volunteering Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:13:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg volunteering Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 From Our Homes To Theirs – Responding To Attawapiskat https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/12/05/from-our-homes-to-theirs-responding-to-attawapiskat/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/12/05/from-our-homes-to-theirs-responding-to-attawapiskat/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:13:38 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=4488 When Xenia Benivolski heard about the problems in Attawapiskat, she wanted to do something to help.

The people in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat are living in terrible housing conditions, often without heat or running water.

Temperatures there drop to -20C at night.

The community has declared a "state of emergency."

Benivolski set up a Facebook page, asking people to donate items to help the community.

"Then people started Tweeting it... and it just kind of snowballed," says Stephanie Guthrie, a friend who is helping with the drive. "You see something (like this) happening and you just can't not do anything."

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