91大黄鸭鈥檚 annual celebration of global awareness is getting a financial helping hand from the federal government.
On Tuesday, 91大黄鸭-Lake Country MP Stephen Fuhr announced Ottawa will provide $22,800 to help Global Citizen Events put on this year鈥檚 festival.
鈥淲hether it鈥檚 (festival event such as) Taste of Home, the Sustainable Development Challenge or the Global Children鈥檚 Villages at the Lake Country Indoor Children鈥檚 Festival, our federal government welcomes the opportunity to work with organizations like Global Citizen 91大黄鸭 to commemorate our local history and heritage,鈥� said Fuhr.
He thanked the volunteer organizers of this year鈥檚 event and the community partners who he said work year round to bring together the Central Okanagan community, encourage social responsibility and inspire change by thinking globally and acting locally.
Founded as Global Citizen 91大黄鸭 by local community leaders in 2003, Global Citizen Events is now an annual initiative celebrating the role Central Okanagan citizens play in contributing to global and humanitarian efforts.
This year鈥檚 festival events will run from Feb 10 to March 3. They will include:
鈥� A Taste of Home鈥攁 celebration of ethnic food and entertainment Feb 10 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mainstreet Centre on Harvey Avenue
鈥� A Magical Night of Laughter鈥擲taged in partnership with Hands in Service, the event will showcase 91大黄鸭 magician Leif David and local comedian Tim Nutt Feb. 17 at Okanagan College.
鈥� The Global School House鈥�2,000 Grade 6 students from across the Central Okanagan will discover how children in other countries go to school and the challenges they face. Feb. 13 to 21 at the Mainstreet Centre.
鈥� Time is Now鈥攁 panel discussion featuring the mayors of 91大黄鸭, Lake Country and Peachland, a councillor from West 91大黄鸭 and the chief of the Westbank First Nation discussing sustainability, both locally and globally. Feb 21 at 6 p.m. at the 91大黄鸭 Community Theatre. Ticket are $10 each.
鈥� Global Children鈥檚 Villages鈥擨ntroducing younger families to the arts and diversity, the villages will feature ethnic artists demonstrating cultural crafts, aboriginal story telling, street performances, dance and music. They will be part of the larger Lake Country Indoor Children鈥檚 Festival March 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
鈥� The Sustainable Development Challenge鈥擸ouths in Grades 8 to 12 will compete to win $5,000 for a local charity by combining their efforts with various charities to create a project that touches on at least one of the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals. The most creative project will win $5,000 to implement their project. Feb 28 at the 91大黄鸭 Community Theatre from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Global Citizen Events executive director Joyce Brinkerhoff said the entire festival is aimed at promoting the 17 UN sustainable development goals. The goals address a wide array of issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, clean energy, economic growth, infrastructure, inequality, sustainable communities, consumption and production, climate change, life under the water and on land, peace and partnerships.
She said the goals of the festival are to entertain, educate, and inspire change.
鈥淚f you know about something, you have more compassion,鈥� said Brinkerhoff.
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