Got Penny?
As part of the new budget the government just announced, the Canadian penny will no longer be produced… [more]
#Campout2012
In a lot of ways, #Campout2012 was a great success. Our idea was to have 100 kids from across Canada… [more]
Let’s Camp Out!
Ok, so I know a lot of people have been waiting for this post. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting but… [more]
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10 Playgrounds in 2012
The Dream of A Playground For Attawapiskat Realized!
After a long year of campaigning, fundraising, … [Read More...]
A Conversation Between Wes and his Dad
Wes: "Isn't one million dollars a hundred thousand … [Read More...]
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Got Penny?
As part of the new budget the government just announced, the Canadian penny will no longer be produced and will soon disappear from circulation. Before that happens, I would like to offer the penny one last heroic act of awesomeness. The CBC reported that nobody knows how many pennies are out there, but in 2011 alone, there were 1,100,000,000 pennies produced. That is $1.1 billion dollars in … [Read More...]
Campers: important
Thank you for volunteering to help camp-out and raise $500,000 to aid the housing crisis in Attawapiskat and around James Bay. Click here to be added to a special mailing list just for campers. I will forward you regular updates about the campout and facts about the state of emergency and housing crisis, and how together we can be part of the solution. But, right now, you need some details … [Read More...]
State of Emergency in Attawapiskat
I just read a Tweet "Attawapiskat being compared to Haiti except it's 40 degrees colder" Below, I've pasted an article by my friend MP Charlie Angus. Attawapiskat, is home to my friends (I even have a a few families that call me their southern son) and right now they need our help. So there's a couple of things I am thinking about. My annual campout: For the past two years, I have camped … [Read More...]
Niagara Falls Review – June 16, 2010
Lockout hurts fundraiser By TONY RICCIUTO Niagara Falls Review Updated 2 days ago For Bob Prankard, the Canada Post lockout couldn't have come at a worse time. His son, Wes, is in the final push to raise money to build a playground in Attawapiskat. Wes is walking a total of 1,287 kilometres, which is the distance between Niagara Falls and Attawapiskat, and is asking for 1,000 people to … [Read More...]
Canada’s Next Top Young Philanthropist
Wes Needs your help. He is a finalist in the running to be Canada's Next Top Young Philanthropist, and if he wins, will receive $10,000 to assist him in continuing his work. See... Wes believes that discrimination in any form is wrong. Watch the video clip on voteforwes.ca as he describes the UN Convention of the rights of A Child. Kids, no matter where they were born, what their parents do, … [Read More...]
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, INAC Minister John Duncan and the Candidates in My Area
Today is the National Day of Action for Shannen’s Dream. Shannen Koostachin is someone I consider to be a hero, someone who every Canadian kid can look at as a role model. If she was still alive, I think we would have been very good friends. Shannen is from Attawapiskat, a remote First Nations reserve along James Bay. When Shannen was in grade 8, she and a few of her friends decided not to go … [Read More...]
