We are Silent

We had a successful We are Silent afternoon.  This is in honour of those who don't have a voice, who don't have the rights and privileges we do.

 After a slow start we had many participants and each bought a We are Silent mask for a dollar so that we made about 250 dollars profit to donate to our Me to We project in India.  All students were silent for the afternoon but some began earlier taking the vow all day.  Here are a couple of impressions of the afternoon from two Division One students

"We are doing the Vow of Silence right now, at

this moment.  It feels very different as I'm writing.  My neighbour who sits beside me would be normally chattering away if not for this Vow of Silence.  But, that is not the point of this, to keep noisy people from talking.  The major point in this whole thing is that others in this world don't have a right to speak up and defend or choose for themselves.  They don't get the opportunity.  So I feel pretty good knowing that we're doing this, supporting this!  I've done the Vow of Silence before and it felt weird to talk again afterwards.
But then, I got to realize that we get to talk and laugh and have that right after not speaking for so long yet the kids who we are doing this for won't!  They are stuck like that!  Knowing that feels terrible.  Then I know I am helping them and it helps the bad feeling inside.  I am very thrilled to be doing this We are Silent."  Arshpreet

"Today after lunch the Me to We club and other students and teachers around the school took part in the We are Silent.  Me to We had a fundraiser to sell We are Silent masks for a dollar.  On April 17th we decided to be silent.
It feels very quiet without talking.  I almost talked because if you want to tell someone something important you have to communicate but since I took a vow of I have to keep that vow.  Being silent makes me feel like I don't have a voice either, but it is great that our school has raised money to help kids who don't have a voice."  Ramdeep


Our next project will be asking for donations from those attending  our intermediate musical, the History of Rock and Roll on May 16.

What has been happening with Me to We?!

Here is a picture from our latest We to Me meeting.

We have had a busy few months in We to Me.  We had a very successful food drive at Christmas for the Food Bank.  900 items were collected as well as a donation of $90 that Division One made selling snacks to parents who attended the Christmas primary play.

We collected three hundred dollars worth of pennies for the the Free the Children/Royal Bank Clean Water campaign.  This is enough to give 12 people fresh water for life.That was a lot of penny counting.

The next fund raising event was selling candy grams for Valentine Day.   170.70 was raised.  We also had a fun event when we had the senior boys and girls basketball teams play a mixed exhibit game.  Spectators paid a dollar raising another $46.

Next project planned is the We are Silent annual fundraising and awareness-raising campaign.  Once again we are planning to sell masks to people to participate in our afternoon of silence and some students will be collecting pledges for being silent as well.   This event is to stand up for children who are being silenced by the denial of their basic human rights.