Date: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
Location: OTTAWA MARRIOTT HOTEL,
100 KENT STREET (Queen & Kent)
TIME: 5:30pm
PRICE: $75
CONTACTS:Lucie Courtemanche, 613-447-9919, Email
Harry Zarins, 613-762-1222, Email

Aloha!
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, we invite you to shuck your winter gear for grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts and join us for Toronto’s 8th Annual Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey!

Slip into your best rendition of tropical Hawaiian chic and get ready to limbo down to a fun philanthropic soiree in support of the Brain Injury Association of Canada hosted at Hogg’s Hollow’s famous Miller Tavern (3885 Yonge Street).

BONUS: Reserve your $150 ticket by January 31st: save $50!

Special guests this year include:

• Hon. Carolyn Bennett MP, MD, Canada’s first Minister of Public Health
• Hon. Kathleen Wynne MPP, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Housing and Aboriginal Affairs
• Hon. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Children and Youth Services
• Karen Stintz, Toronto Transit Commission Chair and City Councillor
• Bonnie Crombie, Mississauga City Councillor, former Fundraising Chair of the Ontario Brain Injury Association and co-founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Daniel Bax, Survivor and Inspirational Coach
• Kent Bassett-Spiers, CEO, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
• Dr. Angela Colantonio, Ph.D., OT Reg. (Ont). Senior Scientist with Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and holder of the Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury.
• Don Stuss, Interim President and Scientific Director, Ontario Brain Institute
• Piroska Bata, BSCN, Neurotrauma Nurse, Manager, Humber River Regional Hospital
• Bill Pashby, J.D., Director, Brain Injury Association of Canada, and co-chair of Toronto’s 8th Annual
• Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Cristina Onose, MA, Co-Chair of Toronto’s 8th Annual Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Howard Brown , President, Brown & Cohen Communications & Public Affairs, former Fundraising Chair of the Brain Injury Association of Canada and Co-Founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey
• Rick Montgomery, President, Miller Tavern and Co-Founder of the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey

Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, oysters (of course!), Hawaiian leis, an open wine bar and Hawaiian punch for all. The evening will also feature, entertainment, music, a silent auction and lots of fun.

There are 2 ways to buy tickets:
1) Click on the PayPal button below:

2) Download and complete the Invitation and fax it to the address on the invitation.

LISA QUEEN Inside Toronto January 16, 2011

Brain injury prevention champion recalls cousin's ordeal. Howard Brown, left, Brian Sieber, Barry Brown and Rob Brown gather around Steven Sieber, seated, in December 1981. Photo/COURTESY

North York’s Steven Sieber was a bright university student with hopes of a career as a computer science supervisor when he was hit by a car, a catastrophic event that left him with a severe brain injury for almost a quarter-century before he died nearly a decade ago.

Just 21 years old when he was hit by a car while crossing the street to catch a bus in July 1977, he spent several weeks in a coma.

When he emerged, Sieber and his close-knit family discovered his world had changed forever.
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Media personalities, survivors and Ontario Transportation Minister to headline

(TORONTO – JANUARY 12, 2011) – It’s time to chuck your winter gear and grab grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts. There are only days left before a winter warm-up is set to take place at Toronto’s historic Miller Tavern at 3885 Yonge St. The Brain Injury Association of Canada’s (BIAC) premier fundraising event, the Hawaiian Oyster Odyssey (HOO) is set for January 24th from 6 to 9 pm.

For the 7th year running, this Hawaiian-themed event will be jam-packed with oodles of oysters, mystery prizes, fancy tropical cocktails and stories from brain injury survivors and plenty of mingling with medical experts, community leaders, public figures, business professionals and the media.

“Brain injury is Canada’s leading cause of death and disability for Canadians under 45,” said Larry Carlson, BIAC president and the first survivor of a brain injury to ever hold the post. “The Hawaiian Oyster Odysseys are our main source of funding to spread our message,” he said. Carlson will be a special guest at the Toronto event.
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A FUNdraiser in support of the Brain Injury Association of Canada & Brain Injury Coalition of Prince Edward Island

Scheduled Special Guests: Hon. Doug Currie, Minister of Education & Early Childhood Development; Hon. Robert Vessey, Minister of Tourism & Culture; Ian “Tex” MacDonald, Hurricanes Head Coach; Harry Zarins, Executive Director BIAC; Mark McIntosh, Brain Injury Survivor

Tickets: $35 at the door

We are selling tickets for a draw for an autographed Steve Ott Dallas Stars Jersey.

For tickets call 314-4228 or email tickets@bicpei.com
When Fri, October 29, 7pm – 10pm
Where Inn on The Hill 150 Euston Street
Who • Kenneth Murnaghan • Harry Zarin

Westmount Golf and Country Club, 50 Inverness Drive, Kitchener, Ontario

Thursday September 30, 2010, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Special guests include former Ontario Health and Education Minister, Elizabeth Witmer MPP (Kitchener-Waterloo) and Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran.

Please RSVP by September 24th.

Oyster Poster 2010 (pdf)

Register and Purchase Tickets

Howard Brown, Kirsty Duncan, M.P., Harry Zarins, M.Ed., Carolyn Bennett, M.P., Laurel Craib, Ass. Dir. GR, CMA
Slideshow
Photos by Sarah Metcalfe, first year Algonquin College Photography Program student. (Thanks Sarah!)

THE HAWAIIAN OYSTER ODYSSEY- a “FUN”draiser in support of Brain Injury Association of Canada was held at the Miller Tavern on Tues January 26, 2010.
Other 2010 Hawaiian Oyster Odysseys will be held in Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax and St. John’s. Initial discussions have taken place with representatives from the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia to hold similar events in the near future.
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