A big thank you to everyone who shopped with us or bid in our auction during last night’s Make a Difference Telethon!

It was truly exciting programming to watch. We watched one product after the next completely sell out, with all proceeds going directly to the Canadian Cancer Society. (We’re still doing a final tally - but looks like we raised over $80K in just two hours!)

Stay tuned, the winners of our blind auction wil be announced soon. Some lucky people are going to experience meeting Joan Rivers, Ojon’s Denis Simoni and our fabulous TV Hosts in person.

 In addition to thanking you, our customers, for your participation, we’d also like to send out a very big thank you to all our vendor sponsors who made the event possible: Elizabeth Grant, Himalayan Gems, Joan Rivers, Ojon, LG, Ionic Pro, Dyson, Bos & Co, Ammolite Gems, HP, Lock & Lock, Rogers Wireless, Temp-tations, Soprano, Bose, Acer, The SAK, Roomba and Royal Doulton.

Together, we definitely did make a difference!

The buzz around here is incredible right now as we have just kicked off our first-ever Make a Difference Telethon in support of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Be sure to tune in or jump online now place your bid in our blind auction for an amazing, once-in-lifetime experience with Joan Rivers, Ojon’s Denis Simoni or one of our very own TV Hosts.

Great programming, great product offers and a great cause all come tonight for one sure-to-be exciting two hour event.  Don’t miss it!

The entire team at the Shopping Channel is counting down to our first-ever Make a Difference Telethon, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. If you haven’t yet had a chance to participate in our Make a Difference fundraising event, tuning in to our Telethon will give you several exciting ways to donate and help make Cancer history.

Most exciting, is the once-in-a-lifetime experiences we will be auctioning off to the highest bidder! These experiences include a lunch date with the one-and-only Ms. Joan Rivers, a day of pampering for two at the Ojon headquarters and a backstage tour & lunch with one of our very own on-air hosts.

This two-hour event has been a year the making, and we are truly thrilled to be able to work closely with the Canadian Cancer Society on an ongoing basis.

Outside of my work at The Shopping Channel, I freelance as a music journalist and I am very involved with a children’s charities. I always like to show off how hip and cool The Shopping Channel really is and and did so on two different occassions this month, one with the Butterfly Ball that supports Boost for Kids (prevention and intervention of child abuse). Canadian chanteuse Chantal Kreviazuk performed some of her hits at the event and my good friend Alannah Myles attended as my guest. Our photo was featured in the June 23 issue of HELLO Canada and I could not help but to wear and promote one of our Canadian designers featured at The Shopping Channel, David Dixon.

The second event was the pre-MMVA (Muchmusic Video Awards) party at Puma’s Rockstar Hotel held at The Gladstone Hotel. Rubbing shoulders with NKOTB’s Joey and Jordan made the teenage girl inside me giggle a little and catching up with bands I have interviewed in the past, like Mobile, Neverending White Lights and former Canadian Idol, Kalan Porter. Another opportunity to allow The Shopping Channel to shine, where I enchanted some of the celebs with Warm Cotton fragrance by CLEAN - which I have to say rockstars seem to really like the scent of!!

Lots of love!
Orlena

HELLOOOOOOO!!  I can’t think of a more appropriate way to begin blogging than by telling you a bit about an event I had the distinct pleasure of emcee-ing earlier this month.

The Canadian Cancer Society ‘Relay For Life’ in Georgetown, Ontario at the Gellert Community Centre was certainly a highlight for me and a personal honour to be a part of!  51 teams of between 8-10 people walked the track around a soccer field, which had been turned into a sort of tent city for the night.  And, I do mean ‘for the night’.  7pm until 7am. Cancer survivors, volunteers, caregivers, sponsors and neighbours came together to help raise $101,207.28!!! I met many wonderful people, including Organizers Sue Scarfone and Lisa Benedikt.

The Shopping Channel hopes to beat our last year’s total of raising over $57,000 during this year’s 9-day fundraising event. It ends with a telethon and auction of once-in-a lifetime experiences this Tuesday from 9-11pm ET.  Together, We Can Make a Difference!

In the future, I hope to give you a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at our hosts, guests and general craziness that happens in the studio of our live TV environment.  Maybe even some ‘dirt’!  Truly, I have the most exciting job in the world!

Be well,
Shopping is Life
Norm Murray