The shirts are being sold online

T-shirts give $1M boost to flood relief



If you spend any time this week at Stampede Park, you are sure to come across some very interesting T-shirts.



Many carry colourful and funny messages — some too colourful to print in a family newspaper.



But this year, the one T-shirt you’re likely to see in abundance is a black one bearing the words Hell or High Water.



The shirts were launched June 24 as Stampede officials stood atop a hill overlooking Stampede Park and announced to the world that this year’s Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth would go on despite massive flooding in the city and on the grounds. On June 29, the Stampede launched a kids’ version of the shirt, bearing the phrase Heck or High Water.



The response has been overwhelming. More than 100,000 have been sold so far, raising more than $1 million for the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Floods Fund, with half the price of each sale going to relief efforts.



It’s been an amazing campaign that will continue until midnight on the final day of the Stampede.



Chris Drabwell, a visitor from London, was sporting one of the shirts Tuesday at his first Stampede.



“I wanted to help with all the flooding that’s gone on over here. Being new to Calgary myself and seeing how hard hit people have been, I thought I’d help out and give what I can, and I bought a T-shirt,” said Drabwell.



“I think it’s a great message and it says whatever happens, Calgary will crack on and get the job done. The Stampede will still work. It will still go ahead.”



Jackie McAtee, director of consumer marketing for the Calgary Stampede, said the organization is “totally overwhelmed” by how fast the shirts are being snapped up by locals and visitors.



“I think it’s something that is actually deeper than the Stampede. The Stampede was a rallying point for it. But it means more that people were able to buy these, support the community, support the rebuilding of southern Alberta,” said McAtee.



“The Stampede’s a not-for-profit organization. So our ability to get behind a fundraising campaign comes from the support we get from the community, and this is one way that enables us to give back to southern Alberta communities through the Red Cross Alberta Floods Fund.”



The shirts are being sold online through the Calgary Stampede Store and at numerous locations throughout the park this week.



Just how popular are they?



Well, they were sold out of shirts Monday night, and 10,000 more were being brought onto the park Tuesday.



The Stampede says shirt suppliers in Western Canada have had to go into their other warehouses to find black T-shirts to keep up with the demand. When the Stampede ran out of shirts in the west, it had to look east and as far south as Carolina to bring black shirts to Calgary.



Three limited edition Hell or High Water shirts have been sent to Nashville to be signed by country music stars and will be auctioned off in the future. The Stampede says more details will come on that.



“It is a message. It is definitely a message for this year. Our grounds two weeks ago were underwater and now we have an amazing amount of visitors every day coming through,” McAtee said. “But the message is also about the resilience of our communities, those communities that have been hit hard. You think of High River. You think ofHow to make sure your alineweddingdresses. all those communities that really have to get support, and we need to and have to support them.”



Zanu-PF has dismissed reports that it took delivery of one million T-shirts and campaign materials from China.



Some news agencies quoted Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo as confirming that the party received the election materials from China ahead of the launch of its election manifesto at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield in Harare on Friday.



However, Gumbo yesterday dismissed the news reports saying he never said what was being attributed to him.

"Zanu-PF dismisses reports from some publications that it received some T-shirts and campaign materials from China with the contempt they deserve.



"The party, through his Excellency President Mugabe,Strapless bella canadagoosejacket with contrasting band and drapes under the bustline. sourced those materials.



"Such reports are aimed at driving a wedge between us and our all weather friends in Beijing," said Gumbo.



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Zanu-PF national political commissar told party supporters at Zimbabwe Grounds last Friday that the beautiful regalia had been donated to the party by the First Family which used its own money to rescue the party after it pleaded financial constraints.



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