Tag: pacc
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Youths: Free Food + Free Road Hockey + Chance to Win $1000 Education Award
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 1 2011 – Press call: 289-221-0928 Youths to Take over Main Street! Location: Main Street, Newmarket, Ontario , Canada HEY YOU(TH)! Are you between the ages of 12 and 18? How would you like to gather community volunteer hours while playing road hockey AND qualify to win a $1,000 Education…
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Youths: Play Road Hockey and You May Win $1000 Education Award
Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC) The 7th Annual Friendly Neighbourhood Youth Road Hockey Challenge For Immediate Release Monday February 21, 2011 For Editorial Location: Main Street South, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Date: March 19 2011 Time: 10:30 am – 4pm Media Contact 289-221-0928 Town Declares Main Street – Open for Business for Families in Winter!…
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Update: Homeless Father and Son “Continue the Trek to Find a Home”
Tom Pearson, Chair of Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC), provides an update on the homelessness (but not hopelessness) situation of Edward and his son, Damien, as follows.
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Update: Homeless Father and Son – “House of Hope”
Tom Pearson, Chair of Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC), produced the above video: “Homeless in YR (York Region) Part 2″ Here are Tom Pearson’s comments:
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“Stand Up” Against Poverty Events Will Occur Across the Globe on September 17th-19th, 2010
Immediate Release – September 14, 2010 CITIZENS’ VOICES AGAINST POVERTY WILL CRESCENDO IN NOISES HEARD AROUND THE WORLD AS HEADS OF STATE TRAVEL TO UN SUMMIT: Local Groups Host “Stand Up” Events Whereby Citizens Will Make their Expectations – that Governments Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – Too Loud to Ignore at “Stand Up”…
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Official Stand-Up Count for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
As a prelude to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17, 2010) , the official stand-up-against-poverty count is slated for September 17th – 19th, 2010, to coincide with the United Nations meeting in order to put pressure on world leaders to attend to poverty. Since the world leaders will meet on September…