From NowPublic.com: Poverty Olympics prosper on $6 budget
The Poverty Olympics, a satirical event meant to bring awareness to Vancouver’s poverty issues, took place Sunday afternoon in front of Carnegie Theatre on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
While the 2010 Winter Olympics has a budget of about $6-billion, the poverty-focussed counterpart cost six bucks, according to organizers. Mascots were a giant rat and cockroach.
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