At our 1st official Leadership Team meeting, our leaders had the opportunity to let their voices be heard by completing a survey. Each leader voted for their favourite local and global initiatives that they would be interested in spearheading.

The results are in… Here are the most popular initiatives for each category!

LOCAL INITIATIVES

• Environment:
  • Ban the Bag! to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags (52%).
• Hunger:
  • Volunteer at a local food bank (90%).
• Homelessness:
  • Smile Bags, a.k.a. care packages (67%).
    • This initiative was completed in February 2018.
• Inclusion:
  • WE Rise Above, rise above cyberbullying campaign (57%)
  • WE are Love (19%)
    • This initiative was completed in February 2018.

GLOBAL INITIATIVES

1. Zinc Saves Lives Battery Recycling Program
   1. http://www.zincsaveskids.org
   2. http://www.teck.com/responsibility/global-citizenship/zinc-and-health/
2. The Northern Birthday Box Project
   1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/facebook-groups-helps-southern-sponsors-spread-birthday-cheer-to-northern-families-1.4252895
3. WE are Silent 

Other noteworthy results

• Overall, GPE leaders are most interested in carrying out local initiatives to positively combat hunger (43%) and save our environment (29%).
• All of the Grade 6 leaders have opted to donate part of the proceeds of the Young Entrepreneurs project to a cause of their choice.
• 76% are in favour of volunteering with the seniors in our community.
• 86% would like to be part of GPE’s Team Pride and GPE’s Global Citizens Team.