Living on an island in the middle of Lake Huron and in a small rural community, my community is very important to me. Everyone is your neighbour and when adversity hits, your neighbours are always there to lend a helping hand. I love that we have our own superheroes in our community. Our local heroes range from the guys on the road crew who wake up early in the morning to clear the snow off the roads in the Winter, the Canada Post worker who delivers our mail to us, to the thoughtful neighbour who helped my injured husband fix electric fence and “pick stone” before he could plant corn (while his wife brought over a freshly baked lemon meringue pie)!
Every come community has its own superheroes. This summer, your MP could be that hero – and the only super powers required are those of extreme sandwich-making!
That’s right! Celebrating Canada Day Chicken Farmers Style! Encourage your Member of Parliament to create a signature Canada Day sandwich.
Did you know?
Since 1992, Chicken Farmers of Canada has served nearly 10,000 sandwiches every year on July 1st at Major’s Hill Park in Ottawa at the Great Canadian Chicken BBQ. This year, Chicken Farmers of Canada is asking you to encourage your Member of Parliament to create a signature Canada Day sandwich.
The winning MP’s riding (as selected by our panel of judges) will receive a $10,000 donation to their local Food Bank!
I have to warn you that our MP is pretty amazing. Carol Hughes (Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing) is very present when it comes to all things community. I’ve seen her at various events and fundraisers. Her office even sent me a card when an article was written in the local paper about a concert my friend and I organized so that all proceeds could go to Mount Sinai Hospital (where my daughter was born at 28 weeks and where she spent the first seventy-two days of life in the NICU). I was amazed that 1) Carol Hughes’ team read the article, and 2) that they took the time to send me a card. Impressed!
With this said, I have complete faith that Carol Hughes can come up with a winning sandwich for the #MPChickenHero contest! Hope you’re up for the challenge, Carol!
You can get your MP to be part of this great cause too! The contest will reward you for sending your MP a Tweet using the #MPChickenHero hashtag! The contest runs from May 30 to June 15 and the winning sandwich will be announced on June 17.
#MPChickenHero Tweet Contest
This contest is AMAZING! There are 4 amazing prizes totalling $1000 to give to 4 winners and entry is super simple!
Just CLICK THIS PAGE and look for your local MP in the list provided. Once you find it click to the button to auto-tweet your MP, asking them to enter a sandwich into the #MPChickenHero contest because your local Food Bank could use the $10,000 prize!
Prizing – Total Value $1000:
Prize #1 – BBQ and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Prize #2 – VIP Relax Eucalyptus Chair x 2 and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Prize #3 – Acoustic Research Glendale Indoor/Outdoor Portable Wireless Bluetooth® Speaker-2 pack and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Prize #4 – Outset Non-Stick Grill Grids and Wok and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
This contest is open to Canadian residents 18 years plus. The contest ends June 15th, 11:59pm EDT.
The winner will be contacted via Twitter DM and have 48 hours to respond. See full Rules & Regulations HERE.
#MPChickenHero Twitter Party
In order to be even LOUDER in our tweeting to the MPs, Chicken Farmers and SJ Consulting are holding the #MPChickenHero Twitter Party!
Come raise your voice June 7th at 9 pm EST!
● Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
● Time: 9 pm EST
● Hashtag: #MPChickenHero
● Hosts: @ChickenFarmers, @SJConsulting_CA
● Eligibility: Open to Canada
5 Winners will Receive Prizes Valued over $2000!
Prize #1 – BBQ and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Prize #2 – Western Red Cedar Bear Chair (x2) and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Prize #3 – Acoustic Research® Glendale Indoor/Outdoor Portable Wireless Bluetooth®
Prize #4 – Real Flame® Morrison Outdoor Wood Burning Fire Pit Table and Chicken
Prize #5 – Margaritaville Tahiti™ Frozen Concoction Maker and Chicken Farmers of Canada swag
Come join in for some great conversation, prizing and FUN!
RSVP Below by adding your Twitter name (ie. @SJConsulting_CA) in the Name field and your Twitter link (ie. https://twitter.com/SJConsulting_CA) in the URL field.
Join us in celebrating Canada Day with a fun contest and party!
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Disclosure: I am participating in the Chicken Farmers of Canada campaign managed by SJ Consulting. I received compensation in exchange for my participation in this campaign. The opinions on this blog are my own.
I LOVE Hoisin sauce! Yum! Great contest!
I hope our MP enters and wins! Great way to help out food bank! Fun too!
What a great thing to do. Fun contest for MPs. Surely their lives are so busy and having something fun like this that they can challenge each other with would be a breath of fresh air and they can also help their local food bank. This is neat!!