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5 Days 2.0!

well well well…what a familiar feeling! A year ago, I was settling down for my first of five nights sleeping outside and now I’m prepping for my night out as the guest sleeper tonight.  Having had the privilege of Chairing last year’s … Continue reading

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so here we are…

I feel like I haven’t been home in forever, but I also can’t believe the campaign went by so fast. I’m so proud of everyone involved: the team, our families and friends and every person who supported us in any … Continue reading

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The Day Before the Last Day

Well we’re in the tail-end of the campaign now, just one night left! Michelle Height from the co-op office slept out with us and challenged her friends to raise $16,000 before 5pm today (thursday) or she’d sleep out again tonight. … Continue reading

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Halfway home!!!

Well here we are. Day 4, 3 nights in, 2 media events down and almost 3/4 of the way to our goal! last night, it was just the 8 of us on the team sleeping outside but again, lots of … Continue reading

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Almost halfway

We had a great night last night! Mayor of Strathcona County Linda Osinchuk slept out with us last night and we had a great discussion about youth homelessness and how we can help the situation. Her passion was really inspiring … Continue reading

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First full day

I’ll start with a recap of our opening ceremonies before I get into today Opening Ceremonies:  We started at 5pm with the Mayor of Edmonton, his wife, Tracy from YESS and some of families and friends. The Mayor gave a … Continue reading

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T minus 4 hours

Well after months of preparation and a hectic few weeks of lead up, here we are! Just a few hours from our big kickoff with the Mayor of Edmonton and our five days outside. On Friday, we did an amazing … Continue reading

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