Thanks to all of the 13 volunteers that came out to clean Hastings Elementary School on Sunday July 4th, 2010. In less than one hour we were able to clean up the whole perimeter of the school. In the end we picked up two full bags of garbage. The next clean up will be held [...]

Thanks to all the people who came out to the first annual Third World Toy Drive!  The toy drive was hosted at the house of Third World President, Jay Ho.  Members and friends came by to donate toys, which The Third World will donate on to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau (http://www.lmcb.ca/).  It was a [...]

A word of thanks to all of those who came this past Sunday for the last weekly clean-up of the season! It was thanks to all of you that we were able to come so far in the past three and a half months. It has truly been an amazing experience and [...]

On Sunday, September 27th, 2009 after cleaning Strathcona Park, 8 of our volunteers went to Knit Fit’s first meeting. Laura gave a passionate speech about the beginnings of her organization, one she started when she was only 11 years old! Every year, Knit Fit hands out their completed scarves at Beauty Night. In the last [...]

On Friday October 2, 2009 Playland had its first annual Food and Beverage dinner. At this event, The Third World had a 50/50 draw. Tickets cost $5 for an arm length or $10 for a wingspan. After a rowdy 15 minutes of ticket selling, we ran out of tickets and collected $330. Dick Fong, (P.N.E. [...]

We had the most wonderful opportunity to be featured in Saturday morning’s Vancouver Sun! We’d like to thank everyone for their continued support, as well as the people who made this media story happen. You can get the Vancouver Sun’s August 22 paper, and flip to page A7, or you can read the article featured in [...]