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We Day Toronto


Recently I had the privilege of volunteering at Free the Children's We Day  working in Media Relations. So among other things I had to learn the key messages of the group, and really fast. Free the Children is one of the largest organizations that mobilizes children to empower other children and they have been doing some fantastic work. The flag ship initiatives are the Adopt a Village program where children raise money to supply food to Kenyan villages as well as the Food Donation drive where children collect can foods during Halloween instead of treats and donate these to local food banks.
We Day is an annual event that seeks to honor the hard work and commitment of children throughout the year and every child present at the lavish event had to have clocked hours in local volunteering. With tributes from A-list celebrities like Nelly Furtado, Kardinal Official and Danny Glover the event was very well planned, impressive and I'm sure the children appreciated it. Koodos to the co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger.
~Love God,Live life,One Enkounter at a Time~

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