Feel Good Day McGill - RECESS!

The Feel Good Day Club at McGill University recently held a wonderful campus event called The Recess Block Party

Here's some photos from the event....


Outdoor fun!

Pumpkin carving!

Bobbing for Apples!

Free donuts and coffee!

Free candy and condoms!

Making people happy!


The McGill Feel Good Day Club Rocks!

to get in touch with them, send them an email at feelgooddaymcgill@gmail.com

have a great day!

The Marvelous Monday Message

Got two minutes to feel good???

Every Monday, Feel Good Day sends out a fun and inspiring feel-good message to its Facebook group, "Team Feel Good Day".

Here's some examples of previous Marvelous Monday Messages:

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September 1st, 2008:



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March 3rd, 2008:

allrighteee.....

here we go:

What word in the english language rhymes with "orange"???

(I'll give you a clue: it rhymes with...uhh....nevermind, no clue....)

got it??? You sure???

trick question! Nothing in the english language rhymes with "orange"

So if you got that answer, you're a winner.

And you know what, even if you didn't get the answer, you're still a winner, because you're YOU, and YOU are a specially gifted human being, and a winner in the game of life (no matter what you might think rhymes with 'orange').

have a GREAT day!

- feel good

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February 11th, 2008:

Here's a recipe for having a great day...

STEP 1: Smile. Even if you have to force it, even if it's only momentary, even if you're tired and/or in a bad mood, go ahead and smile. That's step one.

STEP 2: Think of your three bestest qualities. Maybe you're a really great dancer; maybe you're a really generous person; maybe you're a Guitar Hero superstar; whatever. Anything about you that makes you stand out in your own mind, think about it.

STEP 3: Got a mirror??? Take a look.... Within that mirror, you'll find a beautiful, unique, smiling, happy person, with a number of fantastic qualities... That person staring back at you is all you need to have a super great day.

There.... Did you follow the three easy steps??? hope so...have a great day.....(but I didn't have to tell you that, did I?)

- feel good

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There's plenty more examples just like those... Sometimes they are a bit more risque, sometimes they're more simple, more complex, funnier.... They are all unique in their own way, just like you!

So if you'd like to receive these Marvelous Monday Messages, you can either join the Facebook group, Team Feel Good Day, or if you don't have Facebook, receive them by email-- just send your email address to feelgoodday@gmail.com

have a GREAT day!

- feel good

a look back at the FIRST EVER Feel Good Day Event!

Our First Annual Basketball Tournament Fundraiser!

June 21st, 2008: A day that will go down in history as Feel Good Day's first major fundraiser.

Coordinated by a team of feel-gooders led by Drew Miller and Sebastien Gatti and located at the legendary Hampstead Basketball Court, the tournoi was HUGELY successful.


Food and refreshments served all day. Music provided by DJ PG-13. Fun in the sun. Some great basketball with some great players.... All for a great cause.




Big Action!



In the background: Burkie Reid, Montreal Matrix star

No shortage of spectators


Kris Joseph--- Tournament participant, future NBA All Star???


Justin Elkaim running the scoreboard and representing hard.


Cheerleaders!



Yes, there was a Slam-Dunk Competition



The Kids can dig it



Thank You to Dagwoods for sponsoring the event

Each player on the winning team received a brand new pair of Nike Running Shoes, courtesy of TrojanOne Marketing.

What a GREAT event!

Thank you to the players, organizers, and everyone who came out to support us!

Stride to Succeed, MAB, and FGD

Once a week, with the help of the volunteers from Stride to Succeed, students from the Montreal Association of the Blind embarked on what might seem like an impossible journey--- learning how to skate.

This wonderful program was hugely successful, giving these students the time of their lives. By the last day of this 6 week program, these students were skating like champs.

To celebrate the completion of the skating workshop, Stride to Succeed invited Feel Good Day to organize a final celebration.

Jesse, Nathaniel and Scott Berish- the founders of Stride to Succeed

An award ceremony for all the kids

What a great day! What a great program! What great kids!

(sorry for blotting out everyone's face.... legal issues and stuff)

A Gem at J.E.M.

On Wednesday, May 21st, Team Feel Good Day headed to J.E.M., a workshop for mentally and emotionally handicapped Montrealers.

On the worker's lunchbreak, we distributed cupcakes, coffee and juice, played all sorts of games (bowling, bean-bag toss, and board games) and made get-well cards for people in the hospital.



Drew Miller, Arthur Cohene, and Nathaniel Devine--- three Team Feel Good Day regulars.













Maxine Berlin from Feel Good Day Concordia and Alex Oppen, from the upcoming Feel Good Day Dalhousie.



What a day!

Stay tuned for some great photos from the event....

Concordia Stress-Buster

April 16th, 2008: Feel Good Day Concordia's inaugural event.

Candy, feel good messages, and smiles.... A simple way to make your day...

Good Luck with Exams!

Some Easter Fun...

Late in March, Feel Good Day McGill holds an Easter Bunny Chocolate-O-Thon, handing out candy and Feel Good Vibes all over the McGill Campus.....

And for an added touch, they gather a group of kiddo's from the McGill daycare and do some arts and crafts..... (but there's no pics of the kids...it's illegal, or somethin like that)...

What a splendid event....

Welcome to the Club!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Madames et Monsieurs, Senoras y Senores, there's TWO new Feel Good Day clubs in town...

The first is Feel Good Day Dawson!

Started this year by a team of young do-good enthusiasts, the Feel Good Day club at Dawson College has gotten off to a roaring start. They've helped at events at the Shriners and Children's hospitals, have had internal Dawson events, have already secured a killer club space, and are speading the Feel-Good-Vibe all over campus.

You can get in touch with them through their email address, feelgooddaydawson@gmail.com or through their facebook group, The Feel Good Club Dawson Chapter.




The second is Feel Good Day Concordia!

While still not officially a student club, this future student organization has the makings of greatness. With a small but strong and gifted core of new University students eager to pitch-in towards making the world a better place, Feel Good Day is sure to take hold at one of Montreal's most visible institutions. Step one, deal with the bureaucratic ins and outs. Step two, make people feel good. Ready......GO!

You can get in touch with them through their email address, feelgooddayconcordia@gmail.com or through their facebook group, Feel Good Day Concordia.



So that's it for now. The student movement is growing, the Feel-Good-Vibes are spreading, and the world is slowly but surely becoming a happier place.


have a GREAT day!

- feel good

DO YOU FUNK???

Do you like live music???

Do you like live FUNK music???

On Thursday, February 21st, come see New Groove Orchestra with opener Box Exploder and DJ Scott Bailey.

The doors open at 9, at Gerts bar, 3480 McTavish (on McGill campus)

It's a Feel Good Day event, so you know it'll be good.

The Feel Good Day B.M.W.

Were you in downtown Montreal Friday evening???



Did you happen to catch Feel Good Day's B(us). M(etro). W(alk). cruising by???

Stay Tuned for some video of the event

(I know I always say that, but I promise it's coming :-)

- Feel Good

Feel Good Day at the Children's Hospital

Walking in to the hospital's doors, you're greeted by Big Bird, Winnie the Poo, and other fun characters...



Just before you reach the waiting room, a team of happy and enthusiastic youngsters hand you candy, stickers, and a feel good message telling you how wonderful you are...





As you enter the main hospital area, you wonder what all the commotion is--- there's a booth set up with free bagels and free hot chocolate, there's a small table with kids doing arts and crafts, there's throngs of young people in colorful shirts and happy smiles walking around handing out candy, feel good messages, teddy bears, puzzles, stickers, and other fun stuff.....



Then you see the brochure--- November 13th 2007 is a Feel Good Day at the Montreal Children's Hospital....












Stay tuned for more pictures and videos from this AWESOME event!





Thank you to Feel Good Day McGill, Feel Good Day Dawson, and everyone who participated!

And BIG HUGGS to our wonderful sponsors, who helped make this day happen...

Feel Good Day at the Shriners Hospital

On Monday, October 22nd, Feel Good Day went to the Montreal Shriners Hospital to make people there feel good!

Here's some photos from the event...

--- Stuff to bring to the Shriners: Feel-Good-Flyers, Candy, Teddy Bears, Gifts.....



---Members of Feel Good Day McGill, Feel Good Day Dawson, and Team Feel Good Day, along with Guylaine Ouellet, director of public relations at the hospital.



--- Walkin through the hospital



---Interacting with the patients

(this photo has been removed--- it is illegal for us to post images of hospital patients in a public forum-- sorry)


--- Learning a thing or two about the hospital



--- She's one happy employee!




-- She is too!



--- So are they!

What a WONDERFUL day!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this

Feel Good Day a HUGE success!

Where did we come from???

Originally, Feel Good Day was an event put on by a McGill University club. The club was (and still is) called Liberated Bodies, and their mission is to raise awareness about eating disorders, and promote healthy body image. Feel Good Day - one of the club's first major events - was simply about raising self-esteem. Today, Feel Good Day is about so much more, but it is still firmly rooted in the mission to make people feel good about themselves.

Here is a link to a news article about Liberated Bodies and the original Feel Good Day.


Here is a link to a news-clip that featured the first ever Feel Good Day event. Enjoy!

Feel Good Day

WATCH this video!!!

It'll give you a great idea of what we actually do.... And it's from one of our first ever events...

Feel Good Day in the News