World of Opportunity: Celebrating and sharing the successes of some of our chapters!

6 December, 2009 @ 17:11

In just 2 weeks we have raised an impressive $ 45,000 for the World of Opportunity campaign - and this is just the beginning! Along the many other amazing EWB supporters - chapters across the country are working harder than ever to make the World of Opportunity campaign a success this year. The campaign is critical to ensuring that EWB can drastically scale up our work overseas in 2010.

As EWBers set-up campaigns in the coming days, we wanted to take this chance to share some of the amazing things happening across the country at our chapters!

The EWB Memorial University Chapter members have set-up over 15 campaign pages in just a few short weeks! To make their campaigns really impactful, they have been discussing strategies to spread the word and generate excitement about the World of Opportunity. To energize the chapter to share the World of Opportunity campaign throughout their networks, members have been watching videos about EWB’s work (found here: ) at each chapter meeting. They are also sharing tips with each other about what has been working for their individual campaigns – celebrating the achievements of campaigners like Maria Adey.

“For us,” says MUN Chapter President Ryan Murphy, “watching the success that Maria Adey has had in her campaign so far has really helped us figure out strategies to make our own campaigns really amazing.”

Maria has been excited to swap tips with her fellow chapter members. She attributes her success to emailing all her friends and family, creating a Facebook group, and taking cash donations to include those people who may not want to donate online. She has even connected with her Mom’s network with the Girl Guides of Canada and the parents of a local youth band she works with! With a goal of $500 to begin with Maria has now upped her goal to $700 and is looking forward to even more success during the holidays.

The University of Toronto Chapter is also taking the World of Opportunity to the next level! The chapter has devoted a section of their chapter’s homepage to sharing the campaign – which has certainly been creating buzz and increasing donations. Chapter co-Presidents Mike Klassen and Mina Shahid have also been generating significant hype by creating unique videos to promote the campaign and share their progress. The U of T chapter is taking a particularly creative approach – and it’s working!

“We are having a lot of fun with the campaign. I especially have a blast doing stuff like making videos and encouraging my friends to get involved. This year we are working to make the World of Opportunity even more exciting than last year’s holiday campaign!”

The U of T and MUN chapters are just two of the many groups of EWB supporters that are doing great things to generate excitement and awareness of the World of Opportunity campaign. We are working to share their tips, strategies and ideas so that together we can make this year’s campaign a success!

To learn more about what MUN and U of T are doing – as well as our other supporters – visit our Tips and Resources section.