Hi! I'm Kerri. I like to see myself as a happy balance between enthusiastic and sarcastic - depending on the time of day. I'm a little new to this blogging thing, so please bear with me until I find my niche!

Kerri’s 3 Things for Calgary

A giant green 3 has never been more exciting! “3 Things for Calgary” is an awesome new campaign that can for sure make a huge difference. The premise is simple, choose 3 things to do as an individual for your street, neighbourhood and city. Seems easy enough, right? Well I agree. But if everyone does…

Child labour: The dark side of chocolate

What comes to mind when you think of child slavery? Sweatshops, right? That’s certainly how it was for me. But would it surprise you to know that almost half of the world’s chocolate is produced by child slaves? About 40 per cent of the world’s cocoa is produced in the farms of West Africa, particularly…

New hero? I think so.

Walking has never been my thing.  I often fall, or trip, or just find anyway to embarrass myself. Even more, after walking for no more than a few blocks up hill, I find myself out of breath. This might add to my amazement for this one man’s story. Nevertheless, his journey is nothing but admirable…

Free Gleek Out Workshop!

http://www.cjsi.ca/shinefmevents/gleekout/ Are you constantly singing? Or were you born dancing? Or maybe you just want to try something new? Well here’s your chance! This Saturday Sept 17, the Youth Singers of Calgary in conjunction with Shine 88.9FM and Cardel Place are holding a free Glee workshop for youth of all ages. Personally, I have been…