If you were downtown by Union Station or Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, September 20th and you were navigating through a flood of youth, you know WE Day is back in town. WE Day is a massive youth event bringing together 20,000 students and educators from more than 1,200 schools who made a difference in their communities across Ontario.
What does one million dollars mean to you? In Canada, it may be a home in downtown Toronto. Or it may be a nest egg for retirement. But in the countries where Free The Children (Free the Children) and the Michael Pinball Clemons Foundation (MPCF) – partner charity organizations committed to providing education – operate, it means one hundred(!) new schools. And that was precisely the goal for the W|U|Night charity event – to raise one…
Kicking things off at the Storys Building last week, the Michael “Pinball” Clemons Foundation (MPCF) started their fundraising efforts ahead of the annual gala event called “WE|U|Night” in support of their longtime charity and education partner, “Free the Children”, co-founded by fellow philanthropist, Craig Kielburger.