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Enter Verge Magazine's 2009 Travel with Purpose - Photo of the Year Competition. Win CAD $1,000 towards a CCS program! 3 Replies

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Ayah Gliddon Comment by Ayah Gliddon on November 7, 2009 at 6:03pm
Hi, I just posted on the Morocco page...I am planning on going there Jan. 23..anyone from here wanting to go?
Jayson Thompson Comment by Jayson Thompson on September 28, 2009 at 5:35am
its glad to be in here and hope to share each and everything online from any one am a Tanzanian native and hope to learn new things from Canadian friends.
Karla Pratt Comment by Karla Pratt on September 5, 2009 at 10:26am
Hey Nicole - my sister (who went with me last November) and I did some fundraising and I understand your concern over the challenge. Because we would be working primarily with children, we decided to get some local kids involved in our efforts and helped them to feel included in our efforts to help children in Russia. We approached one of the elementary schools to see if they would be open to assisting us, and they were. We did a simple presentation to them telling them what we were doing and why, and asked them if they wanted to do a "penny race" to help us raise funds. Whatever class raised the most money won a pizza party that we paid for. The kids could sabotage the other classes too - silver coins (and loonies/twoonies) counted as negatives, so they could slip this money into the opposing team's buckets to decrease their totals, and actually raised more money for us in this way. I think we came out with just over $500 in total, which wasn't bad for a small rural school. When we returned from the trip, we made a followup presentation to the kids to show how they had helped us, including photos of the kids we met. We also brought back some Russian coins and framed them in little shadowboxes for each class that participated. It was great! Let me know if I can offer any other suggestions.
Nicole Barber Comment by Nicole Barber on September 5, 2009 at 4:12am
I wish funraising was easy... I hate the thought of bagging for money from people!
Nicole Barber Comment by Nicole Barber on September 5, 2009 at 4:10am
this organization looks great. It is exactly what i'm looking for! I just don't know if I can afford to save up so much money to go... :(
Elliot Lee Rajan Billingsley Comment by Elliot Lee Rajan Billingsley on July 20, 2009 at 1:27am
Hallo Canucks,
I joined this group not exactly because I'm Canadian but because I went to UBC in Vancouver and wanted to network with the rest of y'all. Cheers!
Karla Pratt Comment by Karla Pratt on March 31, 2009 at 6:01pm
Hi everyone! I spent a week in Yaroslavl, Russia last November with my younger sister, and had such a wonderful experience, I'm saving to go back again as soon as possible. I would strongly encourage anyone considering international volunteering to enroll with CCS - their program is awesome!
Grace Laroza Comment by Grace Laroza on March 29, 2009 at 6:33pm
I just finished a week in Morocco volunteering at the orphanage and I had an incredible time. I'm from TORONTO, and if anyone is interested in going to Morocco, please do! They love love love Canadians there =)
Julie Kotler Comment by Julie Kotler on March 12, 2009 at 10:15am
hey everyone, im from toronto and considering volunteering in thailand this summer! If anyone else will be there then, would love to hear from you!
Kirsten Comment by Kirsten on March 11, 2009 at 2:59am
I am from Vancouver Island, travelling to Lima, Peru April 12th 2009, just wondering if there were any other canadians travelling the same program, I will be there until June 07th,
if anyone has any advice or tips it would be much apprecited
muchos gracias!
 

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