2010 Poverty Olympics Torch Relay – Support Package for Communities around BC

You can download the full support package here, or select individual items you would like:

Event Resources:

• How to Plan a Successful Torch Parade
• Event Ideas
• Leaflet
  • Word Doc (you can type in your community info) – black & white / colour
  • PDF (for printing) – black & white / colour
• Contacting the Media (including a sample news release)
• How to Make a Torch from a Plunger
• Sample Banner
• Mascot Button Templates
• Poverty Olympics Anthem
• Torch Relay Schedule

Background Context:

• Poverty Olympics message
• Broken Olympic Promises
• Poverty Olympics Social Index
• BC Child Poverty News Release
• Resources from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
  • A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
  • 2010 Winter Olympics: Progressive Analysis and Commentary
  • BC’s Growing Gap: Family Income Inequality, 1976-2006
• Juicy Quotes from Rogge (president of IOC) and Poole (president of VANOC until recent death)