Hemp-y Holidays From The DT TO MOB!

Every time we update this blog we get a chance to tell the world how stellar you guys are and today is no exception. In fact, today's blog is an epic example of why the Downtown Toronto MOBilizers are so fantastic!

On Saturday, December 10th we got to see so many epic (MOB)ilizer ideas get put into action! Our Holidays For Haiti event this year is selling hemp bracelets in order to raise money to provide a six month school lunch program to Terre Casse, the Haitian village all 31 MOB cities are supporting this December! This idea was brought to us by our very own Ryan back at our MOB kick off in September and we're super stoked to see how it turns out! If you need any help making your bracelets, check out the awesome video he posted on our group, or contact the leadership team!

We also saw the introduction of our Change4Change jar, suggested by Kas! This jar will be chilling at all our MOB events from now until the end of the year, so feel free to drop your loose nickels and dimes and watch as our donations soar! This month, all our money collected will go to Terre Casse, but come January on, all your spare change will bring us one step closer to developing sustainable change in Llullin Totoras, Ecuador!

This Saturday we also heard from Ellen, who brought in a pretty cool petition about restricting sweatshop labour goods from being sold in the Canadian marketplace. For those of you who came out on Saturday and got to hear Free The Children speaker, Bria talk about Iqbal Masih, the young child labourer who inspired Craig Kielburger to start Free the Children, you'll know how important it is that this bill gets passed. For more information check out http://peterjulian.ndp.ca/post/news-in-the-house-tabling-of-private-members-bill-c-378-an-act-to-prohibit-sweatshop-labour-goods and contact Ellen about signing and bringing the petition into your own schools!

Finally, the last idea brought to our attention is the basis of our Saturday December 17th event! This Saturday will be your opportunity to submit any Holidays for Haiti money you may have collected as well as join us in handing out small gifts to strangers in Toronto with the group Improv In Toronto. For more information, please check your emails for the details about this awesome event suggested to us by Julia and Cassandra!

We are so proud of each and every one of you guys! Feel free to keep sending your ideas our way and we will see you all on Saturday!

MAD MOB LOVE!

THE DTTO (MOB)ILIZERS LEADERSHIP TEAM

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