Let Them Be Kids have developed a National Action Campaign, which hopes to accomplish the following:
- Inspire, mobilize, and equip local community members for the
successful completion of 250 community improvement projects across
Canada by September 2013.
- Ignite local community pride.
- Teach civic and social responsibility through action and participation in local community projects.
Norton will be one of the first communities to participate in this campaign when we build our new playground on September 22, 2012.
The Let Them Be Kids National Action Campaign is based on belief
that regular people can change their world for the better and that the
people closest to the challenges are the best resource to improve those
challenges.
So if our belief is true, why is it that so often things don’t change
for the better? Simply put… a lack of hope. It is a lack of the belief
that tomorrow can be better than yesterday and a lack of that hope
turning into tangible action.
We have set out to do something about that "lack of hope"! We believe
that with the proper amount of hope, knowledge, tools and support,
regular people can change their world, and the world around them for the
better.
We know that hope is created when we hear or see someone else do
something that we thought was implausible, improbable or seemingly
impossible. However, hearing or seeing someone else do something awesome
only creates a “spark”
of hope which is often extinguished in the first few moments or days
of seeing or hearing. The grind of life can and often does snuff out the
embers of hope. Those embers must be kindled in some way. We believe
that kindling can come through information and education.
When we learn how those people did that seemingly improbable thing,
then we have a chance to do it as well. Regrettably, this is still not
enough to take that spark of hope and create tangible action. The final
step to taking that spark
of hope and translating it into meaningful improvement is support.
When we are supported with guidance, advice or just a listening ear, the
spark of hope that was kindled with knowledge turns into a raging fire!
It is that raging fire of equipped and supported hope that changes
things for the better.
The most beautiful thing about this cycle is that it self-perpetuates
and impacts exponentially. As this cycle of hope is completed someone
else hears of the implausible or improbable thing that has been done and
if those hearers are equipped with knowledge and supported in their
endeavor they too will do the seemingly impossible! Our plan is to take
our Hope Strategy and deploy it across Canada to help make the world a
better place.
For more information, please visit: HERE.
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And to get involved and help out in Norton, please sign up today to volunteer!
