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Catch highlights of Me to We day on CTV:
Saturday, Oct 25
Toronto: 7 p.m. ET – CTV (Channel 8)
Vancouver: 7 p.m. PT – CTV (Channel 9)
Sunday, Oct. 26
Toronto : 12 p.m. ET – CTV (Channel 8)
Vancouver: 3 p.m. PT – (Channel 9)
National Me to We day challenges Canadian youth to live their lives as socially aware global citizens. Read the stories below to find out more about the Me to We movement, the national rally in Toronto on Oct. 17 - and how young people are making a difference in the world.
We begins with you
It's hard to believe it's been a year since we packed Ricoh Coliseum
with students, educators and social leaders for our very first National
Me to We Day. Tomorrow, Oct. 17, 2008, we do it all over again. Read more
Rallying to spark change
Students participating in the giant Me to We rally at Toronto's Ricoh Coliseum Oct. 17 will be educated, entertained and inspired. They'll also be challenged to help Free the Children build 100 new schools for impoverished children around the world. Read the story
'We know we are making a difference'
Students' involvement with Free the Children inspires them to reach out to struggling peers in developing nations. Read the story
Question period: Justin Trudeau
Young people from across Ontario posed these questions to activist and politician Justin Trudeau, who will speak at Oct. 17's Me to We rally. Read the story
Degrassi star finds inspiration in Ecuador
Charlotte Arnold, who plays Holly J. Sinclair, says her hands-on role with Free the Children was a life-altering lesson. Read the story
Collect candy and get students thinking
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate students share how they started a Me to We club at their school and are helping to fight hunger in their community. Read the story
Amid suffering, hope
At only 17, Gaby Silano has ambition enough to encompass the world. The Gr. 11 teen has already travelled outside her Richmond Hill orbit to lend a hand with Free the Children projects in Arizona, Mexico and
Ecuador. Read the story and watch a video
Working in partnership
For Robin Wiszowaty, Free the Children's project director for Kenya, finding her calling in Africa was both a physical and spiritual journey. Read the story
Building safer schools
Three years ago, Mercy Chemgeno stopped worrying about getting run over by elephants on her way to and from school. That's when Free the Children helped her rural community, Emori Joi in southwest Kenya, build new schools away from the grazing path of the great beasts. Read the story
Music for change
Shameless idealism is accompanied by an acoustic guitar in Louise Kent's debut album, The Small Things, the first to be released by Free the Children's new label, Me to We Music. Read the story
Changing attitudes one T-shirt at a time
A new line of products aims to support charity and educate Canadians. Read the story
