Giants and goblins and faeries—Oh my!
Welcome ghoulish change-makers,
It’s everyone’s favourite time of year again—Halloween! It’s time to be at your most creative and use your imaginations to design the scariest costumes or decorate your haunted houses. It’s also time to book an appointment with your dentist after all the candy you’ll be gobbling.
But between sweets and frights, Halloween can also be a time to raise awareness about an important issue: poverty at home. It’s tough to imagine, but in most North American cities, 4 out of every 10 food bank users are kids. Free The Children’s Halloween for Hunger campaign enables youth to use their trick-or-treating skills to collect non-perishable food items for their local food bank, providing wholesome meals for community members in need.
To celebrate this amazing campaign and raise awareness about the important issue of local poverty, October’s newsletter is dedicated to poverty at home. Read on for insightful stories about homelessness; bridging the gap between poverty overseas and poverty in North America; and how you can make a difference.
Have a safe and fun-filled Halloween!
The sorcerers and witches from the Youth Team
The We Generation: Free The Children’s brand new online resource where youth can connect and share their ideas about social change. >>
Free The Children is the largest network of children helping children through education in the world, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has an established track-record of success, with three nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and partnerships with the United Nations and Oprah’s Angel Network. |
