ABOUT THE DAY

WE DAY 2010

Free The Children’s We Day is more than just one day of celebration and inspiration. It’s a one-of-a-kind event and part of an innovative year-long program created to celebrate the power of young people to create positive change in the world.

The event kicks off a year-long program of action, called We Schools in Action. We Day is free of charge and open to any school that wants to be part of the experience. In exchange, each school group that attends is asked to make a commitment to follow the We Schools in Action program, which includes taking local and global action throughout the year.

Since 2007, youth from across North America have come together to discover the passion they have in common, to celebrate their successes, to become aware of new challenges, and to build lasting friendships. The We Day events feature speeches and performances from global leaders and social activists, cultural icons and entertainers.

SINCE 2007

• 51,400 students from across the country have attended We Day, and brought the message back to their schools, impacting hundreds of thousands more.


• Participating students collectively fundraised to support Free The Children’s Adopt a Village development program.


• Young people volunteered more than 150,000 hours to benefit over 500 charities and community groups. With a huge push from the 10 by 10 campaign, youth will log a total of one million volunteer hours by the end of 2010.