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Oct 2015

Dave’s Quick Print –Award Winning Industry Leader and Generous KPDC Sponsor!

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Dave’s Quick Print –Award Winning Industry Leader and Generous KPDC Sponsor!

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One of the reasons Dave’s Quick Print is excited to be involved with Kilcona Dog Park Club is because it “feels” right. “Many of our staff are devoted animal lovers,” accordingly to co-owner Randy Premachuk. “Sponsoring Kilcona Dog Park Club was a natural way to align ourselves with a cause that resonates within our company culture.”

Dave’s Quick Print has been a generous sponsor. Over and above the annual Corporate Sponsorship Program fees it pays to help fund improvements to Kilcona Dog Park, and discounts it provides to club members, DQP has donated hundreds of dollars of Jets and Moose tickets as prizes for KPDC fundraisers.

Since 1982, Dave’s Quick Print, located at 1650 Field Street, has been a “go to” print supplier for corporate, individual and non-profit organizations. Their commitment to providing outstanding service coupled with high quality products has enabled them to remain a print leader within Manitoba. Premachuk and co-owner Randy Nelson, focus on areas that can create a competitive advantage for DQP.

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“We always choose the best equipment and technology we can afford so our customers have the best possible products,” said Premachuk, who along with Nelson has owned Dave’s Quick Print since 2011. “We cater to the corporate community with our wide array of digital and offset equipment. We are regularly relied upon to produce a variety of products that require quality, accuracy and fast turnaround. Often our projects are of a sensitive nature and demand the utmost in confidentiality and security.”

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Nelson and Premachuk are confident their consistency in meeting these challenges is why they continue to be a trusted and valued supplier to many businesses and organizations. Recently, print clients have been requesting a more specific and targeted approach when it comes to their print marketing campaigns. DQP has been at the forefront of providing these services.

“Our new digital copiers can print “variable data” information which means customers can personalize their marketing materials. We also offer an email blast service which is an excellent complement to a print marketing campaign. It allows users to track analytics (such as times opened) in real time. Offering multi-pronged marketing approaches is just one example of the value-added services we provide to our customers,” stated Premachuk, a 25 year veteran of the print industry.

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Even though they have all of the professional equipment they require, the DQP owners know it’s their staff that drives their business.

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“We are super fortunate to have tremendous team members working with us on a daily basis. A number of our staff have been with the business since the early 1990’s. This type of loyalty and dedication is very rare in today’s society. Along the way we have added new key people, which has made us a very well rounded team.

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Ultimately, we know and appreciate that our valued customers are our real boss,” revealed Premachuk.

—-Dave’s Quick Print can be reached at (204) 985-9603 or www.dqp.ca

About Robyn Maharaj
Robyn is a writer, fundraiser, marketer and former arts administrator who works as a freelance grant and feature writer. She works in fund development for a Southern Florida medical foundation for adult stem cell research. Robyn’s writing and poetry has been published in Canadian literary journals, newspapers, magazines and anthologies. Her first book (co-author, an American true crime story) will be published in 2015.
A member of Kilcona Park Dog Club’s Marketing Committee, Robyn talent for writing finds expression on the club’s website, where she is a regular content provider. Robyn helped the Board secure a $20,000 grant for park improvements, developed the “Number Two Clue” responsible pet education initiative, and promoted KPDC’s successful campaign to elect a dog-friendly Mayor and Council. An enthusiastic volunteer at fundraising and park stewardship events, Robyn is seen below serving up tasty dog treats at the Bone Appetit Bistro.

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Sep 2015

OUR FAVORITE DOG PARK AND WE’RE LOVIN’ IT!

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OUR FAVORITE DOG PARK AND WE’RE LOVIN’ IT!

It may be the last weekend of September but Saturday still felt like summer – hot, dry and windy with a healthy dose of sunshine.

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Thanks to dog owners, families and friends who pitched in to pick up and spruce up Kilcona. We’re all winners when our favorite dog park is clean!
A few people deserve special recognition for doing more than their share on Saturday. Winners of the “Golden Shovel Awards” and prizes will be announced on Monday.

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This fall’s clean-up will be remembered for three things. The first is how clean the park was before we started and how little dog poop we actually had to pick up. Many dog owners carry extra bags for those in need. On their walks, they also pick up an extra bag themselves and participate in KPDC’s “Number 2 Clue”, the whistle program that alerts inattentive park visitors of the need to clean up after their pets. The results of these dog park community-generated initiatives are obvious. Kudos to Kilcona dog owners for being so responsible!

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The second thing the fall clean-up will be remembered for is the success of the club’s fundraising efforts. Volunteers raised almost $1000 for park improvements. This was an unexpected surprise since park clean-ups are not intended to be fundraising events; they’re stewardship events – a time for those of us who love the park to take care of it. Thank you Kilcona dog owners for purchasing KPDC memberships and “Make a Splash” raffle tickets and for your generous donations to bring clean drinking water into the park.

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The third thing that the clean-up will be remembered for is the challenge of a crazy, mess-up-your-hair, sand stuck in your lip-gloss prairie wind. We were all astonished to see white caps in our cups of Starbucks coffee!

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With winds speeds up to 50 kilometers per hour and gusts over 70, it was Portage and Main all over the city. On several occasions volunteers were seen racing after and retrieved $20 twenty dollar bills, membership cards, raffle tickets, garbage bags and recycling bins that went sailing across the park. Strong winds caught gazebo canopies and turned them into sails. Definitely not the easiest day for volunteers to be setting up and taking down shelters!

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As the day wore on, securing the gazebos and keeping them from being damaged or blowing away became the priority for Poo Crew leaders. Volunteers pounded iron snow fence posts deep into the ground and strapped the shelters to the posts and to each other. As the winds continued to strengthen, the team moved into position, hanging onto the iron posts, bracing them and stabilizing the gazebos. We worried what disasters might occur when we untethered them for the take-down. In the end- thanks to some serious planning and tight teamwork – the crew was able to take down the shelters with very little damage; one gazebo strut will have to be replaced.

Lesson learned – we need rain dates AND wind dates for outdoor events!

 

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Thanks to KPDC’s outstanding Poo Crew team leaders for a brilliant performance!

SET UP/TAKE DOWN TEAM LEADERS
o Sasha Emric
o Jeff Henry

CLEAN UP EVENT SUPPORT
o Sasha Emric
o Charlene Biebrich

CLEAN-UP CONTEST
o Jeff Henry
o Gail Warywoda

HOSPITALITY
o Mackenzie Blandford
o Cathy Cox
o Robyn Gibbons

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
o Kathleen Kirkman
o Donna Henry
o Daria Zenchuk

FUNDRAISING DRIVE
o Angie Carriere
o Diane Havens
o Robyn Maharaj

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08

Sep 2015

WINNIPEG DOG FEST RETURNS WITH OLD FAVES AND NEW ATTRACTIONS!!

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WINNIPEG DOG FEST RETURNS WITH OLD FAVES AND NEW ATTRACTIONS!!

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Kilcona Dog Park
Next Saturday – September 12
11am to 2pm

Celebrate dogs and all the things we love about them!

Returning by popular demand:

• Micro-chipping – Protect your pet by stopping by McPhillips Animal Hospital’s mobile clinic for low-fee CKC-approved micro-chipping.

• Entertainment – SMART Dogs demonstrations in agility, rally, flyball, Frisbee, and tricks.

• Pawcasso’s Photo Studio – Professional photographer Vince Pahkala captures memories with a portrait of your dog.

• “Bone Appetit” Bistro – Winnipeg’s only “pawpup” restaurant for dogs. The menu’s been “lab” tested – with high quality meats from JD Hoggs, Kelmar’s and cheese from Bothwell’s.

• Sub-Zero Ice Cream – custom-made frozen treats for dogs and humans – K9 Cones filled with vanilla soft serve, topped with a dog cookie. And homemade chocolate chip ice cream cookies, rosebuds and drumsticks for the rest of us.

• KPDC’s “Grrrrill Pit” – Manitoba grass-fed beef burgers & custom-smoked European hotdogs and smokies from Kelmar’s Meats and JD Hoggs Sausage Company, freshly baked buns and veggie burgers.(Special member prices.)

• Corporate sponsors, vendors, animal welfare partners, shelters and rescues.

New to Dog Fest:

• Special ceremony – Blessing of the Dogs – 1pm.

• Hot Car Awareness demonstration. Learn what you need to do if you see a dog trapped in a hot car.

• Won’t You Be My Neighbour Festival – find out more about North Kildonan’s annual neighbourhood celebration of family, friends and local businesses.

Purchase your 2016 “2016 Early Bird” membership or “Make a Splash” raffle tickets for a chance to win thousands of dollars’ worth of valuable prizes.

You’ll be helping raise funds to bring clean drinking water into our favorite dog park!

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