{"id":449,"date":"2009-11-16T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T05:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:20:22","slug":"375-kilimanjaro-grannies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/16\/375-kilimanjaro-grannies\/","title":{"rendered":"#375 Kilimanjaro Grannies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/16\/375-kilimanjaro-grannies\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>A couple of years ago I was asked to provide a full page portrait for <a title=\"Ottawa Magazine Photo Assignment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawamagazine.com\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ottawamagazine.com%2F','Ottawa+Magazine+Photo+Assignment')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ottawa Magazine<\/a> of <a title=\"Gisele Mansfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gigiclimbskili.com\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gigiclimbskili.com%2F','Gisele+Mansfield')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gisele Mansfield<\/a>, an Ottawa based woman who was part of the team of <a title=\"Kilimanjaro Grannies\" href=\"http:\/\/kiligrannies.com\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fkiligrannies.com%2F','Kilimanjaro+Grannies')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kilimanjaro Grannies<\/a> who were climbing Tanzania&#8217;s Mt Kilimanjaro in support of African Grandmothers.<\/p>\n<p>It was an amazing adventure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa Magazine photo assignment - Kilimanjaro Grannies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/Gisele.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa Magazine photo assignment - Kilimanjaro Grannies\" width=\"299\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa Magazine photo assignment - Kilimanjaro Grannies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I often hear from people I photograph over the years and I recently heard the exciting news that the Kilimanjaro Grannies have produced a book to support African Grandmothers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kilimanjaro Grannies Book Launch\" href=\"http:\/\/kiligrannies.com\/category\/media-events\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fkiligrannies.com%2Fcategory%2Fmedia-events%2F','Kilimanjaro+Grannies+Book+Launch')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The book launch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>December 1st &#8211; 7-9pm <\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Main branch of the Ottawa Public Library &#8211; 120 Metcalfe St. <\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See Gisele&#8217;s note below.<\/p>\n<p>Yay Grannies!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>It\u2019s been two years since our return from Africa and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Since then we have been on another journey, putting to paper a collection of our favourite photos accompanied with innermost fears, joys and thoughts about the climb, our inspiration &#8211; the cause that we are working so hard for.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are so excited that in less than a month our book will finally be available for your viewing pleasure. At only $24.95 it is the perfect gift to yourself, a family member or a friend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Most of the funds raised from the sale of the book will be going to support the African Grandmothers through the Stephen Lewis Foundation. However, $2 of each book sale will go directly to the Snowy Owl AIDS Foundation of Ottawa to help them build Camp Wendake of Eastern Ontario.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are also in need of your support to cover the publishing and marketing costs. We would welcome any pledges of financial support.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We hope that you will be able to join us at our official launch to pick up your signed copies. Please share this invitation with your friends&#8230; we would love to see a \u201cstanding room\u201d only crowd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sincerely and with our heartfelt appreciation,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Kilimanjaro Grannies<br \/>\nGis\u00e8le, Liza, Barb, Janet, Tina and Trudy<\/em> &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet A couple of years ago I was asked to provide a full page portrait for Ottawa Magazine of Gisele Mansfield, an Ottawa based woman who was part of the team of Kilimanjaro Grannies who were climbing Tanzania&#8217;s Mt Kilimanjaro <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/16\/375-kilimanjaro-grannies\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2F375-kilimanjaro-grannies%2F','Continue+reading+%26rarr%3B')\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[81,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6508,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/6508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}