars, that out of everything that can happen to a person, people get cancer and can't do a thing about it,” Amanda adds.
For both Amanda and Addi, this event will give them a chance to make a difference, but they are also expecting to have a great time climbing.
“I'm extremely glad that HERA has decided to use the climbing community to represent their cause,” says Amanda, who is looking forward to getting in as much climbing as possible.
And, adds Addi, “Its a chance to climb and raise money for a good cause, too.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
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May 30, 2007
Media Contact: Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org,
703-887-9755
Background: www.herafoundation.org
Photos available
Five-Year-Old Raises $1,200 For Upcoming Ovarian Cancer Fundraising Event
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 30, 2007, Addi Srednick has already raised $1,200 for ovarian cancer, but is only one of a number of kids participating in this summer’s Climb4Life ovarian cancer fundraising event.
Five-year-old Addi Srednick, one of numerous children volunteering at and raising money for the HERA Foundation at this summer’s Front Range-based Climb4Life event, has already raised her goal of $1,200. She and other young rock climbers, such as Amanda Woods, are excited to give back to a worthy cause.
According to Addi, she’s really “happy” to be able to raise this much money because “my gramma GeeGee died [of cancer] and Deb Lavender [too]. I want to help out so people can get better.”
Sixteen-year-old Amanda will also be raising money for HERA, primarily through her involvement with the Evolve (climbing shoes) Team, which is encouraging its members make donations through the HERA website.
“I want to raise awareness mainly so that people can know that this is a disease affecting hundreds of people everywhere, and to see if I can get some people involved,” says Amanda, whose grandfather has cancer.
“Its hard to imagine that out of all the things people work to prevent from happening to them like safety harnesses in climbing, and seatbelts in cars, that out of everything that can happen to a person, people get cancer and can't do a thing about it,” Amanda adds.
For both Amanda and Addi, this event will give them a chance to make a difference, but they are also expecting to have a great time climbing.
“I'm extremely glad that HERA has decided to use the climbing community to represent their cause,” says Amanda, who is looking forward to getting in as much climbing as possible.
And, adds Addi, “Its a chance to climb and raise money for a good cause, too.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
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HERA Climb4Life Boulder/Denver to be a Zero-Waste Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2007
Media Contact: Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org,
703-887-9755
Background: www.herafoundation.org
Photos available
Upcoming Climb4Life To Be a Zero Waste Event
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 30, 2007 Eco-Cycle’s Zero Waste Event Kit will be used at this summer’s June 15-17th, HERA Sponsored Climb4Life, to be held in Boulder/Denver.
“I have thought the HERA Climb4Life should be a zero waste event from the beginning,” says volunteer Lisa Carmichael, who spearheaded the zero waste efforts after volunteering at Eco-Cycle. Eco-Cycles Zero Waste Event Kit provides everything one needs to make an event zero waste.
“We can place our order online, choosing the number and types of materials we need, and pick up our materials at Eco-Cycle's CHaRM,” adds Carmichael. “We deliver our compostable materials back to the CHaRM and recycle our recyclables at the curb or the nearest drop-off center.”
The kit includes: tableware made from plant starches instead of plastic, such as plates, utensils, cups, napkins, etc; a cardboard compost collection box for collecting compostable tableware and food waste; a compostable liner bag for the cardboard compostables collection container; guidelines to post on our household compost bin and recyclables bin; and Table signs for tables or other appropriate areas, letting guests know how to participate in a Zero Waste event.
“The city of Boulder has adopted the Zero Waste Resolution,” says Carmichael. “I feel it is very important that everyone support Zero Waste whenever it is possible. It is great the Eco-cycle is providing us with the ability to accomplish this.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
###
May 30, 2007
Media Contact: Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org,
703-887-9755
Background: www.herafoundation.org
Photos available
Upcoming Climb4Life To Be a Zero Waste Event
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 30, 2007 Eco-Cycle’s Zero Waste Event Kit will be used at this summer’s June 15-17th, HERA Sponsored Climb4Life, to be held in Boulder/Denver.
“I have thought the HERA Climb4Life should be a zero waste event from the beginning,” says volunteer Lisa Carmichael, who spearheaded the zero waste efforts after volunteering at Eco-Cycle. Eco-Cycles Zero Waste Event Kit provides everything one needs to make an event zero waste.
“We can place our order online, choosing the number and types of materials we need, and pick up our materials at Eco-Cycle's CHaRM,” adds Carmichael. “We deliver our compostable materials back to the CHaRM and recycle our recyclables at the curb or the nearest drop-off center.”
The kit includes: tableware made from plant starches instead of plastic, such as plates, utensils, cups, napkins, etc; a cardboard compost collection box for collecting compostable tableware and food waste; a compostable liner bag for the cardboard compostables collection container; guidelines to post on our household compost bin and recyclables bin; and Table signs for tables or other appropriate areas, letting guests know how to participate in a Zero Waste event.
“The city of Boulder has adopted the Zero Waste Resolution,” says Carmichael. “I feel it is very important that everyone support Zero Waste whenever it is possible. It is great the Eco-cycle is providing us with the ability to accomplish this.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
New Press Release: Local Pro Climbers to Lead Clinics at Upcoming Climb4Life Event
Local Pro Climbers to Lead Clinics at Upcoming Climb4Life Event
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 15, 2007. North Face athlete Heidi Wirtz and Trango athlete and AMGA guide Majka Burhardt support ovarian cancer through volunteer works with the HERA Foundation
Local professional climber, Heidi Wirtz, has scaled massive rock walls in India, Canada, and the United States, set women's speed records on multi-day climbs in the Yosemite Valley, and regularly tackles risky, finger-tweaking cracks all over Colorado and beyond. Yet, she says, although climbing is fun and challenging, it just doesn’t fulfill all her needs, one of which is to give back to the world community.
“I like the fact that I can now do something useful with my climbing experiences,” says Wirtz. “I am doing something that really helps people.”
Majka Burhardt, one of the first women to be certified by the American Mountain Guides Association, has climbed and guided throughout North America, made high-altitude ascents in Bolivia and Ecuador, and most recently led a team of three other women to establish new routes on sandstone spires in northern Ethiopia. Burhardt agrees that giving back is an important component of her climbing life.
“I believe this is an important event for the community and for women,” explains Burhardt. “As a climbing guide, the opportunity to share what I love with others who are inspired by the sport is what motivates me in my work. With HERA, I get to contribute to an event that inspires me and others, which makes it hard to pass up.”
On June 15-17, Wirtz and Burhardt, along with a host of other accomplished climbers, will contribute their skills, knowledge, and tenacity to yet another major challenge: the fight against ovarian cancer. By volunteering to lead clinics, give slideshows, and guide climbs as part of the first HERA Climb4Life event to be held on the Front Range, these expert climbers will instruct and motivate climbers of all abilities, whose $50 fees for participating will support ovarian cancer research and awareness-raising activities.
“By climbing together, I get to help participants reach a goal, and they enable me to see the world a little bigger,” says Burhardt, who will take a group of survivors up the Flatirons on the 16th.
Plus, Wirtz adds, “It’s a great opportunity to hang out with amazingly rad women. It is so fun to work with the women that come to the events, they are always so excited and full of energy.”
Both climbers have supported past efforts to raise funds and awareness to fight cancers specific to women, and although they have been the guides and instructors at these events, they also learn through their participation. As a member of a team of young female climbers untouched by cancer climbing alongside a team of cancer survivors in the 1998 Climb Against the Odds ascent of Denali to raise awareness about breast cancer, Burhardt came to realize, and now encourages others to know that “it's never too early to start paying attention.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
(Boulder/Denver, CO)
May 15, 2007. North Face athlete Heidi Wirtz and Trango athlete and AMGA guide Majka Burhardt support ovarian cancer through volunteer works with the HERA Foundation
Local professional climber, Heidi Wirtz, has scaled massive rock walls in India, Canada, and the United States, set women's speed records on multi-day climbs in the Yosemite Valley, and regularly tackles risky, finger-tweaking cracks all over Colorado and beyond. Yet, she says, although climbing is fun and challenging, it just doesn’t fulfill all her needs, one of which is to give back to the world community.
“I like the fact that I can now do something useful with my climbing experiences,” says Wirtz. “I am doing something that really helps people.”
Majka Burhardt, one of the first women to be certified by the American Mountain Guides Association, has climbed and guided throughout North America, made high-altitude ascents in Bolivia and Ecuador, and most recently led a team of three other women to establish new routes on sandstone spires in northern Ethiopia. Burhardt agrees that giving back is an important component of her climbing life.
“I believe this is an important event for the community and for women,” explains Burhardt. “As a climbing guide, the opportunity to share what I love with others who are inspired by the sport is what motivates me in my work. With HERA, I get to contribute to an event that inspires me and others, which makes it hard to pass up.”
On June 15-17, Wirtz and Burhardt, along with a host of other accomplished climbers, will contribute their skills, knowledge, and tenacity to yet another major challenge: the fight against ovarian cancer. By volunteering to lead clinics, give slideshows, and guide climbs as part of the first HERA Climb4Life event to be held on the Front Range, these expert climbers will instruct and motivate climbers of all abilities, whose $50 fees for participating will support ovarian cancer research and awareness-raising activities.
“By climbing together, I get to help participants reach a goal, and they enable me to see the world a little bigger,” says Burhardt, who will take a group of survivors up the Flatirons on the 16th.
Plus, Wirtz adds, “It’s a great opportunity to hang out with amazingly rad women. It is so fun to work with the women that come to the events, they are always so excited and full of energy.”
Both climbers have supported past efforts to raise funds and awareness to fight cancers specific to women, and although they have been the guides and instructors at these events, they also learn through their participation. As a member of a team of young female climbers untouched by cancer climbing alongside a team of cancer survivors in the 1998 Climb Against the Odds ascent of Denali to raise awareness about breast cancer, Burhardt came to realize, and now encourages others to know that “it's never too early to start paying attention.”
HERA is still accepting registrations for participants for this summer’s Climb4Life event, to be held June 15-17. To register, please visit: www.climb4lifeco.kintera.org. To talk with the athletes involved, please contact Lizzy Scully, lizzy@girlsed.org or 703-887-9755, and she will put you in contact with Wirtz or Burhardt.
The HERA Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3, whose mission is to stop the loss of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and girlfriends from ovarian cancer by empowering women to take control of their health, empowering the medical community to find new directions in ovarian cancer research and empowering
communities to provide support. For more information, please visit www.herafoundation.org. To schedule an interview with HERA Foundation founder Sean Patrick please call 970.948.7360.
More PR news for the Boulder HERA event
Alternative Medicine magazine will most likely have an editor attend the event. Pamela Emanoil, senior editor, plans on promoting HERA in one of the magazine's fall issues.
MountainProject.com is posting our press releases.
Climbing magazine has posted the press releases here: www.climbing.com/news/press/
They will also publish photos and a recap of the event after the event.
MountainProject.com is posting our press releases.
Climbing magazine has posted the press releases here: www.climbing.com/news/press/
They will also publish photos and a recap of the event after the event.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The American Alpine Club Colorado Rockies Chapter notifies members of HERA event
Greg Sievers has notified all the AAC CRC members on his email list of the HERA event this summer.
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