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| 20 June |
From: Jacqueline from Ottawa wrote Instead of individual favors for the guests at our upcoming wedding, my fiance and I have purchased nets on behalf of our guests! More » |
| 03 June |
From: Vista Heights School Calgary, Alberta We had a ‘gym sale’. The students brought in their used items and others purchased them. No item went for more that $1.0 and our larger items were won by a draw. We have 115 students and we raised $440. More » |
| 29 May |
From: Morgan & Griffin from Sherwood Park, Alberta Me and my brother were having a shared birthday party. We always choose a charity to help instead of getting presents for ourselves. More » |
| 21 May |
From: Kira from Cobourg, Ontario Turned 7 on May 3 My name is Kira and I am 7 years old I turned 7 on May 3. More » |
| 20 May |
From: Crescent School at Dundas Square Click here to view video More » |
| 07 May |
From: Tyson from James M. Hill Memorial High School, Miramichi, N.B., wrote; I thought I would post this article about an event that my Grade 12 World Issues class put together. We ended up with 550 people attending the event and after all was counted we raised $3000. It was hard work, but a great time, and worth every bit of the effort. After all, not only did we raise that money, we also made 550 more people aware of Spreadthenet.org! More » |
| 06 May |
From: Heather Daly Grade 6 Teacher , Sister Catherine Donnelly Catholic Elementary School Barrie, ON After celebrating Catholic Education Week within our school, I have challenged my grade 6 class to answering the call to help others in the world. More » |
| 05 May |
From: Heather Webster, teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School in Stanstead, Quebec writes: I am a teacher in Sunnyside Elemetary School in Stanstead Quebec. More » |
| 01 May |
From: Peel Alternative School West writes; During Education Week or Gr 7/8 class held a Bake Sale in support of Spread the Net. More » |
| 23 April |
From: 2nd Port Wallace Girl Guides, Dartmouth Nova Scotia I am a guider with the 2nd Port Wallace Girl Guides of Dartmouth, NS. As a service project our unit decided to contribute two weeks worth of dues (we are a small unit) to purchase nets through your organization. More » |
| 21 April |
From: Georgia and Ben from Ottawa, Ontario My two youngest (8 and 12) children have been raising money for various child related charities for the last 4 years. This year they chose Spread the Net. They have change jars at most of their relatives homes. They made crafts and sold them at 2 Christmas craft fairs. They raised just over $300 dollars. They fight like Tigers most of the year but seem to manage to get along for their fundraising events. More » |
| 03 April |
From: “Spreading the Net” at Hammarskjold, Thunder Bay In partnership with Lakehead University student Dean Burke, the students of Mrs. Brotchie’s Grade 11 English Class at Hammarskjold High School have helped to “Spread the Net” in a fundraising event to help people in Rwanda, Africa. |
| 02 April |
From: Meadowvale elementary P.S., in Scarborough, Ontario Meadowvale elementary P.S. raised a total amount of $729.02. This money was raised through a spare change/penny drive. More » |
| 29 March |
From: Gr. 5/6 Class of Bruno School, Saskatchewan Our class raised $1423.00 to send with our teacher on her trip to Uganda. We had a candy guess, A Give Change to Make a Change basket, we made and sold bracelets, and held a Family Dance in our gym. When she returned, we still had some money left, so we decided to buy 18 nets. More » |
| 27 March |
From: Mrs. Lannan's Grade Two Class, Prince of Peace Catholic School, Toronto Dear Rick, Just thought you would like to know that you have inspired my Grade 2 class to raise money for Spread the Net. |
| 20 March |
From: Liam from Sydney, Nova Scotia is 8 years old; Liam turned 8 and for his birthday he asked his friends to bring a donation to Spread the Net instead of gifts. More » |
| 12 March |
From: Cathleen McKague from Waterloo writes:; I spent three weeks volunteering in Africa in the summer of 2006, during which time a frightening proportion of my fellow workmates contracted Malaria. More » |
| 03 March |
From: Liam from Brampton Liam is 6 years old... More » |
| 26 February |
From: St. Martin Elementary School in London, Ontario Our school, St. Martin, an elementary school with 400 students,.... More » |
| 12 February |
From: Emily from Tyne Valley P.E.I. writes well... at hernewood jr. high we are raising money through our winter carnival to buy nets for the people in africa... More » |
| 12 February |
From: Jamie-Lynn from Tyne Valley P.E.I. writes well... at my school, Hernewood Jr. High. We're raising money to buy bed nets for people in Africa. More » |
| 25 January |
From: Miriam's 8th Birthday Miriam from St. John's Newfoundland wrote: I had my eigth birthday last week and instead of presents, I asked my friends to bring $10 to buy bed nets. Between my 3 friends and family, we donated 9 nets. My two sisters did the same thing for their birthdays and so far we have donated 35 nets. I hope this helps the children in Africa. More » |
| 23 January |
From: Christie From Toronto I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. More » |
| 23 January |
From: Benjamin from Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland Labrador My son Benjamin took an old top hat to school; More » |
| 15 January |
From: Geoffrey Hall My 0.7% More » |
| 11 January |
From: Vanessa writes Vanessa from Torbay, Newfoundland/Labrador made a resolution; More » |
| 04 January |
From: Kama from Porl Alberni, BC writes More » |
| 03 January |
From: Leslie from Quebec I had a Christmas Party and asked my guests to make a donation to Spread the Net. More » |
| 03 January |
From: Sears Parts & Service Department, London, Ontario The employees of Sears Parts & Service Department, London, Ontario were exicted to raise money for such a wonderful cause. More » |
| 23 December |
From: Doug from Vancouver, BC, wrote: More » |
| 17 December |
From: Hannah's Net-Working Hannah is a young lady from Quebec who has created a wonderful idea for fundraising. To date Hannah has raised $580. We applaud the generousity of Hannah, and would like to share her Net-Working tool she created. Bravo Hannah! Thank you for caring! More » |
| 15 December |
From: Lara's 9th Birthday For my 9th Birthday Party, instead of accepting gifts, I thought it would be nice to collect for a donation. More » |
| 07 December |
From: STN Benefit heres our rock and pop group that will perform this Friday Dec. 7 More » |
| 10 November |
From: Olivia's 13th Birthday Olivia from St. John's Newfoundland writes: More » |
| 07 November |
From: Tarek & Jeanette Fundraise on Behalf of Spread the Net Tarek and Jeanette from Halifax NS write: More » |
| 10 October |
From: Peg tells us his story As I downsize I've been sending off computers, DVDs and books for the cost of postage, which is payable to organisations that do good. More » |
| 30 September |
From: Christopher's 7th Birthday Christopher was turning 7 and wanted to pick a charity to benefit from his big day! More » |
| 31 August |
From: Kim, Harry, Jade, Cole and Riley A great way to Spend the Summer..... More » |
| 24 August |
From: Louisa My name is Louisa and I had my tenth birthday party yesterday.... More » |
| 16 July |
From: Larissa Seminerio My friends, Tia and Rebecca, joined me in organizing two barbeques to raise awareness and money for this cause. We held these barbeques at two different elementary schools and informed the students about Spread the Net... More » |
Empowered by you, me and UNICEF
A big part of the Spread the Net movement is you - your commitment to the cause and your ingenuity in spreading the word. Whether you've been directly affected by Malaria, or you had a great fundraising event, we want you to share your story as an inspiration to all and to keep this great momentum going. We've got three ways you can do it:
- Simply write in your story and we'll post it right here on the site.
- Send us your story along with pictures and we'll post it in the "See Photos" section on the home page.
- Send us your story, and we might film you for the "See videos" section on the home page. Just tell us why you'd like us to film you (and your family, friends, or classmates) and please mention if you have any footage, pictures, images or drawings that could be included in your video.
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