Successful Campaign

Great work on Halloween for Hunger campaign.  Over 900 items were brought in for the Vancouver Food Bank. 

Next campaign will be We Create Change.  The fundraising committee has lots of great ideas they will be sharing with us.  Stay tuned.

Finally Pictures from We Day

Now where did those glasses come from?














There are some happy looking participants!

Are these some movie stars or something?













Looks like Amita is enjoying herself!

More happy faces!

And More on We Day

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We Day was very inspiring! I really enjoyed it. 

When we got there I was bored at first because the host had to keep saying these lines so they can edit them and put this in the T.V. special episode that will be shown on November 11 at 7:00 P.M. on CTV and Much Much.

There were a lot of stars but my three favourites were Magic Johnson, Spencer West, and Craig and Mark Kielburger.

All the other stars were great but I picked those three because they were very inspirational. Magic Johnson, a famous basketball player, is fighting Aids, Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro without any legs, and Craig and Mark created Me to We.  All of them are also very inspirational and I knew about them and I liked them too.

  We Day really changed me and I often think about bullying and how to stand up to stop it.


  By: Balkaran Dhaliwal

More reports from We Day

Here is Harry's report
On October 18, 2012 I went to we day and it was lots of fun. When we got there we had to find our seats and after we found them we sat down. About ten minutes later the show began and I was really excited for it. There were lots of performers there like Demi Lovato, Cody Simpson, One Republic and etc. My favourite band was One Republic. Lots of people came and talked about poverty like Magic Johnson and the Kielburger brothers. They all had very inpiring speeches. I really enjoyed the show, and We Day was really inspiring and if we all work together we can end poverty and BE THE CHANGE.
And from Amita...
On Thursday, October 18, 2012, I went to We Day.  Thousands and thousands of people were there.  First, I was scared that I might get lost but I didn't.  Then we went up the stairs and entered and sat on our seats then the show began.  Lots of famous people came and gave a speech.  In every speech that the famous people gave, they said WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.  And all those speeches touched my heart especially the one when a little girl came up.  She said if we are one anyone can hurt us and harm us, but if we are together no one can hurt or harm us.  So let's make the change!

We Day

19 students and Ms. Jeram, Ms. King, and Laura attended We Day.  Although it was an early morning all had a great time.  To learn more about We Day and to find out when you can watch the broadcast if you were not one of the lucky ones to attend,  here is the link!  Stay tuned for pictures and more reports!

Here is Rajveer's report on the day!
We Day was a very special day. I had so much fun and I liked it a lot. I think We Day was fun,because of the noise,the singers, and the other special people who came. It was very special because of the inspiring speeches and I also learned a lot from those speeches. My favorite part of the We Day was when Sean Desman, Magic Johnson and the Kielburger brothers spoke. We Day was amazing and it was spectacular.

We Scare Hunger

October 31 to November 8th we will be collecting food for the food bank.  You will be asking people to donate when you trick or treat and we are asking all classes to bring in food.  To find out more about this please go to We Scare Hunger on the  Free the Children website. 

The next big campaign we may want to become involved in is We Create Change  about collecting pennies.  This will enable more people in the world to have access to clean water, one of our most basic needs. 

When you look at these campaigns you will see other campaigns that you may want to do at Trudeau.  You need to come to our meetings with your ideas and your knowledge. 

In less than two weeks Division One raised 600 dollars to help the poor in our city.  It's amazing what you can do! 

End Poverty Day, October 17th

 Here we go starting an exciting new year with our Me to We Club.

To learn more about End Poverty Day here is the information that I received from Trish Garner who is coordinating this day!  What can we do at Trudeau?!

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for getting involved with End Poverty Day, student day of action on October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. We now have 20 schools registered all around the province, from Vancouver to Telegraph Creek! Check out our Google map to see them all
New Resources
As you know, all the resources to support you in hosting your events are online at: http://bcpovertyreduction.ca/support-package-for-end-poverty-day  - I've just added a Take Action flyer that you could print and give out and Poverty Buttons if you have a button maker.

Community speaker
If you're planning an event with speakers and you'd like someone who could talk about the personal experience of living in poverty or an anti-poverty activist in your local community, please let me know and I'll try to match you with one of our community partners.

Media
I'll be sending out a media advisory next week to let the media know about this campaign. If you or any of your students would feel comfortable being interviewed on the day, please let me know. Media always like to talk to the people involved, especially young people, so this would really make a difference. Thanks!

Events
Can you all send me a short paragraph about what you have planned for the day so that I can include that on the Google map and on our website?

For inspiration, here's a flash mob created for Homelessness Action Week last year:

Also, the Welfare Food Challenge, which involves eating on $26 for a week, starts on October 16. The website is now up and running here

Winning Some Fun Science Stuff...

After March Break we have our next fundraiser planned.  It's a raffle.  You can win one of two prizes.  Tickets will be 25 cents each or five for a dollar.  All proceeds will go to our Adopt a Village project!

The first is Potato Chip Science.

 Snack on science! Make a science of snacks! Potato Chip Science is the book and kit that’s an irresistible introduction to science for 8- to 12-year-olds. Here are 29 incredible experiments—plus one edible project—that use potato chips, potatoes, potato chip bags, tubes, and lids. Included in the bag are a 96-page two-color book and a dozen items that kids can use for the following “snacktivities”:

Bag Blaster - Bird Feeder - Chipmobile - Chip Analyzer - Chip-Ship Challenge - Chip-Tube Gobbler - “Color” Wheel - Compass - Composter - Confetti Can-non - CSI Detective Kit - Dancing Chips - Electric Wave - Flipper - Hydrofoil - Kissing Tubes - Kite - Mini Extermi-tater - Potato Bender - Potato Chip Crunchies - Potato Battery - Saucer Tosser - Shrunken (Potato) Head - Signal Mirror - Sound Spinner - Spud Crud - Spuddy Buddy - Walkie-Talkie - Windmill

The second is Pop Bottle Science.

It's pure bottled magic! A complete kit that ingeniously marries science and fun in the breakthrough vein of The Bug Book & Bug Bottle (1.7 million copies in print) and The Bones Book & Skeleton (1.65 million copies in print), Pop Bottle Science presents 79 easy, hands-on experiments that probe the worlds of chemistry, physics, biology, geology, weather, the human body, and even astronomy.

The Pop Bottle bottle is a perfect miniature science lab--see-through, flexible, air-tight when necessary, made out of a durable, shatter-proof plastic and designed with a removable top that doubles as a funnel. The Pop Bottle book is a lively, fully illustrated 96-page guide to astonishment. Each experiment begins with a challenge and ends with an explanation of the scientific principles involved. Kids can design a volcano and watch it erupt. Create a tornado-maker and see how twisters work. Make quicksand--is it solid or liquid? Observe photosynthesis in action. Simulate Jupiter's giant red spot, investigate buoyancy, demonstrate inertia, and discover the Bernoulli principle--which allows planes to fly. Plus, turn the bottle into a barometer, a thermometer, walkie-talkie, trombone, compass--or groovy lava lamp.

Candy-grams

Our school's Me to We group recently had a fundraiser called “Candy-Grams”.

A Candy-Gram is a Valentine's Day card with a Hershey kiss attached to it and you can give to someone special. We sold the Candy-Grams for $0.75 each or 5 for $3.00.  The Candy-Grams were a big hit; we sold about 120 Candy-Grams.

We had a contest between the Me to We group on what illustrations we should put on the cards. The three winners of the Candy-Gram contest were Sarthak, Ramdeep, and Rajwinder.

These are the designs chosen for the Candy-Grams.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our fundraiser. With your support, we earned $117.54. The money will go to our Adopt a Village Program in Lai Gow, Rajasthan, India.
Written by Sarthak

Alicia Doo visits Trudeau for our Me to We Assembly

Trudeau's Me to We group had an assembly on February 2nd.  This assembly was to introduce to the school our Adopt a Village Program.  A major part of our Me to We assembly was Alicia Doo doing a presentation. Alicia is a Youth Programming Coordinator and Outreach Speaker.  She comes to schools to talk about Free the Children, on how it all started and how it is going now in the present.

Alicia also had some stories of her own. She told us about her trip to Africa. Alicia told us that she had to hike up this huge mountain to get to a village there. When she went to the top, she noticed a lot of differences from their community to hers in Canada. This village had no schools, no place to get clean water, no medical centres for people that get ill etc.

Alicia also noticed that the houses were made of mud bricks instead of real bricks or of wood. Then she noticed this women coming up to them being really happy that Alicia had come. This woman led Alicia and the group of student volunteers to her home. When they got to the destination, Alicia saw all these kids playing that were the woman's children and they all shared the space in this mud house. They all went inside the mud house but to fit in the mud house, they all had to crouch down. The woman started to give Alicia and the tourists the food that she had and her supply of food was very little. Alicia started to realize that there are actually people that need essentials like food, water, health care, and shelter more than anything else.

Later, she met this little boy. He didn't go to school. Instead of getting an education, he worked. He sold gum to tourists so he can earn money for his family, but the people he worked for actually give him very little of the money that he earned. Alicia and this little boy instantly became friends. When she had to leave, this little boy offered to give her a piece of gum. She knew that giving her this gum without payment was actually going to cost a lot because that gum actually contributes to his life so he can have enough money for him and his family. Alicia kept this gum so that she can remember the friendship she had with that little boy in Africa and that inspired her a lot to work for Free the Children. 

     She was a great part of our Me to We assembly. We loved her presentation and all the things she talked about because it inspires our Trudeau Me to We group because we are also here to support all those people in the poor countries.  We can all make a difference in the world with your help.

Written by Chancey and Shubna

A New Year - New Plans

The Me to We Club has exciting plans for the new year.  First up, we have a big assembly February 2nd to kick off our plans.  Check out the link so that you can learn the dance!!! 

Then you will be able to purchase Candy grams to give your valentines that will be delivered to their classrooms.  And everyone is really excited about the talent show!  Stay tuned!!!