Make Poverty History . Micah Challenge

Saturday night is our first get-together of the year! Join us as we take a look at the Make Poverty History and Micah Challenge campaigns; both focus on justice for the poor of the world.

As always, there will be music, food and plenty to chat about.

See you there!

MAKE POVERTY HISTORY .

MICAH CHALLENGE

more and better aid . trade justice .

cancel the debt . end child poverty in canada

AN EVENING OF MUSIC, FAITH & CONVERSATION

SATURDAY, January 5th @ 7:30pm

First Baptist Church, 5th & Gillett

DEC 30: Breakfast at St. Vinnie's

This is a quick note to let you know that on the morning of Sunday, December 30th, we will be serving breakfast at the St. Vincent de Paul Society's Drop-In Centre.
Let's round out the new year on a hopeful note, with our friends at St Vinnie's!

Please let us know if you are planning on attending. Thanks a lot!

Ben

Serving Breakfast at St. Vincent's
SUNDAY, December 30th, from 8am-11am
St. Vincent de Paul Drop-In Centre
1180 3rd Avenue

January Poster

Hey! Hey! Hey! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Above is the poster for our NEW YEAR'S soiree, at which we will be talking about both the MAKE POVERTY HISTORY & MICAH CHALLENGE campaigns. We need your help to let people know what we're up to, so this poster is for you!

Check it out... it's going to be a rockin time.

See you on January 5th!!

Fair Trade

At our "CAN'T BUY ME LOVE" gathering on December 1st, Roxanne was gracious enough to provide us with some information on Fair Trade. Below are a couple of links of interest...

http://www.transfair.ca/

http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/

Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign

http://www.salvationarmy.ca/

A note from Andrea:

Hello Everyone!!!

18 Days Till Christmas!!!

If you're working...hope it's going well.

If you're a student...study hard...and Best of Luck on exams.

Just a reminder about the "SALVATION ARMY - CHRISTMAS KETTLE CAMPAIGN!''

This is a crucial month for the sally ann as they raise a significant portion of their funds for the entire year in the month of December.

If you are interested in Volunteering for the kettle campaign, please call the Salvation Army at #564 - 4000.

You can volunteer even for 1 hour (or more)...and that is extremely helpful - and if you want, you can ask for a particular location.

Thanks so much.

Hope you see you around town jingling those bells!!!

Sincerely,

Andrea

You can't buy me love, but you can give me a hug!

Our gathering on Saturday was great. Lots of people attended despite the icky weather. Last year only 2 people not directly involved in the workings of SATS came. We definitely surpassed that. The SATS band showcased a new song, in the style of the prog rock/new wave music of the 80s, but in a good way. A really good way. It was a great song.

We watched Sarah McLachlan's music video for her song World On Fire. You should watch it. The first time I watched it, I cried. There are a few versions, so make sure you watch the one that opens with Sarah sitting on a chair, playing the guitar, not the one that's concert footage.

We also watched one of Rob Bell's Nooma videos, about how rich we North Americans are. One rather shocking fact he revealed was that, for the amount of money Americans spend on ice cream in one year, world-wide poverty could be eradicated! And yet, it's not. Crazy.

So yeah, this gave us some things to think about this holiday season, like what should we spend our money on? Is it worth it to give someone something they don't really need or want while someone else goes hungry? Some ethical options are that you could buy Fair Trade goods, or donate to a cause in someone's name. For my birthday last year, one of my aunt's made a donation to the World Wildlife Fund in my name, to protect boreal forests. It was one of the coolest and most thoughtful gifts I'd ever received.

Sunday at St. Vincent's

As we mentioned at Saturday's gathering, we will be helping to serve breakfast at the St. Vincent de Paul drop-in centre, this Sunday morning at 8am.

If you are planning on attending, please leave a comment below.

Thanks a lot!

Serving Breakfast at St. Vincent's
SUNDAY, December 9th, from 8am-11am
St. Vincent de Paul Drop-In Centre
1180 3rd Avenue