Stargate / Sanctuary - Amanda Tapping - YMCA Vancouver Community Award: Cast Your Vote

At YMCA Vancouver (Canada), Amanda Tapping (Col. Samantha Carter in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, Dr. Helen Magnus in Sanctuary) has been nominated for the Women of Distinction Award for 2010. In conjunction with that nomination, YMCA Vancouver is also sponsoring Connecting the Community Award. Cast your vote!

At YMCA Vancouver:



Amanda Tapping

The nominees have selected one of these YWCA program areas and explained why she chose it (please follow the link for the complete list of nominees):

* Early learning and care for children
* Reducing child poverty
* Safe and affordable housing
* Healthy choices for youth
* Preventing violence against women

The nominee with the most votes will receive the Connecting the Community award. The recipient will be announced at the Awards event on June 1 and Scotiabank will designate $10,000 to the YWCA program area that she chose.



Amanda Tapping as Dr. Helen Magnus (Sanctuary)

Rules

* Voters can vote once per day
* Starting May 21 at noon the results page will be hidden
* Voting ends May 28 at noon


At 2010 Nominees - Arts, Culture and Design, Amanda Tapping's information:

AMANDA TAPPING

Through her passionate and very real portrayal of strong female characters, Amanda has inspired countless women both in and out of the television industry. She mentors women both informally and formally through WIFT-V’s Flash Forward. She was recently awarded Women in Film’s “Woman of Vision” Award. Amanda spent a record-breaking and award-winning 12 years starring as Samantha Carter in Stargate: SG1 and the popular spinoff Stargate: Atlantis. Following on the heels of that success, Amanda took on the role of lead actor and Executive Producer in the television series Sanctuary. This creative visionary was recently inspired to launch her own charitable foundation, Sanctuary for Kids that supports local and international charities providing vital aid to children and youth in crisis.

Connecting the Community Award quote:

"Through our foundation, Sanctuary for Kids, I have seen first hand what an enormous difference we can make by supporting families in need. I choose to support YWCA's reducing child poverty initiatives because there is nothing more important than giving all children a fair chance at a healthy and rewarding life. Absolutely everyone deserves that."

Stargate / Sanctuary - Gabit Events: Amanda Tapping - AT5 - Reverberation Feb 2011

At Gabit Events:

(Please follow the link for more information on the event.)

GABIT Events are proud to announce Amanda Tapping’s fifth AT event with us.



AT5 – REVERBERATION

11th – 13th February 2011

The Charities to benefit from this event will be Amanda’s new Charity Initiative “Sanctuary for Kids” & “Hearing Dogs for Deaf People”.

DATE: 11th – 13th February 2011



Fans will travel light ears to see Amanda Tapping!

Venue: Renaissance Hotel, Bath Road, Heathrow, London, UK

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE NO LONGER TAKE CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS. PAYMENT WILL BE STRICTLY BY UK ENGLISH CHEQUE IF YOU ARE A UK RESIDENT OR DIRECT BANK TRANSFER IN UK FUNDS IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE UK.

Ticket Prices:
Weekend Ticket price:- £199 ( including Tax, VAT @17.5%)
Charmed Pass Upgrade add on:- £95 ( including Tax, VAT @17.5%)

Sanctuary - Pop Culture Zoo: Amanda Tapping & Damian Kindler Interview

At Pop Culture Zoo:

(Please follow the link for the complete Pop Culture Zoo interview.)

Catching Up With Amanda Tapping And Damian Kindler



Director Martin Wood, Creator Damian Kindler and Amanda Tapping

By Joseph Dilworth Jr.
Published March 23, 2010

Transcription by Katrina King. Second rule of Katrina King is you do NOT talk about Katrina King!

Season Two of the hit Syfy series Sanctuary brought several changes to the show as well as putting our favorite characters through the emotional ringer. Like many viewers, I had a few observations and questions regarding what went on. A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to catch up with Amanda Tapping and Damian Kindler, two of the creative forces behind the show. We talked about what has gone before, teased what is to come and also talked about the foundation the two have set up with Jill Bodie, “Sanctuary For Kids.”


A brief excerpt:

PCZ: And so, going into this third season, you of course have seven more episodes to do. How does that throw your production schedule out of whack?

DK: Well, it’s a real champagne problem, right? I mean, it may play a bit of havoc with the production schedule and all that, but you get to tell some very deep, longer stories, and setup stories, and get some interesting character and story arcs into the show, finally, that make more sense to do with twenty than we could do before with thirteen.

AT: It just means that we have to take more vitamins. And eat better.
(laughter)
DK: Yeah, you need both of those things.

AT: It really does. We need to get more sleep, eat better, and take more vitamins.
DK: And exercise.

AT: And exercise! There’s not enough time!
DK: Nope.

Sanctuary - The Tasting Room: Amanda Tapping Audio Interview

At The Tasting Room:

January 2, 2010

First show of 2010 includes two part interviews with Amanda Tapping (Stargate/Sanctuary) and someone claiming to be Eric McCormack (Will and Grace). The Wine Diva has her own two parter on the best Reds and Whites of 2009.



...The SHOW

Amanda Tapping is a worker bee. After many years of starring in Stargate, instead of relaxing, she immediately begins working on a new series called Sanctuary which begins it's first year screening on the Internet. It's now entering it's third year on the SyFy Channel. Just back from a promo trip to Paris we talk aliens, scifi fans, food, wine and her new project Sanctuary for Kids. www.sanctuaryforkids.org

Also available as a podcast on iTunes.

Sanctuary - Huffington Post: Amanda Tapping Interview + Photos & Video

At the Huffington Post:

(Please follow the link for the complete LENGTHY interview, photos & video.)

Amanda Tapping Launches Charity Website and Gives Sanctuary Spoilers

by Jenna Busch

Posted: November 12, 2009

Just when you thought sci-fi legend Amanda Tapping couldn't get any cooler...for eleven years, she starred as Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter in Stargate SG-1. Colonel Sam also appeared in twenty five episodes of Stargate Atlantis. She's guest starred on Stargate Universe. And she's currently starring in one of my favorites, Sanctuary. If you're not watching it, and you should be, Tapping plays Dr. Helen Magnus, a hundred-and-fifty-seven-year-old English scientist who runs a sanctuary for non-human creatures (vampires, mermaids ... the kind you don't see in zoos). The show is largely filmed in front of a green screen and was the first North American show to use the RED camera exclusively.

Tapping has just started a charity called “Sanctuary for Kids,” which will raise money for smaller charities, the ones that have suffered the most during this economic mess we find ourselves in. They'll be auctioning off a Sanctuary set visit, props from the show and a Skype chat with Tapping and the show's creator Damian Kindler. Tapping tells us that she knows how generous sci-fi fans can be, and that she knows they'll be willing to help out. Tapping also gave us some great info on what's coming up on the show, whether or not she'll be appearing on another episode of Ghost Hunters and reuniting with SG-1 costar Michael Shanks during his guest appearance on her show. (Check out our exclusive first look at photos from the episode, "Penance" with Shanks [at the link above], and a sneak peek of Friday's episode, "Fragments.")

Sanctuary - SciFi Wire: Meet Sanctuary's Amanda Tapping and help out her charity

At SyFy's SciFi Wire:

(Please follow the link for the complete SciFi Wire article>)

Meet Sanctuary's Amanda Tapping and help out her charity!

How much do we love Sanctuary's Amanda Tapping? A lot more since we've heard about her new charitable foundation, "Sanctuary for Kids," designed to support charities that provide aid to children in crisis.

To kick-start the foundation, Tapping will auction off a set visit, props and other items from the Syfy series Sanctuary this month; check out the official site for more information.

We've pasted the foundation's full announcement [at the link above].

... For more information on Sanctuary for Kids and upcoming auctions, visit http://www.sanctuaryforkids.org

Sanctuary - GateWorld: Tapping’s ‘Sanctuary for Kids’ charity launches

At GateWorld:

(Please follow the link for the complete GateWorld article.)

Tapping’s ‘Sanctuary for Kids’ charity launches



Thursday - November 5, 2009

by Darren Sumner

The brand new charity organization sponsored by actress Amanda Tapping and the team at Sanctuary has officially opened its doors! Sanctuary for Kids aims to raise money “to provide sanctuary for children who do not live with the right of safety in their lives.”

The organization was founded by Tapping, along with Sanctuary creator (and former Stargate SG-1 writer) Damian Kindler and Jill Bodie, a teacher and social worker. Its goal is to leverage the show and the actors, and the generosity of science fiction fans, to raise money to then distribute to other charities that do work in children’s safety and welfare...