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L.O.V.E. LOCK DOWN PDF Print E-mail

party-posterTattoo Rock Parlour to Host a Benefit Concert and Photo Exhibit in Memory of Dylan Ellis & Oliver Martin

 

On Sunday November 30th, D.O. IT! will host "L.O.V.E. LOCK DOWN!" a benefit concert and photography exhibit at Tattoo Rock Parlour (567 Queen St. W.) in Toronto. This event is in memory of Dylan Ellis, 25 and Oliver Martin, 25 who were tragically lost to gun violence in June of 2008. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased at the door. Doors open at 9pm and the event will go until 2am.

 

The benefit will honour the lives of both Dylan & Oliver, their artistry and the fight against violence. D.O. IT! is a project inspired by the tragic loss of these young men. With a goal of raising awareness and generating funds for Leave Out Violence (LOVE) - a youth violence prevention organization, D.O. It! aims to inspire through music, combat hate and promote PEACE. L.O.V.E. LOCK DOWN will be the premiere event hosted by "D.O. IT!", with many more to follow. The evening will revolve around music, friends, life and LOVE.

 

100% of the event proceeds will be donated to LOVE to help reduce youth violence in Toronto. The main level of Tattoo Rock Parlour will feature live performances by Blues in D - Ben Mcphee and Cody Ellis (the late Dylan Ellis was a former band mate). The lower level cocktail lounge will offer patrons an opportunity to learn more about LOVE, with a photography exhibit featuring the work of Dylan Ellis and LOVE youth. Authentic T-shirts from the well anticipated 2point0 magazine will be available for purchase.

 

About Leave Out Violence (LOVE)

LOVE is a leading Canadian not-for-profit youth violence prevention organization. Through educational programs LOVE helps youth who have lived with violence break the cycle in their lives, and then become community leaders of violence prevention. LOVE gives youth a sense of purpose and a voice empowering them to take a stand against the violence in their lives and their communities.

 

LOVE was created in Montreal in 1993 by Mrs. Twinkle Rudberg after her husband was murdered by a 14 year old boy. The inspiration for LOVE was Mrs. Rudberg's powerful realization that the youth who killed her husband was, himself, a victim of violence. Her vision was to empower youth who understood violence and enable them to stand at the forefront of the movement against violence. Since LOVE began, these youth have reached hundreds of thousands of children, other youth and adults reducing violence in schools communities and homes.

 

For more information please contact: 

Talia Soberano
Event Producer and Coordinator:
T: 647 328 3251

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Kathleen Ryan
D.O. it! Founder and Creative Director

T: 778 994 5756
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Shot side-by-side, ‘brothers’ brought worlds together PDF Print E-mail

dylan-oliverThey were the glue that held so many relationships together.

Since their first meeting in Ms. Gladstone’s Grade 6 class at Brown’s School, Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin were inseparable. Whether they were playing baseball or skateboarding around the neighbourhood with their bleached-blond hair blowing in the wind, their magnetism attracted everyone around them. In their first group interview since the shooting deaths of
Mr. Ellis and Mr. Martin two weeks ago, friends and family searched for words to describe
the closeness the 25-year-olds shared.

“It was like a phrase: Dylan and Oliver,” friend Brendan Jones said.

“They were brothers,” Oliver’s stepfather, Alan Dudeck, said of the two young men who were sitting together in an SUV outside a Richmond Street condo when the tragedy occurred.

 
Through the Eyes of Love PDF Print E-mail

Through the Eyes of LOVE

By: Charlene McFarlane

Motorola’s Raise Your Voice is raising its giving spirit this season in support of LOVE. Through an online gallery showcasing LOVE’s photographs, each time you view a photo in the gallery, Raise Your Voice will donate ten cents to LOVE. The images you will view in this gallery are taken by Canadian youth who have been part of the LOVE program. Help Raise Your Voice raise $10,000 for LOVE by viewing the gallery today!

Please visit www.raiseyourvoice.ca/love or click on the english or french link below.

www.raiseyourvoice.ca/love
www.raiseyourvoice.ca/amour

 
Mourners Gather For Candlelight Vigil PDF Print E-mail

Mourners Gather For Candlelight Vigil

 

 

More than 100 grief stricken friends and family members gathered at the scene of an unprovoked double murder on Friday night, staging a moving candle-light vigil that illuminated the evening sky.  

Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin were shot and killed last week while sitting in an SUV at Richmond and Niagara Streets.  The pair grew up together, and died together. 

"Reflection hasn't even set in...it's still surreal," one attendee said.  "It probably will never fully heal...it's going to take time."

Up to six hundred candles were lit and boquets of flowers lined the street.

Police are still trying to track down a suspect and pin down a motive for the double murder.

vigil-pictureMore than 100 grief stricken friends and family members gathered at the scene of an unprovoked double murder on Friday night, staging a moving candle-light vigil that illuminated the evening sky.

Dylan Ellis and Oliver Martin were shot and killed last week while sitting in an SUV at Richmond and Niagara Streets. The pair grew up together, and died together.

"Reflection hasn't even set in...it's still surreal," one attendee said. "It probably will never fully heal...it's going to take time."

Up to six hundred candles were lit and boquets of flowers lined the street.

Police are still trying to track down a suspect and pin down a motive for the double murder.

SOURCE: CityNews.ca<-->

 
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