Welcome to Black Friday (or Buy Nothing Day, if you’re more activist prone)! Essentially, today is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. Crowds are lining up outside of stores for door-crasher deals. Excitement is in the air.
But, wait. This holiday season, many are expecting that North Americans will be spending less than […]
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Archive for November, 2008
The Black Friday Alternative
Posted November 28th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
UNBOUND: Party with a Purpose
Posted November 27th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
If you’re in #yyc this Friday night, then don’t miss out on the party of the season. UNBOUND is taking place at Flames Central on Friday November 28. Proceeds from this fundriasing event go towards supporting ChristmasFuture.
UNBOUND will be headline by a DJ performance from multiple Juno Winner K-OS. The celebrity host is MTV host […]
Gotta get up to get down: Democamp 12 in #yyc
Posted November 26th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
Last night I had the good pleasure of presenting ChristmasFuture at DemoCamp 12, which took place at RareMethod). I had a great time connecting with the folk in the Calgary tech community and learning about what other people are doing. It was also cool to finally meet some of the people I’ve been following on […]
Extreme Poverty Bailout Package
Posted November 25th, 2008 by Rhett Soveran
You will never believe what happened…
Last week, the board of ChristmasFuture, Jay Baydala (CF’s Executive Director), Leif Baradoy (CF’s Operational Manager) and several high-ranking volunteers met behind closed doors to discuss a top-secret plan to create an Extreme Poverty Bailout Package. After several hours of going over and over the numbers with no success, […]
OneYoga Voting Results
Posted November 24th, 2008 by lindsay
The first-ever OneYoga was an absolute success and I could not be more thrilled or proud to say I was apart of it. We had over 225 people participate in this first-year event.
I had the privilege of contacting many of the studios, participants, and media that were involved in OneYoga and helped to make the […]
Millennium Development Goals Update
Posted November 22nd, 2008 by david
If it matters, measure it. The United Nations, in their recently issued Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2008, has done an excellent job at illustrating the impact of poverty and our ability to create lasting, positive change.
The Millennium Development Goals are the framework for targeting specific action in 8 areas such as extreme poverty, hunger, […]
Volunteer Opps in Late Nov
Posted November 21st, 2008 by Leif Baradoy
To make it easy for our volunteers to see what opportunities they have to get involved, I regularily post a list of our current volunteer needs. I try to do this on a weekly basis, however sometimes I get sidetracked. You can email me here if you’d interested in any of these positions!
(1) Send your […]
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