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YMCA World Peace Week

YMCA World Peace Week is an annual YMCA Canada event to celebrate and promote peace and peace building in communities across Canada and around the world. Each year the YMCA in Canada dedicates a week of programming in November to explore and facilitate peacemaking from a personal, community and international perspective.

YMCA honours Goderich Tree Project founder with peace medallion

From November 19-26, YMCAs across Canada celebrate Peace Week as an opportunity to join people of all ages in activities focused on exploring peace from a local and global perspective. Local YMCAs take the opportunity during Peace Week to recognize unsung heroes within our community - individuals who give of their own time and money to make a positive difference in our world.

The Goderich-Huron YMCA will celebrate Peace Week with the awarding of the peace medallion to Luke Elliott, founder of the Goderich Tree Project. Following the devastating tornado in August, Luke quickly formed a team of volunteers to assist in removing trees from private property. It is his selfless actions and commitment to improving his community that has resulted in him being this year’s YMCA peace medallion recipient.

Saturday, November 19, 2011
9:30 a.m.
Goderich-Huron YMCA
190 Suncoast Drive, East, Goderich

YMCA honours Underground Railroad historians with peace medallion - Chatham

From November 19-26, YMCAs across Canada celebrate Peace Week as an opportunity to join people of all ages in activities focused on exploring peace from a local and global perspective. Local YMCAs take the opportunity during Peace Week to recognize unsung heroes within our community - individuals who give of their own time and money to make a positive difference in our world.

The YMCA of Chatham-Kent will celebrate Peace Week with the awarding of the peace medallion to Bryan and Shannon Prince who have worked tirelessly telling the story of the Underground Railroad and of those once enslaved, who sought freedom in Canada. It is for their commitment to sharing the story and messages of the Underground Railroad, that Bryan and Shannon Prince are being honoured as this year’s YMCA Peace Medallion recipients.

Date:            Friday, November 25
Time:            11:00 am
Location:       YMCA of Chatham-Kent
                    101 Courthouse Lane, Chatham

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