Darryl "Penasi" Fox Memorial Golf Tournament

August 3, 2009

It was the second annual golf tournament honouring the memory of Darryl Fox, July 30. Proceeds of the tournament go towards cancer research and student scholarships. Last year Charles Fox and Linda Redsky, Darryl's parents and his sisters and brothers raised more then $6,000.

Twenty teams came out and had a great time despite a break that lasted nearly one hour because of rain. Each team completed 18 holes and enjoyed a great dinner at Whitewater Golf Club near Thunder Bay.

Thanks to all our friend Brent Wesley who helped us photograph the event. He did an amazing job. Below are some of the images we took. Narrowing more then 800 images down to 400 was a major task. But we had a lot of fun, especially since we were able to use two golf carts to get around that awesome course. Joy nearly veered into the bush a couple of times, but overall, definitely a good time.

We're contemplating playing next year, but I'm not sure about placing a heavy metal object into Joy's hands ;)

Good Medicine

June 23, 2009

We had the supreme pleasure of shooting the first annual Summer Solstice Pe-Anihshininiimok Celebration – Come Speak your Language sponsored by Kwayaciiwin Educational Resource Centre. It was a two-day event held near Sioux Lookout that gave local school children a chance to learn some traditional Aboriginal games as well as learn some words in Oji-Cree.

The event also included a storytelling competition and gave adults a chance to relax and take part in some amazingly funny square-dancing and jigging.

William Dumas, executive director of Northern Nishnawbe Education Council said happy events create 'good medicine' that help all people.

We definitely had a blast!

Beautiful Elders

June 11, 2009

We had the pleasure of covering an Elder's conference held in Thunder Bay. We were also charged with doing individual portraits – all of which will be used for a poster series we're designing for the Ontario Power Authority through Energy Efficiency and Conservation Measures for Aboriginal Communities.

Seventeen Elders from across Ontario met to discuss energy conservation and how to instill traditional values back into their respective communities. It was an honour meeting each of them.