ONE SMALL STEP

I’m asking for your help to assist Canada’s Arctic people.

When I see how Canadians rally to help those in dire need around the planet, it bothers me to think that we can do such good elsewhere yet all but neglect the Canadians here at home who need so much. To me, that is not only an embarrassment in our affluent nation but also a travesty among the worst kinds.

My passion for the Arctic ignited with my first deployment there as a youthful paratrooper, becoming evermore intrigued with successive missions from Alaska to Hudson Bay and points between. More recently, I had the privilege to better know the people and communities while plying the waters of the western Canadian Arctic aboard CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier. (My daily journal: http://www.ewmanchester.com/arctic.html)

Learning their stories and seeing their life struggles left me inexplicably unsettled since returning to my southern comforts. I feel compelled to find ways to benefit their existence and to personally be challenged in the pursuit of a greater good. From my experiences in the Arctic, and because I want this amazing country of ours to be truly great everywhere within itself, I see this as an endeavour worth pursuing – if not long overdue.

Consequently, I created an organization that is not-for-profit, non-governmental, non-political, non-religious, and non-partisan. Its only purpose is to deliver humanitarian relief to our out-of-sight, out-of-mind Canadians, who exist in sub-standard, often-overcrowded dwellings and struggle with poverty, hunger, disease and despair – due in large measure to the northward encroachment of others interests.

I would welcome your collaboration to help make a difference in the lives of our farthest-north citizens. Please care enough to become the solution!

For more information, or to get involved (please do get involved):

Interim Website: http://www.ewmanchester.com/arctic.html

Email: info@arcticaid.ca

Thanks to those of you who have already expressed your encouragement and desire to participate in this critical effort!

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