Free The Children at UWindsor

"Back in Grade 12, my World Affairs club held a candrive during the holiday season. I wanted to give back to my community so I decided to go out and collect some cans; only expecting to collect around 100 max. The candrive lasted around four weeks, so each week I continued to collect more and bring it to school. By the end of the can drive, I collected close to 1000 cans in which I’m still very proud of today. I won an iPad mini, but to be quite honest that was the least exciting part. The most exciting part was knowing that I was able to help out families in my community during the holiday season and bring food on the table for those who may not be able to afford it."

"Since We Day's inception, Free the Children has donated approximately 7.6 million pounds of food to local food banks." Thanks to all those who came out to support our bake sale last week! We hope to see you at our next event.

Free the Children was interested in learning about all the ways that uWindsor students make a positive change in their communities. So we went out and asked them! We believe that all of us individually have the power to .

Emad and Hussein work with Project Syria. They've been helping to integrate Syrian refugees, and have been pushing to promote student involvement from the community to help them out upon arrival. On February 12th they held a dinner at the Caboto Club to welcome refugees and collect donations to help sponsor their families. In this way, Emad, Hussein, and all members of Project Syria strive to .

Stop by our bake sale tomorrow in CAW! It's running 10AM-3PM!

Yesterday a team of Free the Children members kicked off our We Scare Hunger campaign by going door to door and collecting cans and other non-perishable goods that will be donated to the Downtown Mission! This is our local initiative to help our community and we hope to see this mountain of cans grow over the next two days of our campaign!

Our first meeting is tomorrow (Thursday October 21st) in the UWSA Council Chambers from 3-4PM! Hope to see you there!

Windsor native Alex Deans takes the stage at We Day!

T-minus 7 minutes until We Day begins!

Come check out Free the Children's booth inside the CAW if you're interested in joining our club this year and helping raise awareness on global issues and funds for underprivileged children locally and globally! :)

Hello Everyone!

Tonight at 7 pm we are having our Free the Children Coffee House at rock bottom! This is our last event of the year and we would really appreciate your support! We have prizes to be won, delicious food to be consumed, and live music all night! It is 5 dollars at the entry! Hope to see you all there!

Your help has been appreciated,
FTC exec team

Come pie Fadi, Tyler or Coryn in front of the CAW for 2 dollars and grab a burger or hot dog :)

come drop by Toldo and get your henna on! We're here till 3pm!

It's getting busy ! Stop by at toldo!

Come support freedom of disease at Toldo ! All by donation for henna! :)

The Water Challenge - http://thewaterproject.org/thewaterchallenge

Hey everyone, for anyone who is interested, The Water Challenge is a fun and challenging initiative that goes towards a great cause.

The idea is that once you get your wristband you commit yourself to drinking only water for two straight weeks! So when you go out and normally would buy a drink in this period, you get water instead, add up all the savings by the end of the two weeks and they go towards funding new water projects in impoverished countries in Africa, such as Sierra Leone, Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda.

I think it would be a cool and fun idea for us to come together for the challenge - it's tough but it's worth it! Is there anyone who would be interested in starting with me?

The Water Challenge
thewaterproject.org

The Water Challenge Lead a Water Challenge and help give clean water to villages in Kenya, Africa.

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to pass along some updates about Five Days for Freedom and what upcoming events and volunteer opportunities we have.

On Tuesday March 17th, we will be having a Bake Sale in the CAW Commons to promote Freedom from Exploitation while some volunteers will be walking around with water culligans for an activity to promote Freedom from Thirst!

On Thursday March 19th, we will be doing henna in Toldo to promote Freedom from Disease!

On Monday March 30th, we will be having a barbeque outside of the CAW to promote Freedom to Act. You will also get a chance to throw pie at one of our FTC members to promote Freedom from Poverty!

In addition to all of the 5 Days for Freedom events, March 30 we will be having a Coffee House at Rock Bottom! We are still looking for performers for the coffee house so if you, or anyone you know would be interested in performing please let us know.

We are looking for volunteers + bakers for the bake sale as well as requesting everyone advertise and recruit for the coffee house! If you can spare some time for the bake sale please fill out the doodle below.

Bake sale doodle: http://doodle.com/bansgqhxdk8qy67q

5 Days for Freedom: www.facebook.com/events/789261734491732/

Coffee House: www.facebook.com/events/885715914821865/

5 Days for Freedom Bake Sale - Doodle: easy scheduling On March 17 we will be having a bake sale for Freedom from Exploitation. If you are able to bake please leave a comment below.

Hey Everyone!

With Valentines day right around the corner we are going to be holding a bake sale and raffle on Tuesday February 10th in the CAW commons. We are looking for people to both run the table and bake! if you can do either please fill out the doodle below. In addition, if you are able to bake, please leave a comment saying what you will be bringing.

http://doodle.com/ainp5nan45w36hr9



Thank you all for your continued support!

FTC Exec Team.

Valentines day Bake Sale - Doodle: easy scheduling We will be having a Valentines day bake sale and raffle on Tuesday February 10th! We are looking for volunteers and bakers! Fill out the doodle if you can spare some time and if you are able to bake please leave a comment on the doodle page saying what you will be able to bring.

Hello everyone,
This is just a reminder that there is a meeting today at 5pm in 350 Dillon hall !
Hope to see you there,
FTC Exec Team

Hello everybody!
We have a meeting this Thursday at 5 pm in 350 Dillon hall. All are welcome, we have lots of exciting plans for the semester !
We are looking forward to seeing you all,
FTC Exec Team

Come drop by and visit the Free the Children booth in the CAW!

Hello Everyone!

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 the Womyn's Centre will be hosting a memorial and reception as part of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is a day to remember and reflect on the horrific massacre that took place at L'Ecole Polytechnique on December 6, 1989. This year marks the 25th anniversary that an armed man entered the institution and murdered 14 women under the guise of "fighting feminists."

The event will start at 4:30 PM with a candlelight vigil at the Memorial of Hope on the University of Windsor Campus (located between Dillon Hall and Essex Hall), followed by a reception in Katzman Hall, located in Vanier Hall at approximately 5:00 PM.

This event is free and open to all members of the UWindsor community and Windsor/Essex community, and all are encouraged to attend. Additionally, we encourage everyone who has purchased a purple scarf from the Shine the Light Campaign to wear their scarves as it symbolizes awareness of Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women.

Stop by for some awesome Henna! By donation:)

Getting ink'd

Stop by Leddy anytime between 11 and 4 to learn about what Free the children is doing to combat Hiv/Aids and to get your Henna on..literally

Are you interested in volunteering at Free the Children provide HIV/AIDS awareness booth on Monday November 24th?! Please fill out the following doodle!

Thank you everyone for all of your help!
http://doodle.com/94258xr33i3e7i6r

https://www.facebook.com/events/732849576808018/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

FTC Aids Awarness Event - Doodle: easy scheduling We will be doing Henna and educating people about Free the Children's aids initiatives.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY?
Free the Children is going out to the community next week to help with the downtown mission and to help Society of St. Vincent De Paul collect cans! If this interests you please contact us or fill out the doodles below !
Downtown Mission
http://doodle.com/8c6xbmbghmqivvqx
Society of St. Vincent De Paul
http://doodle.com/ir6i64z36wv9iy3f

Hope to see you all out there!

We Take Over Windsor - Doodle: easy scheduling We will be sending volunteers out into the community to volunteer all over Windsor. Our first opportunity is with the downtown mission.

Hey guys! Free the Children UWindsor is participating with Project Red to raise awareness for Aids and HIV. On November 24th, FTC members will be in Leddy Library will be doing Henna as a reminder for everyone that this is happening. Please invite all your friends and help raise awareness for Aids and HIV! :)
https://www.facebook.com/events/732849576808018/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

We Take Over Windsor update: Hey Guys! its not too late to sign up to volunteer next week as part of We take over Windsor! Here are the doodles to volunteer at The Downtown Mission and SSVP

SSVP: http://doodle.com/ir6i64z36wv9iy3f

Downtown Mission: http://doodle.com/8c6xbmbghmqivvqxsqzmhct9/admin

SSVP Volunteer times - Doodle: easy scheduling We Take Over Windsor at Society of St. Vincent De Paul

We dropped off our cans from We Scare Hunger today at the The Windsor Youth Centre and met some amazing people doing great things for our community. Thank you for everything you do!

Hey everyone,
We are having a bake sale tomorrow, we hope to see you all out to support!
Ftc exec team