OPEN for CHANGE GROUP

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9 students attending Me to We Day in Vancouver on Sept. 29, 2009 http://www.metowe.com/events/

One of the major focus areas of the leadership group is to promote PEACE both locally through positive community actions as well as globally by making connections through a "sister" community in another country.

Our sister community is through a connection with Panajachel Guatemala.

We have engaged in many activities including selling Val-U Coupon books and Fair Tade Organic Chocolate and Coffee to raise funds to help build a school for our sister community.

Students have also created hand made story books for the children in the orphanage in Panajachel.

Novemeber 5th, 2009 we are holding a "Green" Fashion Show and Fair to raise money to support this community.

OPEN for CHANGE update

There are three sections of the Reynolds OPEN for CHANGE Group. The first one is the Global Connection with Guatemala. As part of this connection, we have a 15 year old foster child named Elvia, who we support financially. As well we have a pen-pal relationship with her. As part of this connection, one of the Flex English classes has made story and picture books to send down to a school in Panajachel Guatemala. Also in Panajachel, we are raising money that is going towards helping build a school.

We have now connected with FREE the CHILDREN FOUNDATION --Me to We and are engaging in activities such as earning money to build a well in a community in need.
http://www.metowe.com/
We are Participating in Backpacks for the Homeless through Greater Victoria Coalition to end Homelessness during

Homelessness Action Week (Oct. 11-18)

http://www.solvehomelessness.ca/

We have collected toiletries for Anawim House

http://www.anawimhouse.com/

Check out Victoria Vital Signs to see how we are doing with the housing issue in Victoria--Click here

~ Poem by Emily Barner (Reynolds Student)

September 2007

What fear have I that my own life

Will be taken from my grasp?

The happiness that I enjoy

Is creation of the past.

Receivers of my friendship good

As well as I myself

All hope that all those guns and death

Have been put upon the shelf.

We respect that conflict did begat

Our freedom and security.

But know that love can wash away

That blemished war-impurity.

We know that through our unity,

Such hate and fear will cease

And create a haven in the world

Of everlasting peace.