Calgary creatives lose sleep for charity

Local designers pull out all the stops at 24-hour design marathon

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Calgary, Alberta, April 2, 2008 – On Friday, April 4, professionals and students from Calgary’s creative community will participate in the GDC Design-A-Thon® 2008, a 24-hour creative design marathon. The event links local creative professionals with not-for-profit groups to provide no-cost marketing services for projects that support their fundraising initiatives and marketing programs.

The marathon will begin at 9:00 am on Friday at Mount Royal College. Design teams will assemble to develop visual communication solutions throughout the day and night, and will present their finished concepts to the not-for-profit clients at the conclusion of the marathon. Some of Calgary’s top creative directors head up the teams comprised of professional and student creatives. Not including the contribution of volunteers and sponsors, the value of services to be donated to charities in Calgary will exceed $70,000.

GDC Design-A-Thon® 2008 is produced in Calgary by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, Alberta South Chapter (GDC) and is proudly sponsored by Calgary’s own Veer. Media is invited to drop in any time between 9:00 am Friday April 4 and 9:30 am Saturday April 5. Presentations of the results of the 24-hour marathon to the charity representatives will begin at 9:00 a.m. Saturday April 5.

DesignAThon:
Date: Friday April 4 – Saturday April 5, 2008
Time: 9: 00 am Friday – 9:00 am Saturday
Location: Mount Royal College, West Residence, 200 Mount Royal Circle

Presentation:
Date: Saturday April 5, 2008
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 am
Location: Mount Royal College, T-wing, Room 107 (4825 Mount Royal Gate)

Contacts:
Kate Nowlan
Event Co-ordinator, GDC Design-A-Thon® 2008
(403) 481-0936

Gwen Hetherington, MGDC
President, Alberta South Chapter
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC)
(403) 266-7118
(403) 862-2893 (mobile)

About Veer

Veer sources and delivers visual elements with imagination and style to help creatives diverge from the norm and generate fresh solutions. Veer’s discerning, design-driven selection of photography, illustration and type are used daily in advertising, print and web design, corporate communications and publishing. With the addition of the community-based Veer Marketplace, Veer became the first company to offer rights-managed, premium royalty-free, and low-priced royalty-free photography on one web site. Veer is recognized for its community activity, including The Skinny blog and Veer Ideas networking web site. Veer serves its global customer base through its contact centers and award-winning web site localized for North America, the UK, Germany and the rest of the world at www.veer.com.

Web Site: veer.com
Toll-Free Orders and Product Support: 877 297 7900
Free Catalog Requests: 877 297 7900
Product Submissions: submissions@veer.com
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