BC 150 YEARS Program

To Honour the Past … Celebrate the Future of Farmers' Markets in British Columbia

You are invited to Participate!

In 2008, British Columbia will be celebrating 150 years of cultural diversity, community strength and personal achievements since the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia in 1858.

BC150 Years is about tapping into something bigger than all of us. We have a lot to celebrate — our people, our history and our achievements.

Each Farmers' Market in every community in BC is unique and we are inviting you to use your imagination to create a legacy for BC Farmers' Markets in 2008.

You are encouraged to create your own memorable event that ties in with the theme of honouring the past and celebrating the future at your Farmers' Market.

• Invitation Poster (for web viewing)
• Invitation Poster (for print, PDF 1 MB)

A BC150 Years 'Feastival' — a word deliberately chosen to describe event(s) that will create an experience that showcases your Farmers' Market and/or its involvement in the community:

• Celebrate the food, people and culture of your local area
• Highlight local foods grown or processed by farmers
• Showcase products and recipes of years gone by

All activities must tie into the theme of celebrating 150 years of achievement in British Columbia and should focus on the market.

Your market is encouraged to work with other industry partners such as local restaurants, wineries, museums, arts centres, Chambers of Commerce, Spirit of BC Committees or other associations and businesses to increase the profile of your BC150 Years celebrations.

More Info and Registration:

• Feastival Ideas 60 KB
• Celebration Guidelines 100 KB
• Handy Contacts 30 KB
• Registration Form 70 KB

Paid in full members of the BCAFM will:

• automatically receive the Guidelines and Application form for the BC 150 Years Program
• be invited to apply for limited funding to the BCAFM
• receive accompanying materials needed to plan, organize and carry out your own 2008 Farmers' Market celebration
• have the opportunity to work with Sher Hackwell, the BC 150 Years Market Coordinator, who will work with you on ideas for events, marketing and sponsorship possibilities
• receive numerous event ideas to get the creative juices flowing

We encourage you to renew your membership at the AGM.

Benefits from Participating:

• Create greater profile
• Increase community awareness
• Create closer community ties
• Sell more products
• Create excitement among vendors
• Increase in communication among participating markets
• Receive some financial assistance for creating a BC150 Years celebration at your Farmers' Market
• Affiliation Programs

Opportunities for Awareness:

There are significant opportunities to promote your event and help you connect with a much wider audience. We want to know how you plan to celebrate this milestone and we'll help promote your event — throughout the province, across the country and around the globe. Not only will we list your event on the BCAFM website, when you register your event with the BC 150 Years website, they'll feature it on the BC150 Years calendar of events and promote it on the Tourism BC website. B.C. residents and visitors will be able to search these events by community, date and event type.

BCAFM Website www.bcfarmersmarket.org 
BC 150 Years website www.bc150.gov.bc.ca 

Stay tuned for more BC 150 YEARS information and we look forward to working with you on this exciting Farmers' Markets opportunity!

For further information please contact:
Sher Hackwell
BC150 Years Market Coordinator
Tel 604.738.9770 ; Fax 604.737.0859 ; Email sher_h@telus.net

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