Tag: tom pearson

You’re Invited: Face-Off Party, All Stars Show & 2012 Mitsubishi Youth Road Hockey Challenge March 16 – 17

This is an update to my previous blogs: Mitsubishi Friendly Neighbourhood Youth Road Hockey Challenge March 17: You Could Win $1000 Award Win $1,000 Education Award: Friendly Neighbourhood Youth Road Hockey Challenge March 17, 2012. Here is the itinerary of the celebratory events in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada: OPENING FACE-OFF PARTY: FRIDAY, March 16, 2012: 7:30…

March 14, 2012
Mitsubishi Friendly Neighbourhood Youth Road Hockey Challenge March 17: You Could Win $1000 Award

This is an update to my previous blog Win $1,000 Education Award: Friendly Neighbourhood Youth Road Hockey Challenge March 17, 2012. Tom Pearson, Chair of the Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC), gives us the following update on this event:

March 1, 2012
Poverty Action for Change Coalition Conveys Gratitude to Voters: “One paycheck away” Video – Winner

One Paycheck Away is a one-minute video depicting the growing gap between the rich and the ‘rest of us” in Canada, as shown here: This is an update to my previous blog Congrats to PACC Producer of “One paycheck away” Video: Winner of $2000! Poverty Action for Change Coalition (PACC) Chair Tom Pearson conveys his…

January 25, 2012
You’re Invited: International Day for The Eradication of Poverty October 17, 2011

International Day for The Eradication of Poverty AKA – World Day to End Extreme Poverty Monday, October 17, 2011 Pavilion, Fairy Lake Park, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 3 P.M. – 7 P.M. Main-stage Performers – 6PM FREE “Expect to smell food, and hear music & drumming upon arriving, as Newmarket plays host to York Region Ontario’s…

October 11, 2011
Calling Canadians: Make Poverty Eradication a Priority in the Ontario Election 2011

Media Release Thursday, September 15, 2011 From Cornwall to Windsor, from Sudbury to Fort Erie “LET’S VOTE FOR A POVERTY FREE ONTARIO” Election-style signs are going up in communities across Ontario this morning, as a coalition of faith groups and community-based organizations call for making poverty eradication a priority concern in the provincial election campaign.…

September 16, 2011
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.

February 18, 2011
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:

February 13, 2011