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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)
  • RSS Poverty Olympics Blog

    • Welfare Caseloads in BC Continue to Rise
    • Photos from the Third Annual Poverty Olympics
    • Media coverage from the third annual Poverty Olympics
    • Robert Bonner’s speech at the Poverty Olympics
    • Profile of a Poverty Olympics Torchbearer
    • Poverty Torch makes incredible kayak journey from Barnet Beach to Deep Cove
    • Torch Relay Visits Coquitlam
  • » See all blog posts

    » Poverty Olympics 2010 Torch Relay - map of community events

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    » Article: Poverty Olympics to be held in Vancouver days before 2010 Winter Games

    » Article: Poverty kills: Why isn't anyone doing anything about it?

    » Article: Higher-earning Canadians live longer and better than low-earners: study

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  • RSS Check us out on Twitter

    • PovertyOlympics: RT @vanmediacoop: The Cornerstone of Gentrification in the Downtown East Side: http://t.co/qHMsQ4QC , by @isaacoommen & photos by @f ...
    • PovertyOlympics: RT @shannonsmart: Carnegie Action project looks at what parents living on the DTES have in common http://t.co/b8D5jHXC
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    » More about the Second Annual Poverty Olympics - February 8, 2009

    » More about the First Annual Poverty Olympics - February 3, 2008

    » Check out the latest news articles on the Raise the Rates website


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