Blue Earth Day is an Earth Day celebration and Fund-raiser for Olivia Blue. The event is free to get in but you are highly encouraged to donate or participate in the raffle. We begin the day with a live Gong Meditation by Gong Master Ed Cleveland and Company from 12 to 1pm. Afterwards Ed will be setup with his new best seller book for sale and he will signing signing copies. Then at 1:30 we will have an Ecstatic dance lead by Kelli Joy with a performance by Cosmic Hue. There will also be a free Yoga class starting 2pm with Kellie Jean and then the drums begin.
The Drum Circle is going to be a two part Drum Circle that will begin at 3pm and goes till 5pm and Afro Cuban drum master extraordinaire Philip Seward will be leading circle. After the first drum circle, there will be a live music halftime concert performance by one of CT's most groovy and treasured group of musicians The Grays and friends.
We will then do the raffle and find our winners. After the raffle we have another one of CT's own favorite bands HannaH's Field. They will be taking the stage for an unforgettable performance with the full band.
Once HannaH's Field finishes there set we will then join HannaH and bliss in lighting the bonfire and creating a sacred circle before we begin the second half of the drum circle. drumming will happen till 8:30 and then we will have a closing ceremony to complete this amazing experience.
There also will be face painting and some vendors as well who are going to be donating the money they make at the event to the fundraiser.
Tickets: $5 each and there is no limit to how many you can buy.
To purchase tickets venmo Amy Marie Dubenetsky: @Amy-Dubenetsky.
In your venmo notes please put "Blue Earth Day" followed by what raffle Item number # you would like to try for. If you would like to enter for more than one, please specify how many tickets you want on what item number(s).
Raffle Items
There will be FIVE drums so you will have 5 chances to win!! The grand prize drum is a professionally built WULA Djembe
Five gift certificates for a private 30 minute gong meditation by master Ed Cleveland (Value $100 each)
Alternatively if you want to make a donation and can not attend and aren't interested in the raffle you can donate to her go fund me. https://gofund.me/78084e22 )
Volunteering Opportunities
We need help setting up, organizing the event and cleaning up. Anyone who would like to help please contact Andrew Prue (PM through Facebook) or email info@oursanctuary.org.
“Olivia Blue is many things: an artist, an adoring animal lover, an ally to the plants and flowers, a compassionate partner, a loyal friend and loving daughter. She is also my sister. She was recently in a violent and traumatic accident, and she needs our help. Anyone who has the privilege of knowing Olivia knows how incredibly big her heart is, and how she shows up for the people and places she loves with so much spunk, joy and “Olivia-izness” that lights up any room she enters. She has not had an easy path in life, and I have watched her fearlessly meet battle after battle since we were kids. She was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome when she was just a baby. Commonly known as, “EDS” this rare connective tissue disorder means she bumps and bruises easily, dislocates her joints on a daily basis, has received stitches upwards of 80+ times starting at 6 months old, and lives with a high level of chronic pain that debilitates her from most activities that able-bodied people take for granted.
On Friday, February 3, 2023, Olivia was involved in a horrible dog attack that left her with a mangled arm, and serious trauma to her face. She no longer has a nose. She now has 2 plates, 8 screws and 2 pins in her arm, and fractures that will take upwards of 6-8 months to heal. She has significant ligament and nerve damage in her hand that will take 9-12 months to heal. (Hopefully) In 4 weeks' time, she will head into the first of what we think will be 3-4 surgeries over the span of 12 months to reconstruct parts of her face.
Olivia’s body has an incredible capacity for healing. She has faced all kinds of trauma with perseverance and a positive attitude. But she’s in shock and needs our support. She will be unable to work for the foreseeable future, so these funds will alleviate the stress of suddenly becoming unemployed. There is also no guarantee her insurance will cover her new nose as it may be deemed “elective cosmetic surgery” so she is potentially facing a $40k+ medical bill. These funds will also help her in the future with laser treatment for any substantial scarring she incurs on her face, allowing her to live a more confident life. She has a long road to recovery ahead of her and every little bit counts.
This is tragic. And scary. But she will be okay, eventually. She needs to focus on healing at the moment, so let us support her in picking up some of the other pieces? I believe in the power of community to come together in times of need.”
With so much love and gratitude,
Miranda Isobel, her lil sis and Emelie Winiski, her best friend