Charity

Graham on November 9th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Rooms are still available for next week’s Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap event in Niagara Falls. Local hoteliers are offering Niagara region residents overnight stays starting at $35 between Nov. 9 to 12. About two-thirds of the rooms have been sold for the event, said organizer Jim Diodati. Some hotels are sold [...]

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Graham on May 21st, 2009

Last May the Great Wolf Lodge held a fundraiser car wash. For $20 you got your car washed by their staff, and the money was donated to a charity (I can’t remember, but I think it was cancer-related). You also got a pass for 4 people to the waterpark. It could be used once during [...]

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From the Niagara Falls Review:
The tourism industry of Niagara Falls -has gone and done it again. Over the weekend, many Clifton Hill businesses opened their doors to the local community at $1 a
shot to raise money to help the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Thousands of dollars will have been raised to help this fine charity. This [...]

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Graham on December 24th, 2008

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap has been such a great idea that other municipalities are looking to see if they can adopt it in an effort to help their own communities.
“I’m told Niagara-on-the-Lake is looking to do it with their bed and breakfasts,” said Jim Diodati, chairman of the event. “If they [...]

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Graham on October 17th, 2008

From the Niagara Falls Review:
It’s earlier than usual, but this year’s version of Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap is expected to generate thousands of dollars for local charities while offering local residents bargain rates at Niagara Falls hotels.
The annual promotion will run from Nov. 3 to 6.
At 8 a. m. today, front desks at 28 Niagara [...]

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Last John Riches left a comment and linked to a PDF on the City of Niagara Falls web site that said the Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event was going to take place from November 3 to November 6. I emailed Councillor Jim Diodati for confirmation and he got back to me:
You are correct with regard [...]

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Graham on October 2nd, 2008

I don’t mean to mislead you with the word “preview”, but I couldn’t think of any other way to describe it…
I was quite surprised last year with the interest in the sleep cheap event. I had a lot of visitors who found the site because of that. Well, if that is what the people want, [...]

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