Postcards for 2010

We have reached our goal of collecting two thousand and ten Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games themed hand-made postcards! This project is now closed.

Over 45 “Postcards for 2010 Workshops” were held with many different community groups.

Over 1,000 people participated in the project. People of all ages, abilities and backgrounds have created postcards: including a former Olympian; friends and family members of Olympians and Paralympians; talented artists and athletes; young children; people with disabilities; senior citizens; people who love the Olympics; people who have come from all over the world to live in Vancouver and many others.

The youngest participant was under 2 years old, and the most senior was 95 years old.

Over 80% of the cards were created by children between 5 and 9 years old.

The cards feature many aspects of the games including:

The Symbols: 2010 – The Rings – The Inukshuk Emblem – The Paralympic Emblem – The Olympic Torch – Medals – The Podium

The Events: Skiing – Snowboarding – Sliding – Speedskating – Curling – Hockey – Biathalon (which seems especially popular with young boys!) – Wheelchair Curling – Sledge Hockey – Figure Skating – and even a few invented events!

The Mascots: Quatchi – Sumi – Miga – and of course Mukmuk (everybody loves MukMuk)

Messages: of welcome and support for all the athletes and teams, as well as messages of peace, unity and celebration, in many different languages: including: English – French – Spanish – German – Russian – Korean – Japanese – Chinese – Arabic – Katchi (an Indian spoken dialect) – Vietnamese – Latin

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Carnival Days

Postcards 51-101 were created on April 25th, 2009 during Carnival Days sponsored by the Kerrisdale Business Association.

101. Roxanne age 27

100. Emily age 7

99. Bob age 25

98. Julius

97. Damoun age 8

96. Monisha age 9

95. Kimberly age 12

94. Tessa age 13

93. Jason age 21

92. Alisha age 8

91. Rakhi age 1 1/2

90. Mikayla age 6/7


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89. Chiara age 3

88. Emily age 7

87. Shuwen age 10

86. Tessa age 16

85. Sharon age 9

84. Jordan age 5

83. Arman age 7

82. Ben age 7.5

81. Kimberly age 12

80. Hana age 7

79. Angela age 6x

78. Lily age 8

77 Cloe

76 Nina age 6

75 Jordan age 5

74 JJ age 6

73. Ritchie, age 7

72, Kyra, age 4

71. Yuqiao age 5

70. Dasha

69. Emily age 7

68. Paris age 7

67. Jenny

66. Hana age 7

65. Athena age 7

64. Erika age 8

63. Jeremy age 8

62. Linda age 8

61. Briana age 5

60. Jamie age 7

59. Eliana, age 7

58. Alysia age 13

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56. Debra, age 6

55. Meghan age 6

54. Shaya age 5

53. Amber age 3 and Dad