SuperBowl - Budweiser Big Game Commercial via YouTube

Budweiser Superbowl Big Game commercial made in Port Credit - my old home town! Watch it on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y0qZYqdsYAg

I remember playing hockey in this arena as a kid (ok, more than 50+ years ago ;)
Enjoy!

Via @canayjun and @phoneworthy on Twitter
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Event - Help the Homeless - Sandwich Run / Socks donation - 

Saturday, Dec. 17th, 6:30pm Toronto

Please join The MeetUp volunteer group: "Help the Homeless with Project417", in a sandwich run and /or socks donation for the homeless. They will be delivering bagged lunches and socks to some of the city's homeless.

YOUR CHOICE: You can either prepare a minimum of 10 bagged lunches or provide 10 pairs of socks for distribution, or both! Please feel free to also bring hats and gloves.

A Sandwich Run involves delivering nutritious bagged lunches to the homeless by walking well travelled routes in downtown Toronto where street people live. You will be delivering the lunches with an experienced team leader, who will guide you every step of the way.

more about the meetup... 

This group heads out on the streets a couple of times a month. There are usually about 10 to 15 volunteers - mostly young professionals -  and a rewarding (and fun!) time is had by all. ~ Andy Twitter @canayjun

Knox Toronto Youth Dinner and FoodBank Re-Opens Nov 1st

This volunteer run program provides a hot meal, activities, conversation and some extra groceries to inner-City youth, every Tuesday, November through April. This program is the 2nd phase of what used to be the Knox Out of the Cold youth shelter. We've been cooking for street youth since 1996--how crazy is that??? Volunteers, guests, donors and friends are welcome to join to stay in touch. Visit the Facebook group

For more, see the previous article over at my Wordpress blog The MissionLog, from a couple years back - Knox is still a fun place for the street youth who frequent it. Many have grown up there. In Toronto? Come out and volunteer!

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TEDxToronto 2011 Opening Video - Toronto

This is the video for the opening of this year's TEDx Toronto. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. At TEDx events, a screening of TEDTalks videos -- or a combination of live presenters and TEDTalks videos -- sparks deep conversation and connections. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.

This video is like a short personal opus for every Torontonian - the city should adopt it as it's "official" City of Toronto video:

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InvisiblePeople Interview: Aboriginal - First Nations Homelessness in Canada

The following is an interview by Mark Horvath, founder of InvisiblePeople.tv and WeAreVisible.com, outspoken advocate for the homeless. Mark, who lives and works in L.A.,  was invited to Canada to extend his annual InvisiblePeople.TV roadtrip meeting with and interviewing people who are experiencing homelessness. Helping them get the story told. Helping them gain the visibility they sorely need. Mark was invited by the Calgary Homeless Foundation and Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Mark was hosted by homeless service organizations right across Canada from Victoria to St. Johns. One of the main characteristics of Canadian homelessness Mark quickly discovered was the high percentage of aboriginal peoples who are homeless here. Other studies have shown that although First Nations people are only 3% of Canada's population, more than 25% of the street homeless are aboriginal and make up 50% of the Canadian prison population. Here Mark interviews David Ward of Edmonton (via YouTube).


You can follow Mark on Twitter at @hardlynormal and @invisiblepeople

shared by Andy Coats - @canayjun
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