Eyes Of Hope

1. Pizza sale & Candy guessing for Free the Children - Thursday January 28 The cold weather is coming back, yes, it’s coming back. So why not stay on campus and enjoy a yummy slice of pizza and support Free the Children at the same time! A big slice of pizza and a pop is only $3.00 and the money will go to building schools. We will also be having a candy guessing fundraiser. Guess how much candy is in the jar! Sweets are great, and helping children in need is also great! Date and time: Thursday January 28 from 10am to 1pm (pizza at 12pm) Location: Bahen If you can help out, please e-mail eyesofhope@utoronto.ca 2. Social Night - Friday January 29 Come play some Cranium, and board games and when we get bored of those (yes, give a groan lol!), enjoy playing (or learning!) some card games (President, anyone?). And on the topic of 'cards', we'll write and decorate some cards to send to our kids, Demidzundui and Rose, whom we're sponsoring through World Vision. There will be light refreshments. Come out for an game-packed night! And bring a friend or two =) Date: Friday Jan 29 Time: 5pm-7:30pm (Come and leave when you can/need to) Place: Galbraith room 117 3. General Meeting - Thursday February 4 All committees (Umbrella/Clothing-Drive/Homeless-shelter; Sandwich-run/Out-of-the-cold; Free-the-Children-fundraising/Social) will be having their meeting at the same room and time. Anyone (new or old) interested in organizing events and coming to meetings are welcome to join us. Date: Thursday February 4 Time: 5:30pm Place: Galbraith room 117 4. Scott-Mission-Homeless-Shelter Date: Friday February 5 Time: 9:00am to 12:15pm Signup: eyesofhope@utoronto.ca Location: 502 Spadina Avenue (NW corner of Spadina Ave/College St.) Toronto, Ontario M5S 2H1 Please dress comfortably. We will be volunteering at the homeless shelter. This includes setting up the tables, putting out the food, helping in the kitchen and serving meals! *Note: we will have more opportunities on subsequent Fridays and Saturday February 13 and 27 (more details later) 5. Getting Involved in Eyes Of Hope The purpose of Eyes Of Hope is to allow members to develop their leadership skills by organizing/participating in events that help the community. We want to have an environment where people can initiate new ideas and have the group support them. If you would like to join Eyes Of Hope, you may add yourself to the mailing list(eyesofhope.skule.ca/mailinglist) or our facebook group ("Eyes of Hope - University of Toronto") If you would like to be an executive then you are welcome too. Executives are members who attend meetings, help organize events and volunteer at events. Send an e-mail to eyesofhope@utoronto.ca if you have any questions! Eyes Of Hope reaches $20, 500 mark! As of December, 2009, Eyes of Hope has raised $20,000 for charity! Since the summer of 2007, we've raised $5000 for Free the Children (school in Sierra Leone); $2200 for World Vision (2 sponsored children, Sichuan 2008 earthquake); $12200 for Habitat for Humanity; and $600 for our sandwich run program! Thank you to all who have helped out in the past two years :). About Us 1. Leadership Development 2. Community Involvement (helping children, helping the homeless, provide affordable housing - Habitat for Humanity) 3. Having Fun Our purpose is to allow members of the UofT community to develop their leadership skills, help create positive change in the community, and to have fun. Leadership, communication and teamwork skills are important life skills, but are not necessarily taught in the classroom. We believe in giving our members the opportunity to develop these skills by initiating and taking charge of events. Any member (even new members) is welcome to take charge of their leadership development and organize events. As members of the UofT community, there are many things we can do to help the community, and we should help others where we can. There are things that we can't do but there are many things that we can do to help make the world a better place. The events we organize and the frequency of the events are based on our members, what they want to do and what they can do. We will help the community as much as we can. Many of our events focus around one of three themes: helping children, helping the homeless, and providing affordable housing (Habitat for Humanity) Finally, people join campus clubs to meet new people, make new friends and have a good time, and Eyes Of Hope is no exception. The events we organize are meant not only to help people develop their leadership skills and to do something positive in the community, but they are also an opportunity for people to meet each other and have a good time. A list of events that we have organized in the past can be found on our events blog: <click here> Photos of our events can be found on facebook: facebook.com/uofteyesofhope If you have any suggestions of new event ideas or you want to get involved to help organize events, please feel free to contact us! New members are always welcome to join us and take charge to organize new/existing events. Contact Us / Facebook / Mailing List Questions? Comments? Interested in taking action to help make the world a better place? E-mail us at eyesofhope@utoronto.ca Find us on facebook! "Eyes of Hope - University of Toronto" To join the Eyes of Hope mailing list, go to eyesofhope.skule.ca/mailinglist (please us hotmail, gmail, yahoo if possible) Sponsors University of Toronto Engineering Society University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto Engineering Alumni Association NOTE: Eyes Of Hope obtains sponsorship and support from organizations within UofT Engineering, but we have and do welcome all members from the UofT community to join, contribute and participate.