Interesting Links - Volume 1

Volunteers get free admission for a day at Disney World (Florida) or Disney Land (California) :

Click here for Disney's give a day, get a day !

If you're looking to do volunteer work while traveling, Lonely Planet makes a travel guide for Volunteers :

Click here for Lonely Planet's volunteer travel guide !

New app for iPhone suggest one DoGood action per day :

Click here for the DoGood iPhone App !

Scratch for the Cure / Grattez pour la vie.. is a contest where you win cool prizes and money is also donated to Breast Cancer research for every participation :

Have a great week !

Fannie xox

Farha Foundation - Walk Against Aids - Sept. 19th and 20th 2009

This is how the adventure begins, my very first event !

Saturday and Sunday were fun although very VERY very exhausting. I realize that this whole iVolunteer Project is not gonna be easy. The work on saturday was super physical and involved moving heavy objects around. I am not strong but I was determined to get the job done. No sloppy work around here.. no no no. On saturday the tasks were mostly to install and move around (several times, due to the lack of organization and poor planning) tables, chairs, tents, heavy HEAVY metal barriers (from hell) and big packs of bottled water.

I crashed early on both days, taking naps for several hours as soon as I got home in the afternoon.. only to get up for dinner and go back to sleep not long after. I was still tired and sore during the 2-3 days that followed. I'm glad I volunteered to help out such a great cause (AIDS research/support) ! I met some cool people.. particularly Daniel and Léonie.. I hope to see them at a future event because from what they told me, they often volunteer for the Farha Foundation.

According to the media, about 8000 walkers participated in this event and helped raise almost 350 000$ !

Here are some pictures from the Farha Foundation Walk Against Aids on September 20th 2009 :

Ciao,
Fannie xox

This event in the media :

"Farha Foundation's AIDS Walk a Massive Success"

by Canadian Business - Sept. 22nd 2009

"ÇA MARCHE de la Fondation Farha a été un énorme succès"

by Marketwire- Sept. 22nd 2009

"Fondation Farha - Montréal marche pour lutter contre le sida"

by LCN Canoë TVA - Sept. 20th 2009

"Marchethon pour le sida - Des milliers de personnes dans la rue"

by Radio-Canada - Sept. 20th 2009

The Volunteer Logbook :

Saturday, Sept. 19th 2009: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm (6 hours)
Sunday, Sept. 20th 2009: 8:00am to 1:00pm (5 hours)

Total hours in this article : 11 hours

Current iVolunteer Project : 11 hours

Remaining iVolunteer Project : 189 hours and 358 days to go

What's the iVolunteer Project ?

Inspired by the Julie / Julia Project,

I created the iVolunteer Project as an online chronicle of my adventures doing volunteer work, over the span of a year.

The contender :                                     

Fannie

24 years old

 lawyer by day - bellydancer by night

volunteer by choice

The challenge :                                    Pledge to do

200 hours of volunteer work

in 365 days

and

blog about the events

Starting Line :                  Saturday, September 19th 2009

Finish Line :                       Sunday, September 19th 2010