We Believe, Do you? With Dan & Bev Foote TBP025

Episode 25 March 31, 2022 00:29:51
We Believe, Do you? With Dan & Bev Foote TBP025
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We Believe, Do you? With Dan & Bev Foote TBP025

Mar 31 2022 | 00:29:51

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Show Notes

WE Believe was founded way back in 2016 and had its first event in 2018 with 8,000 participants and streamed by over 80,000 people around the world. Their next event was supposed to be in 2020 however COVID-19 pandemic happen.WE Believe is an ocean of people coming together to create an impact. The speakers and performers at this event will speak on a variety of topics, including but not limited to mental and physical health, volunteering, bullying, and self-worth, as well as how each of us can make a difference in our communities.

Behind WE Believe are educators named Daniel and Beverly Foote who made an impact on their community. In this episode, we unpacked how they founded this massive organization and its impact on the youth, especially on volunteerism and changemakers. 

Quotes from this episode:

- "It's very challenging for somebody to step up on stage, ever to be that real. But we need people to be that real because those are the people that are saving lives that are on the forefront of what's going on."

- "Bev and I volunteer, we don't take a salary from WE Believe or anything like that we never will."

- "As people saw the passion, people saw the need of improving students' mental health, people saw the need of getting our students involved. Because on a side note, we're the only province in Canada that does not have volunteering as a part of graduation. And we want to change that..." 

 

Don't Miss:

A-Z of organizing 8,000 people event

- Bring people on Mission Trips Abroad

- Volunteerism for a cause

- Why this kind of event is so powerful

 

Find out more about WE Believe

https://www.facebook.com/WEBelieveSJ

www.webelieve.ca

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