Final M2W Show Information - High Schools

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Dear Principal,

Students from across the Niagara Region are promoting the WE generation with Hand in Hand Niagara, a

regional youth in action group supporting Free the Children the worlds largest network of children helping

children through education. Based on the Me to We movement, where we move from thinking thoughts ofme to

thinking about others, Hand in Hand Niagara is empowering young people to use their talents and take action to

make a positive difference in the world, and encouraging students to participate in a school fundraiser to help free

children from poverty and exploitation.

Hand in Hand Niagaras fundraising goal is to collect $50,000 to adopt two villages with Free the Children

- one in India and one in Sierra Leone. Focusing on sustainable development, each village will be provided with aschool and educational programming, mobile health clinics and lunch programs, alternative sources of income for

women to better support their families, and access to clean water. This is an amazing opportunity for Niagaras

schools to bond together in support of a WE generation. We can be the change and we can make a difference!

On behalf of Hand in Hand Niagara, we hope that you will join us this year in our regions exciting Me to

We mission. To spread the message, our youth team has created a unique, fun and interactive performance for the

entire high school student body (grades 9 through 12) called, theME to WE SHOW. The free one-hour performance

has a 3-part focus:

Educate: explain with words, pictures and incredible videos, issues surrounding poverty andeducation around the world

Empower: empower the youth to get involved in the community, and help students understand thatyouth have the power to be the change in our world

Call to action: launch a simple but exciting fundraiser event in the school; allowing students totake action, become active members of society, and join Hand in Hand Niagaras missions in India

and Sierra Leone.

This is an incredible opportunity for students to be moved, inspired and also geared towards a future of

high leadership. Created by youth for youth, the ME to WE SHOWwill bring the schools and the youth of Niagara

together - one family in support of a great cause. We hope that you will join us this year. We would be thrilled to

host theME to WE SHOWfor the students of your school.

Please contact us soon at [email protected] or 905-380-5094.The Hand in Hand Niagara team looks

forward to being in touch with you. Thank you for your support to help inspire youth.

Sincerely,

Joanna Klimczak

President and Founder of Hand in Hand

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8159 Woodsview CrescentNiagara Falls, Ontario

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Table of Contents

ME to WE SHOWletter of support ME to WE SHOWscript Hand in Hand pledge form ME to WE SHOWprops list Thank you card Photo ofME to WE SHOWpresentation team


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M2W SHOW

High School - ScriptPresented by Hand in Hand - Niagara

Joanna Klimczak, Eva Allouche, Tina Saleh, Andrew Petheram, Cornelia Hordijk,Nigel Inneo, Nia Hughes, Adriana Sarmiento, Marty Mako

(inspired by Free the Childrens Me to We Day)

Room is pitch black (no lights)

- Play 1 minute shocking recording (made by Hand in Hand reps.) about small girl named, Reah, who was killed

during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

PRESENTATION BEGINS

Every 60 seconds, someone is murdered.. Every 10 seconds someone dies from AIDS.. Every 3 SECONDSsomeone dies from Poverty POVERTY, pretty scary dont you think? And.what if that someone was person

you loved, or even you?

Picture your sister, your mother, YOU.Innocent people, living their regular day-to-day lives getting raped. Reah,the girl we just heard crying, begging not to be found by refugees hiding in a closet, was 12 years old. She dreamedof being a teacher but never returned to school after that one fateful afternoon. Reah was raped and then murderedby refugees in Sierra Leone. She was amongst the 100,000killedduring the civil war that lasted11 years.

Another person, Sunjeetis 4 years old he wakes up everyday at sunrise not to attend school and see his friends likeyou and I. But rather to carry explosives into a DANGEROUS coal mine in India.Sunjeet works in the mine toprovide money for food for his family. Not only has he lost his best friend, AND HIS ARM from an explosion in themine, but his childhoodand his chances at a better future. And thats about as much as his life, willEVER BE:working 12 hours a day, EVERDAY, with the fear of getting beaten if he cant keep up.

Now take a look at you and me for example:Luckily, we are here at school a lot of what we need, we can find. But these children,THESECHILDREN,inSudan, in China,in Ethiopia,in India, in Sierra Leone,COULDNT,CANT, WONT. NO, they cant sleep in onthat Saturday morning, No they cant read that comic book. No they cant listen to that favourite song. No they cantdrink that GLASS OF CLEAN WATER. ..They are left withLESS than the bare minimum. And they fend forthemselves with what they have. (pause)They carry layers of bricks on their heads, they use animal feces forfoundation for their slums.They cut grass with knives AS LONG AS THEIR ARMS, to feed cattle, to providemoney, their family NEEDS to surviveKids who will never go to school, because they just HAVEto work,theyve been given no choice, NO CHOICE,NO CHOICE! Kids who dont have dreams, kids who dont evenknow what dreams are when you ask them.Like Santiago in Ecuador, the best soccer player in the whole school. Hewants to be a pilot. But hes (hhh) never seen a plane before. Kids with dry hands, and chapped faces, playing in dirtfields covered with broken bottles,but theyre laughing.Theyre having fun with the simple things. Where we here

in America need our iPods, our laptops, the coolest clothes,the latest trends, to be happy,or satisfied or so wethink While people in developing nations, gather their communities, to build a school, they come fromMILES,they PILE out of the buses, to finish a building they know theyll never use,but their kids will, and they know itsthe right thing to do.To help THEIR community, to hold each other upIts 2009EVERYWHERE.We really dontlive, we really cant live, WORLDS APART.

(World on fire video = 3mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoNInZ2ClQ

Ni el Cornelia Andrew Tina Eva Joanna Nia Adriana


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And that was Sarah Mclauchlins World on Fire. Now we have a little secret to finally reveal to you. Who are we?

(laughing). Ill start off with myself, Im Eva, Im Nia, Im Andrew, Im Nigel, Im Cornelia,Im Tina, Im Joanna

and Im Adriana. We are regular high school students your age, here to talk to you about issues in our world and

how young people can easily make a difference and ARE making a difference. So first off, back to Sarah

Mclauchlins World on Fire video, by a show of hands (raise hand), how many of you have seen statistics like these

before: anywhere, in school or on a commercial? Yeah its probably most of you. Now keep your hand up. Look to

your right look to your left look at how many people in this room have seen big numbers like these. (long

pause) Thank you put your hand down. Now what is even more interesting is thatoverall weve heard the big

numbers so many times that we almost forget their meaning. A bird dying of old age is the way of life, but this is

not. 20 million people dying of AIDS is not a natural cause, there is nothing normal about 276 000 child slaves

working in hazardous conditions. Are these just a bunch of big jumbled up numbers? These numbers are so big they

have to mean something! There are people behind them. Remember, a number is just a fact, it is the people behind

that number who matter.

Now speaking of numbers, we have something quite interesting to share with you. Take a look (look at the screen):

weve got some tasty ice cream right? Looks pretty good to me (laughing). Well in Europe alone, $11 billion will be

spent on ice cream this year, while it costs approximately $9 billion to provide global clean drinking water, $12

billion will be spent in North America on perfumes and makeup, while it costs the same amount to produce

reproductive health services for all women now we are not saying we shouldnt purchase these items I in fact

by perfume for my mum as a gift every now and then. This is just to go and show where our money is going, and to

raise awareness of the fact that contributing just that small some of our extra ice cream spending money towards

bettering the world and helping others would have a significant impact over time. Lets remember next time (big

smile). It takes a simple move.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you could just take one moment Right nowPicture yourself (thats you and you andyou) being a part of one of those big numbers. Not being able to go to school because you have to work 12-16hours/day to provide for your family, drinking bacteria-contaminated water just to survive, suffering frommalnutrition being a child living under less than one dollar/day living in what is called: extreme poverty.(long pause) and so I ask myself, were some people just lucky to be born in certain favourable conditions and others

not so much? Perhaps... but what is more important and amazing, is that with the resources that we are LUCKY toHAVE HERE in Canada, we CAN reach out, give back, and help improve the future of others! Plus, we can havefun while we are at it! Believe it or not, it is human nature to be a little selfish sometimes, but it is also human natureto love, to share and to give to others! Like many great leaders say, giving and helping people are amongst mostrewarding and fulfilling actions. True joy and satisfaction in life are found only through giving and enhancing thelives of other people. And you know what the best part is? This can be accomplished no matter how fortunate orunfortunate we are. Here is an example of a young individual who has proven that we can make a difference in theworld regardless of our status or what we have. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo Michel Chikwaninelived through the great war in Africa in the 1990s. Over 4 million people died during this war. Today Michele livesin Canada and is voicing his message.

(Michele clip 4 mins) -http://www.ctv.ca/metowe/ (clip 3 of 10 12th min)

After Michels near-death experience, being in a coma for 6 months, he recovered and began playing soccer. Todayhe is training to become a professional soccer player. As a healthy 21 year-old in Canada, an athlete, and a youthambassador of the United Nations, Michel is inspiring awesome people like YOU AND I, to make it to the topagainst all odds and togetherbe the change in our world.

LIGHTS ON

If Michel can do it, I can do it you, YOU can do it, WE can do it! IT IS POSSIBLE. Every single person in this

room right now, has the power to make a difference in this world, no matter what your background, your academic


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average, or how much money you have, YOU can change our planet. And its so important to care, because we have

one life, and one planet. Thats it. We have to take care and its all done by living the ME TO WE philiosphy, where

we move from thinking MEand focussing on ourselves, to WEand TAKING ACTIONin favour of

humanity as a whole. Now, you might be asking yourself what are WE actions? Well thinking and acting WE can

be done through simple acts of kindness in our every-day lives, like opening the door for someone, mowing the lawn

for a friend, donating to your local food bank or simply just smiling... its that easy and dont such actions make you

feel good? its all about doing things that benefit not only ourselves but others too whether its in our local or global

community. You know in our very own country in Canada, one in six Canadian children are living under the poverty

level. Help right now is needed all around the world. So truly its about taking action on issues we are passionate

about, whatever the issue may be. One more time, its ME TO WE. What do you guys think? Can we give it a try

with the crowd? (we say YES!) alright, when I say ME TO you guys scream WE alright? ME TO, WE. ME TO,

WE. ME TO, WE!! (wooooot! Cheers!). That was awesome! To crank up our energy even more and add to this

message, we now have a SPECIIIAALLL performance, a song, written by Joe Opatowski; a Free the Children

speaker. Joe was a passionate philanthropist who in 2004, tragically died in a car accident on his way home to

Toronto; after doing a presentation, much like todays, at a Secondary School in Ontario. Joe was a change-maker, a

leader... he was only 20 YEARS OLD. He inspired thousands of youth to join the me to we movement. Today he

inspires US (point to us), and hopefully YOU as well. So here is his song, here is our message:

(Joe Opatowski Me to We Song)

**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVdj33y9xvo

** PLEASE WATCH for practice (emphasis on certain phrases)

Me to We

Is what we see

If we could already be

The change we wish to see

In our lives in each day

By the words that we say

About the world that we can make

By our PASSIONS

As they turn into actions

Me to We

Is what we see

If we could already be

The change we wish to see

In our lives in each day

By the words that we say

About the world that we can make

By our PASSIONS

As they turn into actions

Lets move from ME to WE

And change the world from what we see

To something that embodiesGenerosity



To one home, one family

Cuz it doesnt take a genius

To see that things need to change

But no one person has the power to rearrange


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All of the things that are bringing us down

Itll take a whole world to make a smile from a frown

Every two seconds somebody dies of starvation

Poverty and hunger in every single nation

40 wars spent 1 trillion dollars this year

We should fund education instead of investing in fear

Ecocide, genocide, homicide, suicide,

So many words for, destruction to live its life

People get angry and they get up with guns

But when more people died a few years back from suicide globally than war

We know were not having fun

Priorities need to change, were not doing enough

We ignore a man on the street corner cuz his luck if rough

They say crime rates are jumping through the roof

The same reasons not to trust everyday on the news

So many types of sufferings which humans can endure

Straight up, there is more than one way to be poor


And change the world from what we seeTo something that embodies

Generosity




When you wake up, try to find a smile

Recognize: were alive, but only for a while

Look around you, only two races to choose and find

Multiple-choice-answer: human cruel or human kind

RESPECT that there is more than one way to live

We can be people who takeAnd we can be people who give

Changing the world can be as simple as a hug,

Holding the door open and not saying youre done

Saying something positive when negative surrounds

Speak from your heart, grow from what you found

A stranger is a friend thats passing you by

If he looks too serious, pass him a smile

If hes still unfamiliar, ask him his name

Strangers are extinct if and when they do the same

So first we need some visions and we have to set some goalsLike ending hunger by filling every single bowl

And ending poverty as if money grown on trees

Lets stop voting war, lets start voting peace



To something that embodies

Generosity



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This is it, once chance

We can do it, learn the dance

In the streets by the way, that we choose to live

By doing what we do with the ME we give

To the WE see, every single bodyUNITED

ONE family,

one race, one globe, one humanity,

that they callHUMAN KINDNESS (everyone)

cuz love aint dead.

Walk off seriously for effect. Then cheer WOOT! Lets have another Me to We chant! This side of the room will be

ME, this one TO, and the left side is WE. Ready? When I point to you, you can shout out your word as loud as

possible! ME TO WE ME TO WE ME TO WE ME TO WE!!!! (clap)

WOW! THE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM IS AMAZING! Lets be excited for what we can do. I want to take this

moment to congratulate all of you in the audience whoare getting involved in clubs and our community, and to all of

you have have completed or even already begun their 40 hours of community service. YOU ARE MAKING ADIFFERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS! So ladies and gentlemen, one more time, lets show the world what, WE,

an awesome group of teenagers can do! Now, by a show of hands, how many of you have heard people say that

youth are, APATHITIC, in other words: lazy and uninterested? Well Ill tell you something. If you look at that word

all it really says is PATHETIC. That statement is pathetic! Why do you think that in history young people have

almost ALWAYS been the forefront of social movements? Its because yes we are young! Yes we are energetic!

Yes we are intelligent and talented! Lets use those talents and be the change we wish to see in the world! Yes we

CAN together make a positive impact! Yes we CAN together help generate positive change! YES WE CAN! And

YES WE WILL! WE are the first generation the world has been waiting for. We are the first generation that has all

of the technology and resources available to make change happen. And I KNOW. WE KNOW, that this is the

generation that cares, and that is changing the world. To give an example even, in October 16,000 students in

southern Ontario stormed into the Air Canada Centre to celebrate change and something called, ME TO WE Day. A

full day dedicated to ME TO WE! Its amazing whats happening out there!

So based on today, we have seen the stats, seen the circumstances, and we know that we have the resources and the

POWER to make a difference. So lets do something. We cant wait any longer. Its time to take action!

Volunteer Now video

It takes simple actions everyone. We are all part of an international youth in action organization called Hand in

Hand. With the support of the ENTIRE Niagara Region, thats right, schools from across the board, community

groups, mayors youth councils and businesses, Hand-in-Hand- Niagara is engaging peers like you and I to work

together to make a difference in OUR world. The regions goal is to raise $50,000 to adopt two villages with Free

the Children, the worlds largest network of children helping children through education.Each village will be

provided with a school and educational programming, better health care,access to clean water, and alternativeincome sources such as goats for milking and breeding, so that families can better support themselves. These FOUR

KEY THINGS will allow the community to rise from poverty and be given the chance at a brighter future.So far

____ dollars have been raised, and so we need your help.

One village is in rural India, where working for less than a buck a day is nothing out of the ordinary for children.The second is located in Sierra Leone, Africa a country that was ravaged by an 11 year civil war, where children asyoung as 4 were forced to serve their country.


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(power point India and Sierra Leone)(3 mins) NIAAND Joanna

Like we said, lets remember ONCE.

Andrew speak about El Salvador! have websites or pamphlets available for info

So all in all, taking a look at our world, the youths powerful impact, Andrews incredible experience, and the Me to

We event weve had today. We think it is safe to say, that it is not about what you have in this life, its about what

you choose to do with it.

So NOW, its YOURTURN, its OUR TURN, its ____ TURN, TO ACT WE! The worst thing to do right now

would be to do nothing. So lets take all the passion in this room and put it into action. THE TIME FOR CHANGE

IS NOW. We cant wait any longer. Its time to take ACTION! YES WE CAN!

We are challenging ourselves and you, all STAFFMEMBERS AND STUDENTS here at _________school toparticipate in _________s Me-to-We event! The challenge, THE CHALLENGE... is to EACH raise 15 dollars withHand in Hand.It may seem like much or it may seem like little, but it can come QUICKLY! Lets save our lunch money, orpostpone that ticket to the movies. Lets ask mom, dad, aunts, grandmas, grandpas, neighbours, friends or

colleagues whoever we can think of! Its a great cause and just like us, others are willing to give. And the greatpart is, we dont just have one night to collect funds (although we know its possible), but three entire weeks. WeCAN do this. With ______ people we can raise over ___ thousand dollars! Thats more than ______of Niagarasfinal goal, IN ONE EVENT!

Pledge forms will be handed tomorrow morning to EVERY STUDENT in the school Any amount of money we canraise makes a difference, but the challenge is 15 dollars. As soon as you have collected your donations, please dropthem off to your home room teacher, and you will get to take part in an awesome ___(event)__ to ______!

OH! and lets not forget school name has offered to give _____(TBA)_______ for the grade, thats right, THEGRADE, that raises the most funds!

Lets get out there, and show the world what weve got!

Start slow clap. And get it faster and faster and faster!!!!! CHEER! ME TO WE! cheerleaders come!


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Dear Madame/Sir,

Hand in Hand Niagara is a regional youth in action group, registered under Free the Children, the

worlds largest network of children helping children through education. With passion and team work, the

group is freeing children around the world from poverty and exploitation, and empowering young peopleto become global citizens and positive change makers.

Hand in Hand Niagara is currently working to raise $50,000 to adopt two villages in India and

Sierra Leone, and my school is participating in the project. Focusing on sustainable development, each

village will be provided with a school and educational programming, mobile health clinics and lunch

programs, alternative sources of income for women to better support their families, and access to clean

water. This is an amazing opportunity for me and my school to take action in support of a WE generation.

I would like to ask you for a generous donation in support of our mission (cash or cheque payable

toFree the Children, withHand in Handin the memo line) - a taxable receipt will be provided by Free

the Children. Your contribution is tremendously important to the team, our community and our friends in

India and Sierra Leone.

Please feel free to contact Hand in Hand Niagara anytime at [email protected], 905-380-5094

or visit the website at www.handinhandinternational.weebly.com. Thank you very much for your support

to help inspire youth.

Sincerely,

Joanna Klimczak Mr/Mrs___________________

President/Founder of Hand in Hand _______________ School Principal


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Name Address Pledge Signature


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M2W SHOW Props

(We ask for these props from the school please)

Auditorium/gym/room for presentation LCD projector and screen Microphones (2 - 4 please)

For Fundraiser:

Photocopies of Hand in Hand pledge forms for students Optional: prize for grade/class/students for participating and/or raising funds toward Hand in

Hand Niagara for the adopt-a-village programs in India and Sierra Leone.


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