Free the Children has hosted a yearly event called We Day. This year it came to Calgary! I was able to join 18 000 youth in Calgary to attend this awesome event at the Saddledome this year. It was inspiring and so much fun.
Free the Children also hosts a number of campaigns, which they discussed at We Day: We are Love, We Stand Together, We Are Silent, Mini We Day…
And the fundraiser I am here to tell you about today! We Create Change.
It’s a wonderful idea. The campaign is basically a penny drive, but for a great cause.
We take pennies and collect them in bags:
Who doesn’t have at least a few pennies lying around their house unused? It’s a great opportunity to get rid of them, and allow those pennies to do something with their lives. And, don’t forget – even one penny is a step towards making a huge difference for someone in need.
Then we collect enough pennies to fill the bag, which usually amounts to approximately $25 dollars.
Now, you might say, “That’s not much!”. But here’s the cool part. $25 dollars can bring clean drinking water to one person for a lifetime. When you really think about the change that clean drinking water can make in a person’s life, it’s amazing. And totally worth those pennies.
The bags are brought to any RBC bank, and then RBC takes them in for Free the Children. And magic happens, and one person’s life is made better by a lot. It’s a win win situation. You clear out your piggy bank, and they get clean water.
Where can you get these bags? Ask your leadership teacher at school.
Happy penny collecting.
It’s time to create some change!