Kaleb Ruch and David Suk Team up to Raise Funds for Daily Bread Food Bank
Dear Friends,
As many of you know, we (David Suk and Kaleb Ruch) held a community event on December 13th, 2008 as part of our participation in CBC Television’s Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. For all of you who didn’t get a chance to see us in person, we would like to share a little bit about what we did and why we did it!
We both believe that it is essential that Canada’s politicians engage with Canadians and each other in substantive and constructive dialogue on the issues that matter to Canadians. As such, we chose to hold a public debate at the Speaker’s Corner in front of Toronto City Hall.
One important theme in both of our candidacies is the economy, and these days, the Canadian economy is under strain. One symptom of tough economic times is that more Canadians have difficulty feeding their families. At the same time, food banks and soup kitchens find it more difficult to raise the money they need to run their activities. We both believe that the importance of Canadians coming together to support these organizations is beyond debate. As such, we made our debate into a session of “debate-busking.” We asked passers-by to listen to our ideas for a time, to ask our opinions on any issues that they were particularly concerned about, to give us their views, and finally, to leave a small donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank.
Our event was a great success! In two hours of debating, we collected $60.17 for Daily Bread! Thanks to all of you who came out, and to those of you that didn’t we hope that you will consider making a small donation to a food bank or soup kitchen in your own community.
Sincerely,
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- Kaleb and David listen to the views of a passer-by on the economy
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- The crowd listens to David and Kaleb discuss democratic reform
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- Kaleb pauses to flash the crowd a smile
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- David emphasizes a point
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- Someone even broght donations in kind!
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- A passer-by tells expresses his disappointment with a prorogued Parliament
Tags: Canada, Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, CBC Television, Community Event, Daily Bread Food Bank, Debate, Hunger
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