SINCE 1989 CHILD POVERTY HAS GROWN

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2004
1989
SINCE 1989 CHILD POVERTY HAS GROWN
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Did you know?

• In 1989, approximately 1 in 7 Canadian children
  were living in poverty
• The Canadian government promised to end child
  poverty by 2000
• Currently, 1 in 6 children living in poverty
• In Toronto, 1 in 3 children live in poverty

As youth, this is an issue that directly affects
us!
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Our Kids Our Future (OKOF)

• Who are we?
• OKOF is a youth organization in Mary Ward whose
  goal is to end child poverty in Canada.
• We want to educate Canadian youth on child
  poverty and inspire them to take action.

This means YOU!
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Past Projects

• Food Donation Program
• Biweekly food delivery program to the
  Touchstone
• Youth Shelter, an emergency shelter used to
  house
• over 30 homeless youth.
• Matrix Movie Nights
• Together with United Social Justice, OKOF
  held two
• movie nights to raise funds for The Santa
  Claus
• Fund and the Metropolitan Toronto Catholic
  
• Education Foundations nutrition program.

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Current Projects

• Volunteering at Nutrition Programs
• We are taking students to St. Rose of Lima
  Thursday and Friday mornings to help prepare and
  serve breakfasts to over 250 underprivileged
  children.
• Advent Project
• Give a Kid a Christmas Campaign
• Want to know what it is?

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Advent ProjectGive a Kid a Christmas

• To raise awareness about child poverty in Toronto
  and Canada.
• To raise money for the Toronto Star Santa Claus
  Fund, which delivers gifts to over 45,000
  poverty-stricken children in Toronto, Brampton,
  Mississauga, Ajax and Pickering every Christmas.

Want to make a make a difference in the life of a
child right here in Toronto?
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Heres How!

• If your TA picks this as an Advent Project, each
  advisee is asked to donate 5 to the cause.
• The cost of each gift package is about 35.
• Assuming that each TA has about 15 advisees, each
  TA could collectively raise about 75.
• This means that your TA could give a Christmas to
  2 impoverished children this year!

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• No matter which Advent project you choose,
• TAKE ACTION!!!

But most importantly Please pray for our
nations children!