Free The Children

When families come together to support their communities and those overseas, the possibilities are endless. Make social change a family tradition and watch your world transform.

Families aren't just the people who take care of each other. As parents and grandparents, you are also the greatest mentors and teachers in your children's life, either by the questions you ask, the answers you give or the way you model by example. But you have a bigger family than you may realize. A global one. And they, too, may be some of greatest teachers for your family.

Share your passion for social change with your family.

Free The Children offers unique campaigns for youth to become leaders in social change. There two are particularly fun for the whole family!

This Halloween, collect canned food for your local food bank when you go trick-or-treating with the kids. If you're home handing out treats, keep canned foods handy for others who may be joining in on the hunger campaign. Read more in the youth section here >

Celebrate your child's birthday this year with a 30-day fundraising campaign leading up to the party! Ask guests to bring a donation instead of gifts. Read more in the youth section here >

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Teach your kids that Gift + Passion = Better World. Show them how to pair their enthusiasms with their talents, then help them find a way to begin. Here's the latest idea to get them started.

SHOW AND SELL:
Create and sell one-of-a-kind projects like calendars, t-shirts, jewelry or recipe books. Donate profits to a local shelter.

GET DOWN TO BUSINESS: Organize a used-book sale. Or offer to be "official photographer" at a family event.

Teneille Arnott, 14, and her mother Louise

prove that activism is ageless..

This dynamic mother and daughter team knows how to use the power of family to help communities in need. They share their passion for social change by joining forces to put on bake sales to raise much-needed funds for families in Kenya through the Clean Water campaign. They have also done the Vow of Silence together and attended fundraising events for Youth in Action groups, proving that caring is something for all generations!

Learn about the connections between North American families and those overseas in Craig and Marc Kielburger's monthly family column in Canadian Living magazine.

Learning the importance of compassion from the Dalai Lama

By planting the seeds of compassion in children, we can nurture them to empathize and seek harmony in our global community.

There's nothing like seeing someone smile when they recount memories of their childhood - especially when that person is His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

At a recent Free The Children gathering called We Day that brought together 16,000 student leaders in Vancouver's GM Place, the stadium was silent as the 74-year-old spiritual leader turned down sitting in a chair and walked to the edge of the stage to be closer to the young people.