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Food Sale - March 31, 2009
It was the Eyes of Hope food sale - snacks and lunch! We sold yummy home made cookies as well as a large variety of drinks - juice, pop, water - and many other goodies like rice krispies squares and cereal bars! For lunch, there was pizza!  

Habitat for Humanity - February 28, 2009
Building homes, building hope. Thank you to the 20 volunteers who showed up in cold to help build homes for low-income families. We hope to go again soon!      

Drink Sale Social Event - February 3, 2009
No, the dim sum wans't for sale, just our lunch, but it seemed to attract more attention than our drinks. This was another drink sale: coke, pepsi, frutopia, nestea etc.    

Coffee and Tea Breakfast Sale - January 27, 2009
We had our first coffee, tea, hot chocolate, drink sale in the Bahen Centre during the early morning hours. Sadly, the power at Bahen keeps blowing up on us if we try to plug in two water urns at a time on one plug.        

Habitat for Humanity Build Event - January 17, 2009
     

Drink Sale - January 13, 2009
And we have another drink sale. Besides drinks, we also sold yummy treats such as fruit rollups. Note how our drink sale booth has gotten progressively more stylish since last year.    

Drink Sale - January 8, 2009
Today was the Civil Engineering Career fair in the Medical Science Building. There were lots of companies and lots of people. Eyes of Hope was there to ensure no one suffered from thirst by selling drinks to help fundraise for a school. Combating thirst and combating poverty - good causes!  

 

Food Drive - November 24, 2008
We held our first food drive for the Toronto Daily Food bank from November 17 to November 21 in the Galbraith building, asking staff and students for food donations. Thank you all who donated to the food bank because hunger affects us all.  

Bake Sale - November 6, 2008
Our Eyes of Hope Bake sale in Sidney Smith! We sold a variety of snacks and goodies including ice tea, water, big variety of chocolates, cookies, and rice krispies. Thanks to those who helped baked and those who helped sold food.  

   

Habitat for Humanity Event - November 1, 2008
Today was the third Eyes of Hope Habitat for Humanity Build Event. The task today included cutting the dry-wall, putting up the dry-wall, and installing the vapour barrier.
       

The Bay Gift Wrapping Event - November 1, 2008
We set up 2 booths at the Bay to wrap gifts. Who knew wrapping gifts was such an art? It was an interesting experience to learn how to properly and professionally place the wrapping paper around the box, make a pretty bow and apply the bow onto the box.    

The Bay Giving Day Gift Card Sale - October 18, 2008
The Bay generously donated "Giving-day gift cards" for us to sale with all proceeds going towards fundraising for the school in Sierra Leone Africa. The cards were sold at The Bay on Queen and Yonge at the entrance right across from the Eaton Center. Most of us have never asked for money from the general public before so it was a unique experience for most of us. The next The Bay event is on November 1 where we will gift wrap!  

Habitat for Humanity Get together event - October 1, 2008
This is an event organized by the Civil Department for Eyes of Hope members that have gone or will go to Habitat for Humanity events. We were served a dinner consisting of yummy chicken wraps, salad, and desert. It was a great opportunity to meet each other as well as discuss with the Civil Engineering Department on ways we can continue to work together in the future.

Drink sale in Sandford Fleming Cafeteria - September 28, 2008
We had many volunteers show up at today's drink sale. Thank you very much to those who showed up because we couldn't do it without people like you. It was challenging, but also a little bit of fun to learn how to wrap coins.

2nd General Eyes Of Hope Meeting - September 27, 2008
Thank you to all those who showed up at the general meeting. Several things were discussed and done. We will look into creating Eyes Of Hope T-shirts; it was decided that Philip will take on the role of VP Habitat for Humanity with Tarana; and we will try to sell chocolates at "The Bay Event." In addition, thank you to those who helped to wrap coins and make chocolate gift packages.

Drink sale in the Sandford Fleming Cafeteria - September 22, 2008
New item today: instant noodles for those in a hurry. Once again, we sold a variety of drinks and snack at our snack bar to help raise money for the school in Sierra Leone Africa. With all classes in full gear, the campus is full of hungry and thirsty students needing cold drinks or just a quick snack to eat in between classes.  

Habitat for Humanity Adopt-a-day event - September 20, 2008
This is our second Habitat for Humanity adopt-a-day event. The September weather was beautiful - nice and sunny, not hot but also not cold. Our task of the day was to build the back porch to the house. Our crew leader David was amazing and he showed us exactly what to do and how to do it. Afterwards, we interviewed a family living in one of the completed Habitat for Humanity houses. Asking the mother of 5 children regarding to how she thinks Habitat for Humanity has benefited her children,. she explains that in the past, she lived in a dangerous environment where drugs and profanity were common sight for her children in and around her apartment building, and she was worried about how her children might be negatively influenced. In her new neighbourhood, her children can now grow up in a positive environment outside of drugs and violence.
       

Fundraising BBQ - September 17, 2008

Thank you for all those who helped out and who donated for the school in Africa. It took a lot of people and effort to run the barbeque, but we had a lot of great members who showed up to help, so thank you because we couldn't have had such a smooth barbeque without your help. There were many generous people who donated extra money in addition to paying the price of the hamburger so thank you for supporting us to help build a school. We served everyone a cheese burger with a drink and a cookie.

       

Club meeting - 'meet and greet' - September 11, 2008
Our first general meeting of the school year. It was a chance for us to give a brief overview of the club and explain the ways our new members can get involve. The overview was followed by a 'meet and greet' with snacks and refreshments. Thanks to everyone who came out - it was nice meeting everyone.

UTSU Clubs Fair - September 5, 2008
Kings College Circle today was filled with clubs and people and Eyes of Hope was there to recruit new members. We had 160 members sign up this week and more are expected to sign up next week. It was an odd day, raining a little bit for a few minutes at a time. The good news is that it didn't rain a lot and it didn't rain for a very long time.    

Engineering Clubs Fair - September 3, 2008

The engineering clubs fair was held today and Eyes of Hope was there to recruit new members. We managed to distribute all our flyers and cards and filled up our sign-up sheets with enthusiastic new members. Thanks to engineering society for yummy subs.

 

    

Drink Sale on College - September 2, 2008

A new school year has begun and the campus is again full of life. It was a very hot day and there were quite a few thirsty frosh and frosh leaders. We sold out all our water :).

   

Civil Engineering Department Kickstart breakfast event - August 27, 2008
Kick start is an orientation event for incoming first year civil engineering students that is designed to ease the transition from highschool to university. Events include the student panel session, breakfast, lunch, study skills tips session, and lectures about what it means to be an engineer. We were there at breakfast to talk to the students and provide them with information about our club.

Drink sale on College - August 21 and 22, 2008
New location this time, across the street from the Pharmacy building on College Street. The weather was pretty cool and there was quite a breeze, so it was quite relaxing, sitting there to enjoy the weather.

Drink sale on College - August 12, 2008
We expanded our selection today by including rice krispy squares. There was also a change in location - we set up right outside the UofT bookstore where they are having their annual summer tent sale. We encountered some very nice people who donated a few dollars each. It was a nice warm day to sit outside and enjoy the summer weather.

Habitat for Humanity Adopt a day build event - August 5, 2008

Today was the first Habitat for Humanity build event- Habitat for Humanity has a program where companies and schools can come to their construction site to help build houses for the poor for a day, and the tasks depends on the phase of construction. The day started off nice and sunny, and we were fortunate that it rained only after we were done! Our task of the day was to paint the living room, stairway and closets to prepare for the installation of the carpet later in the week. At lunch, we found this pizza store with only 1 table and 1 worker and ordered 3 large pizzas. We found a nice picnic table outside and went there for lunch. After lunch, it was time to apply the second coat of paint. We were very fortunate to have a very helpful crew leader - Paul - who taught us how to master the art of painting a house. By the end of the day, we were all experts at painting and ready to send in our resumes to our local painting companies.

An article describing our day at the Habitat for Humanity construction site can be found here.

     

Dim Sum Social Event - July 24, 2008
The club went to Chinatown for dim sum. We are pretty lucky to be located downtown Toronto with many restaurants for us to choose from. The dim sum was yummy and cheap. We had steam pork buns, chicken feet, dumplings, rice rolls, tofu, and much more.

Drink sale on College - July 22, 2008
It was a rainy/cloudy day, but at lunch time, the sun came out for a few hours, so we took full advantage of the sun and sold a few drinks on College street.
Drink sale on College - July 17, 2008

Back out again trying to raise money for a school in Sierra Leone. The weather was sunny and hot, but under our plot of shade, it was pretty cool because of a nice breeze. Nothing is more relaxing than sitting under some shade with breeze eating lunch with your friends while being able to help with a good cause.  

Barbeque - July 9, 2008

This was the first barbeque of the summer. Nope, no hamburgers today. There were chicken skewers, pork skewers, ceasar salad, fruits, juice, chips, crackers, bread and a whole bunch of other great food. Thank you to the UofT Bridge Engineering group for coming out and supporting us (attending and help with cooking and cleanup).


Drink sale on College - June 25, 2008

This was our first drink sale of the summer. We set up outside on college right outside the mining building under a tiny plot of shade to raise money for building a school in Sierra Leone.