Want to learn how people all over Canada are not only living with, but conquering IBD? Join us on Tuesday, March 16th and find out how treatments for IBD have evolved, hear from two people with Crohn’s disease who aren’t letting IBD stop them from scaling Mount Everest, and learn more about IBD and pregnancy!

The speakers we have assembled for these not-to-forget evenings, including Robert Hill and Clinton Shard, will inspire you with their stories and photos.

The Toronto talk is first up on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 7 pm to 9 pm at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Click here for event details.

The Calgary talk takes place at the Libin Lecture Theatre of the Health Science Centre from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Click here for event details.

The Prize
IDEAS is giving away two (2) tickets to an Olympic hockey game in Vancouver, BC as the prize in a Twitter contest to raise awareness of intestinal diseases. Hockey is one of the most sought-after tickets to the games and you could be walking into that venue to catch live, in-person hockey action, with a friend, absolutely free!

Here’s how the contest works:

Entries must be received on Thursday, February 4, 2010 between 12:01am and 11:59pm PST. To enter, please follow these steps:

1. Follow IDEAS on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/weneedideas

2. On Thursday, February 4, 2010 between 12:01am and 11:59 pm PST, tweet the following from your own Twitter account:

I’m following @weneedIDEAS to raise twareness of intestinal diseases and win Olympic hockey tickets, you can too: http://bit.ly/9APCq0

3. Watch your Twitter account on Monday, February 8, 2010 to find out if you’ve won. The winner will be announced before noon PST.

If you don’t have a Twitter account you can sign-up for free at http://www.twitter.com/signup.

Contest information
This is a free, Twitter-only giveaway contest. These Olympic hockey tickets were donated to IDEAS and are being given away, there is no contest entry fee.

The winner will be notified via Twitter from @weneedIDEAS via an @reply tweet and a direct message.

Contest rules
Only one entry per contestant will be entered into the random draw. All valid entries will be assigned a sequential number and a winning number will be selected using http://www.random.org. Unfortunately, only British Columbia residents are eligible to win.

If a winner is unable to claim their prize, numbers will be selected randomly until an eligible winner is found. IDEAS is the sole judge of the contest winner.

Ari Sussman is sailing across the Atlantic to raise awareness and funds for the Crohn