Thanks for the fabulous support!!
A beautiful sunrise in Victoria
Hi everyone,
What a great day and it's not even 10 am yet!
MOMs wants to thank everyone who came together and contributed in so many ways to making this a success and to helping us get the message out about the importance of putting our money where our mouth is when it comes to putting BC's vulnerable kids first. It truly was a province-wide team effort and we couldn't have done it without literally hundreds of people who all came together to make it happen!
We forgot it would be so dark in Prince George!
We had at least 21 groups out across the province this morning (Sechelt contacted us last night to let us know they'd be joining in too!)
Lots of great media coverage too, helping to get the word out. I will start posting info, photos and video clips later. If you're on Facebook, you can start sharing your own photos and video clips via our MOMS Facebook group (see link on the right of this page)
The honking big MOMs banner at Burrard
I was out with a terrific, lively bunch on the Burrard Bridge this morning, waving signs and our huge MOMS banner, with fabulous support from all the commuters going by - cars, bikes and pedestrians.
Then the teachers showed up bringing bagels!
In Victoria, a passing motorist came back with TimBits. In Abottsford, another parked his car and joined in.
Abbotsford crew on the H/way #1 overpass
How did it go in your community?
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If you couldn't make it, you can still add your voice and urge Premier Campbell to live up to his promise to kids with special needs and kids at risk:
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Thank you!
A huge thank you again to everyone who helped make our MOMs provincial day of action a success, whether you were out waving banners, emailing or calling in to share your views with government, or just helping connect us with other families and supporters!
Chris & Lori's group on the 176th St overpass in Surrey
October 28th, 2009 - 12:38
The Political Protest went OK in Campbell River.
We got a mixed response from the community, confused looks, sparatic honking, and of course a couple A****s. I don’t think enough people are aware of what the Autistic Community is dealing with, there are lots of people that do not have internet and there doesn’t seem to be anything in the local papers with respect to the funding cuts. I strongly believe we need to unite EVERYONE in BC effected by Autisim, and the best way I can think to do this is to send a notice/ letter to every doctors office, and clinic in BC with contact information for one Autisim organization. Implore the doctors to forward this contact information onto their affected patients. All this takes is a fax machine and long-distance. I’ll e-mail pictures or the CR stand. Cheers,
October 28th, 2009 - 14:45
Thanks to MOMS for their leadership and vision… its appreciated! Let’s hope the message is heard by Premier Campbell and he acts accordingly.
October 28th, 2009 - 20:18
Kamloops rally was great. 50-60 people, lots of honking, even by cop cars and a thumbs up by a sherrif. Bus loads of kids honked with kids hanging out the window, cheering us on. Honks from semi trucks, and even the scooter! We have a very energetic croud despite the cold. It couldn’t have gone any better! The news did a great job broadcasting it. So far, since the protest started, we got the most air time, and I believe it was the best interview answers so far!! ” Gordon Campbell is breaking his promise!” Our news was all about Gordon pissing off the wrong group, “parents” and it was all about him making a huge mistake!! Couldn’t of asked for a better job than that!