Vigilant Futures’ employees help raise thousands for 2011 Raise-a-Reader day in Canada
by Adelaide Z | October 6, 2011Last Wednesday September 28th, Vigilantes donned bright orange t-shirts to solicit spare change from Montrealers for a good cause: National Raise-a-Reader day.
On the 10th anniversary of Raise-a-Reader, the organization raised upwards of $1.75 million for Canadian organizations devoted to providing family literacy programs. All the funds raised in the community stay in the community.
Well, the total is in and Vigilant Futures helped raise $23, 000 in Montreal alone.
Read can read more about the day at: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Raise+Reader+event+marks+10th+year/5472387/story.html
Check out some pictures from the day on the Vigilant Futures Flickr page or a quick video on the Vigilant Futures YouTube channel.