Always Good News!

Tune in tonight (Friday February 11th) at 9:30pm (EST) To see Wes’s interview with Connie Smith on “Always Good News With Connie Smith”

Wes talks about the Pepsi Refresh Project and his plans to build a playground in every Remote Northern Community.

For local times and listings, please follow this link: http://www.ctstv.com/agn/

 

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48 Hour Winter Camp-Out. (brrrr…)

Last March, then 11-year old Wesley camped out for 24 hours, raising close to $6,000 to aid the homeless crisis in Attawapiskat, Ontario.

This year – he’s doing it again, but this time for 48 hours.

March 16th-18th, Wesley will be camping out – raising funds and awareness for both his mission to build a playground in every remote northern community and for Shannen’s Dream

Please stop by Campark Resorts on Lundy’s Lane. We’d love to see you – and share a smore! We’ll be there from Wednesday at 4pm right up to Friday at 4pm.

We’ve just set up a ChipIn page to collect donations and pledges.

If 250 of you will donate $1.00 for every hour Wesley spends camping in the cold, he will hit his goal of $12,000.00

If you’re not comfortable donating online, please mail your cheque or money order to:

Northern Starfish c/o Wes Prankard
6283 Finlay Ave.
Niagara Falls, ON L2G 4C4

Please consider a $48.00 donation to help change the lives of children in remote northern communities. If $48.00 is too steep for you, please understand that no gift is too small.

Once the Camp-Out is over, we’ll be hosting a free celebration at Drummond Hill Presbyterian Church at 7pm on March 18th. Check here for details

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MAGPI / Kids Are Heroes Special Event

On February 2nd, Wes has been invited to participate in a unique and exciting event with Kids Are Heroes.

Using a super-cool technology provided by MAGPI, the heroes will be appearing virtually at schools all across America.

The event will also be streamed live on the internet for your viewing convenience.

For more information and details, please visit: http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Kids-Are-Heroes.
The LIVE WEBSTREAM of the program will be available at http://streams.net.isc.upenn.edu/Playerpages/magpi/MagpiVideoPlayer.htm.

You can Wes or any of the other Kids Are Heroes speakers by tweeting them to @magpik20 or submitting them to MAGPI’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/magpik20.

Hope to see you online!
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Canada AM – A People In Need

This Week, Canada AM ran 2-piece series about the community of Attawapiskat, Ontario, a community in crisis.

I’m posting the links to the videos here. I hope that you’ll agree – even in a situation as bleak as the one in Attawapiskat, we can all make a difference. And perhaps, it will be a 12-year old that convinces us of that fact.

Part 1: Profiling the Attawapiskat Community

Part 2: A Playground in Attawapiskat

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Wesley On APTN January 17

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A Conversation Between Wes and his Dad

Wes: “Isn’t one million dollars a hundred thousand times ten?”

Dad: “yes”

Wes: “so if I raise a millions dollars this year, we can build 10 playgrounds this year”

Dad: “Ummm… yeah…(?)”

Wes: “Cool! Then let’s do that”

Dad: “Really?”

Wes: “why not.”

Dad: (Because Dad didn’t have a “why not” answer): “Ok, let’s do that”

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Wesley’s A Hero!

Kids Are Heroes will be featuring Wesley live on air this Saturday morning from 8am to 9am EST on WBTN in  Vermont.

Listen live online – AND – find out more about this amazing non-profit by visiting this link: http://www.kidsareheroes.org/theradioshow.htm

If you’re a kid, have kids, or work with kids, let me encourage you to check out the Kids Are Heroes webpage. If you need a little inspiration, this is the best place I know to get some. These kids are world-changers and each one of them will tell you that you can be too!

8AM Saturday morning. Don’t forget! http://www.kidsareheroes.org/theradioshow.htm

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Please Help Me Help A Whole Community!

Please vote everyday at www.refresheverything.ca/playground4kash then, tweet, Facebook, email or share!

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Shannen’s Dream

I just received this Shannen’s Dream update from Charlie Angus.
This past November, I got to meet Shannen’s parents and got to talk to them about their daughter. She was such a hero. I was so sad that I never got to meet her before she died. She was only 15.
Please help keep her memory alive. Support Shannen’s Dream.
Happy New Year!
Children across Canada are excited about getting back to school but for many First Nation children, they are returning to appalling substandard conditions.  Four hundred children at Oxford House First Nation (950 kilometres north of Winnipeg, Manitoba) have gone a year without a school because their building was condemned due to mould.  Children at Lake St. Martin First Nation (Manitoba) are unable to attend school because the building is overrun by snakes.
We need your help
Shannen’s Dream is a national campaign to ensure that all First Nation children have access to quality education and “comfy” schools.  As the year begins, we are looking to hear from schools and organizations who are interested in the campaign. If your school or organization is participating in Shannen’s Dream in any way, please contact us and share your ideas. As well, if your First Nations community needs a safe and comfy school and has a story that needs to be told, we would like to hear it.

Here is the story on the plight of First Nation school children in northern Manitoba:
What you can do
Get involved by writing a letter to your Member of Parliament, the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and the Prime Minister – NO STAMP REQUIRED.  Encourage others at your school or in your workplace to do so as well.
Visit www.shannensdream.ca – sign the pledge for fairness in education.
Want to get active in the campaign?  It’s easy; simply e-mail us and we will send your school or organization posters, buttons and bookmarks to help build support.
Products in French will soon be available.
Sincerely,
Office of Charlie Angus, Member of Parliament
Timmins – James Bay

 


Tel 613-992-2919
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Thank You Pepsi!

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