The Next Steps...

Good Morning All!  I was reading over your blogs and WOW... I'm sure I'm not the only one you have struck a cord with.  For those of you who have dropped out... thanks for your courrage in taking on this challenge... and for those who are still holding on... GO TEAM! 

John, thank you for putting it out there about how we continue this work even after the challenge is done... Thanks as well to Alice for providing the information about how we can connect with people already doing this work in the City.  This is an issue that will not resolve itself over night... it's going to take a lot more work to get people living in low income up to par... and even then it may still take time before they can get adjusted.  But until then each and every one of us can make a change... donating healthy food to the food bank, changing your perception about those on social assistance or just being more mindful of the difficulties many in our community face are ways we can continue the work we are doing.  We can take even bigger steps by talking about this with others in our respective networks... it's about getting the word out there and creating extended understanding of these issues... not having healthy food does more than just affect one's physical health... it affects the way these individuals are able to be human beings... it affects them socially, economically and culturally... and by getting more people to understand these implications we are already affecting change...

As a community... and more broadly we need think as a province... collectively about how poverty affects each and everyone of us... some more than others... and how we need to work together to create a better place to live for everyone.  It's not by ignoring the problem that it will go away... rather by talking about it we have the opportunity to enlighten others and truly provoke change...

I hope we can all continue this work in one way or another after the challenge is done...
As a side note there will be a reflection session for the participants on the week of October 18th... I haven't set a date yet but I'm hoping all of you can attend.

GO TEAM!

Steph