If you are looking for a unique gift to give to the person who has everything, how about a donation to the Attawapiskat Band. You will be giving to a person who has nothing, and you will also be giving a totally Canadian gift. Here is the information needed to donate to a community in need!
HSBC Bank at 190 Third Ave, Timmins, Ontario P4N 1C8
Acct # 542-400804-001
Thank you in advance for your help and generosity. Wishing you all peace and happiness in 2012.
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Friday 16 December 2011
16-Dec-11
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Write for Rights. Let's hope our collective effort bears some fruit.
On 15-December Moccasin Telegraph was honoured with the presence of Anna Wilson, who is very active in the Aboriginal volunteer community. Anna graced us with a couple of original songs yesterday, which I hope to get posted within the next couple of weeks. We are in the process of obtaining information from Attawapiskat Band Office to facilitate all of us to help out directly, and will post it here to the blog as soon as we can.
Anna also gave us a great idea for a place to spend your Christmas volunteer hours. Volunteering at the Native Seniors Centre near Northgate will allow you an opportunity to spend time with Elders of the community - much more fun than going to the library and trying to research original historic stories on-line. So if you are looking to give some of your time for Christmas, please contact Will Belcourt at manager@nativeseniorscentre.ca and let him know you want to lend a hand. Everyone at the Native Seniors Centre will love you for it, and you will love yourself for the gifts you will receive in turn - think great stories, gratitude for helping out, bannock ... Did someone say bannock? Anyway, you get my drift - see you at the bannock counter.
On 15-December Moccasin Telegraph was honoured with the presence of Anna Wilson, who is very active in the Aboriginal volunteer community. Anna graced us with a couple of original songs yesterday, which I hope to get posted within the next couple of weeks. We are in the process of obtaining information from Attawapiskat Band Office to facilitate all of us to help out directly, and will post it here to the blog as soon as we can.
Anna also gave us a great idea for a place to spend your Christmas volunteer hours. Volunteering at the Native Seniors Centre near Northgate will allow you an opportunity to spend time with Elders of the community - much more fun than going to the library and trying to research original historic stories on-line. So if you are looking to give some of your time for Christmas, please contact Will Belcourt at manager@nativeseniorscentre.ca and let him know you want to lend a hand. Everyone at the Native Seniors Centre will love you for it, and you will love yourself for the gifts you will receive in turn - think great stories, gratitude for helping out, bannock ... Did someone say bannock? Anyway, you get my drift - see you at the bannock counter.
Thursday 8 December 2011
WRITE FOR RIGHTS
Are you tired of the way Stephen Harper's government is NOT helping Attawapiskat? Are you frustrated by government's lack of transparency? Are you angry with the continued lack of response to violence against children?
Whatever your issue - it's time to make yourself heard!!
On December 10th - International Human Rights Day - CJSR and the wonderful woodford are hosting a Write for your Rights party!
Come to Room 0-10 in SUB at the University of Alberta campus on Saturday, 10th of December 2011 from 11:30 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon.
We will have information to assist you in writing a good letter; we will have materials for writing the letters - paper, printer, pens and so on; we might also have tea and coffee with a biscuit or muffin or some such thing.
Please - bring your complaints and your scorching writing wit ... not to mention all of your highly motivated friends ... and take part in our Write for your Rights. Let's all exercise our democratic RIGHT to be heard.
Whatever your issue - it's time to make yourself heard!!
On December 10th - International Human Rights Day - CJSR and the wonderful woodford are hosting a Write for your Rights party!
Come to Room 0-10 in SUB at the University of Alberta campus on Saturday, 10th of December 2011 from 11:30 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon.
We will have information to assist you in writing a good letter; we will have materials for writing the letters - paper, printer, pens and so on; we might also have tea and coffee with a biscuit or muffin or some such thing.
Please - bring your complaints and your scorching writing wit ... not to mention all of your highly motivated friends ... and take part in our Write for your Rights. Let's all exercise our democratic RIGHT to be heard.
Tuesday 4 October 2011
04-October-2011
It looks like the Drive to Fill the Five will be delivering its contents on the 15th of October. Moccasin Telegraph still needs to raise the money to cover the costs of fuel - total cost is about $280, and donations totalling $140 have already been received. If you would like to help with a bit of cash, email me at moccasintelegraph@hotmail.com and I'll make arrangements to pick it up when I am collecting the larger donations throughout the city.
You still have until the 13th of October to make donations at the Sung Lee Tae Kwon Do locations in Londonderry Mall and in Town Centre Mall in Millwoods. Thanks for helping me fill a five-ton truck with donations for the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre - I'll post a picture if I can once the truck is all loaded.
Exemaga!
You still have until the 13th of October to make donations at the Sung Lee Tae Kwon Do locations in Londonderry Mall and in Town Centre Mall in Millwoods. Thanks for helping me fill a five-ton truck with donations for the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre - I'll post a picture if I can once the truck is all loaded.
Exemaga!
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Drive to Fill the Five
The Drive to Fill the Five is on until early October. Donations of new and used items - clothing, bedding, bathroom belongings, toys, furniture - what ever your big ol' heart can spare, are being collected and delivered to the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre. If you have an item too large to deliver to the donation boxes, please contact Fiona at moccasintelegraph@hotmail.com and let me know what you have to donate, and your contact information. I will contact you to arrange pick up of the item(s). Donation boxes are in place outside the Sung Lee Tae Kwon Do Dojangs at Londonderry Mall, Millwoods Town Centre, West Edmonton and St. Albert - exact address information is available on air - Listen to Moccasin Telegraph - Edmonton's Aboriginal Call In Show - on Thursdays starting now at 5 pm. That's CJSR - your favourite radical radio station - 88.5 fm or cjsr.com.
Thursday 18 August 2011
And Another Thing
Also, with the extra time I should let you know that we start half an hour earlier than usual - that's 5:00 pm Edmonton time
More Time for Moccasin Telegraph
Today, and for the next few weeks, Moccasin Telegraph has been granted another 30 minutes of air time, to accommodate the very large topic of discussing the Indian Act, and its pending demise. Please listen on the radio at 88.5fm in Edmonton, or cjsr.com around the world.
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