Achievements
Ontario Spirit Tsunami Award: Committed to action & generosity.
In only a few hours, East York Collegiate high school clubs - Kids Can Free The Children, Peer Mentor leaders and the Empowered Students Program leaders raised more than four thousand dollars by asking students to donate spare change and lunch money.
Quoted from the Ontario Spirit Tsunami Award ceremony, Arcadian Court, Toronto, Ontario.
Our Free the Children chapter became a recipient of the one time Ontario Spirit Tsunami Award for its outstanding effort in fundraising for the Tsunami disaster. The Honourable Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty and the Minister of Immigration and Culture, Mike Colle, presented this award to the representatives of our chapter. East York is honoured to receive this award.