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Thursday January 21 MUCHTALKS: Haiti

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

We Day

Watch MuchMusic on Thursday January 21 at 7pm to see a special presentation of MUCHTALKS: Haiti. The one-hour special will be co-hosted by Free The Children’s Craig Kielburger and MuchMusic’s Devon Soltendieck.

Upon his recent return from Haiti, Craig Kielburger will be in the MuchMusic studio, sharing his thoughts and experiences from the disaster site. During the past week, Craig has been reporting on the ongoing crisis in Haiti to CP24, CTV, Newschannel, Canada AM, E Talk and MuchMusic.

Craig Kielburger is the founding member of Free The Children, co-founder of Me to We and Member of the Order of Canada.

To donate to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund, please go here.

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The 10 most important commitments you will make this year

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

We Day

Free The Children Background

Started in 1995 after then 12-year-old Craig Kielburger saw an article in the Toronto Star that read “Battled Child Labor, Boy, 12, Murdered.” The impact of such simple but defining words made an immediate impact on Kielburger and he knew something had to be done. Kielburger and a small group of his Grade 7 classmates from Thornhill, Ontario joined forces to create Free The Children. The purpose of creating Free The Children was to save children from child labor, but it has done so much more than that.

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Jo-Bros make surprise appearance for We Day

Monday, October 5th, 2009

best friends 4eva!

The Jonas Brothers were a surprise guest for We Day.

Held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Jo-Bros first appeared on screen giving a message about the importance of the Free The Children
foundation.

In a surprise twist, however, the brothers then came out on stage and performed their hits “SOS” and “Burnin’ Up” acoustically.

Other guests making an appearance at the event were Craig Kielburger (founder of Free The Chidren), Justin Bieber, Hedley, the cast of Degrassi: The Next Generation and contestants on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

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