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Taking care of business: 8 tactics to change the world while you work
What did you want to be when you grew up? Do you remember when you were a kid and you thought you could do anything? You still can. Despite your age, or where you fall on the eco-spectrum, your actions have an impact, so make it positive for all of us that share your world.
Turning a House into a Home
When an abused woman finally escapes, she is left with little more than the clothes on her back. Even though social services will do all they can to help, she is often left with no chairs to sit on, no bed to sleep in, and no dishes to eat with.
Beautifulcity.ca Volunteer Sedina
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Sedina Fiati volunteers with the Beautiful City Alliance, a collective of over 29 community organizations from across the Greater Toronto Area which are lobbying to create a billboard fee which will go towards supporting youth arts initiatives. Originally known as the Beautiful City Billboard Fee (BCBF), the collective of organizations that have come together of the years are as diverse as its mandate, encompassing a wide variety of voices, from the Art Gallery of Ontario to the Grassroots Youth Collaborative. According to a recently conducted Pollara poll 66% of Torontonians support the idea of charging a fee to billboard advertisers to fund more public art. Together the alliance aims to raise over 6 million dollars annually in order to support public art. Sedina fits into the collective naturally, with a background in youth engagement and theatre. Sedina works professionally as the outreach coordinator / rAiz’n developer for b current.
Kiwanis Club of North York Volunteer Peter
Peter Douglas volunteers his time with the Kiwanis Club of North York. Formed in 1950, the club is part of worldwide Kiwanis International, that has over 300,000 members in over 70 countries. It hopes to help build better communities and help educate and support underprivileged children.
LetsStopAIDS Volunteer Yvonne
“I got involved because it felt natural to lend a hand to those in need- holding a door, joining in on school yard clean ups, donating to those down on their luck- they were all simple tasks that didn’t warrant a request. When I realized the magnitude of the global HIV and AIDS pandemic 4 years ago I knew I needed to do what I could to help so I volunteered with LetsStopAIDS.”
CARD volunteer Ingrid Hanslep
Ingrid volunteers her time with CARD (community riding for the disabled). CARD’s therapeutic horseback riding program benefits riders who seek physical or cognitive therapies, who have a variety of disabilities, including Autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.
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