A Canadian Thanksgiving, Halloween style

As you may have noticed, I've taken the last two days off from the daily Countdown to Halloween. Today, the second Monday in October, Canada's celebration of Thanksgiving, a festival which marks the end of harvest. In preparing for the finals of Miss dEdmonton on Tuesday evening, we've harvested a lot too. In this Thanksgiving post I'd like to thank everyone that has helped us, whether through physical, financial, supportive, psychological or spiritual means.

I have to thank the members of the Board of Directors - the self proclaimed Council of E-Ville - for all the work they have put in over the last year. From the birth of an idea through "what do we do next" meetings over pizza, there is a lot of work into getting a not-for-profit society running. A few of us are the public faces, but all of us have been putting in countless hours on our own pieces of the puzzle, and I thank you each - and our significant others, for without their support we'd be a far weaker team. Thanks to Ruth, Derek and Heather, Dad and the spirit of my Mother for being supportive.

The people that I have met either virtually, on the phone, or in person that have showed support for our plans, thank you too. This includes not only the people that have attended a meeting or an event, sponsored us, given us ideas, contacts or tips, but the Halloween community in general for their support and suggestions.

There are many members of the social media in Edmonton that have help us as well - especially in mentorship. Thanks to Mack, Debra, Britney and Shawna for all your help, tweets, retweets and ideas (plus the hundreds of others who have done the same).

We want to thank the sponsors for all they support they've offered - there will be more thanking with specific links to you shortly. Hey, I need something write about on other days too! :)

The other societies, organizations and groups that have helped us is also a large list everyone will be covered this month too. There are also those that have contacted us looking for information on any of these other groups, or even just looking for a picture or a group of zombies to appear somewhere.

There are actually too many to thank individually - every person that has heard the name and has enjoyed the idea of dEdmonton, whether you are from this city or not - is deserving of thanks. Please keep telling others about it! I'm thankful that we mention it and someone has already heard of it.

And thank you, my dear readers. Enjoy your holiday - I'm just thankful I have another day to prepare...