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Got Water? Montreal Twestival tonight at Suco Lounge

By austinhill Feb 12th 2009 in Events

Did you know that dirty water kills more people than ALL forms of violence, including war? Twestival Montreal is one of 175 cities around the world hosting an event today, Thursday, February 12th to raise money for charity: water.


charity: water for Twestival from charity: water on Vimeo

Charity: water puts 100% of money raised towards building wells and provide access to safe, clean drinking water around the world. A $20 donation = 20 years of clean, safe drinking water to a person in Africa.

Twestival Montreal features some amazing raffle prizes for the event, including our grand prize of a trip to Vancouver courtesy of Air Canada and Opus Hotels. DJ Luv and DJ Maus will be sharing music duties, radio personality Winston McQuade is our MC, and we’ll have a photobooth set up for you to take home a souveninr of a great night.

Come down and join the fun while helping to provide access to clean, safe drinking water for people around the world.

Location: Suco Lounge in the Opus Hotel (2108 boul. Saint-Laurent)
Time: 18:00 to 23:00 (6pm to 11pm)
Tickets: $10 in advance (http://montreal.twestival.com) or $15 at the door
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You can follow the action on Twitter on TwestivalMTL, but we would love to see you come out and support such a great cause.

Special kudos goes out to the event sponsors for helping us put on a great event with special thanks to Aquabrass, Opus Hotels, Air Canada, Molson, Akoha and Aquaovo

Montreal’s Twestival is being organized by a great group of volunteers including,

Volunteers:

Supporters:

Maria Varvarikos Peart - Agence Zoi

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