COMING NOV 15TH - TUNE IN FOR THE TOP 10
On November 15th at 8:00 ET on CBC News Network's Connect with Mark Kelley Mark will announce the Top 10 finalists. Then, you get to vote for your two favourites!.JPG) |
| Grant Clark |
NAME: Grant Clark
AGE: 64
VOLUNTEERS IN: Africa
CATEGORY: International - Health & Wellness
ORGANIZATION(S): Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW)
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE:
Grant, a retired principal with the Peel School Board, started volunteering in 1991 with the Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW), an organization which aims is to provide comfortable bedding and bed nets - or "bed kits" - to children between 6 and 12 years old. He got involved with SCAW after hearing about a fellow teacher's trip to Columbia. He invited the founder of the group to his school to speak about the issue, and found himself transformed to the cause.
For the next 10 years he raised money through the students at his school before going on his first mission to Lima, Peru in 2001. He has since been responsible for distributing bedkits to 54,500 children primarily in Africa, including Uganda, Togo, and Zimbabwe. Since then, Grant has presented the story of Sleeping Children Around the World to thousands of school children in Canada to demonstrate the contents and uses of bed kits and speak about the impact of Malaria on Sub-Saharan Africa.
His nominator, Albert says: "Grant and his wife use all their own money to cover travel expenses related to their volunteer work," and he adds, "travel to many of these countries is often dangerous."
HOW YOU CAN HELP: FURTHER INFORMATION AND LINKS
For more information about the Sleeping Children Around the World program, visit their website at www.scaw.org.
From Mark Kelly's blog post of November 4th.
"The next big day to watch out for is November 15th 2010. That's when you can tune into my show Connect with Mark Kelley at 8 p.m. EDT and watch our Top 10 special. We'll announce the 10 Canadians judges selected for Canada's Champions of Change. Now, voting begins. We need you to get involved."
"As of November 15th, you will be able to vote for the two nominees (one international, one domestic) that you feel have made the greatest impact, made the greatest difference, and should wear the crown as a champion of change. These two winners will each receive $25,000, while each remaining eight finalists will receive $10,000. All the money is donated to the nominee's chosen charity. Thank you Manulife!"
