Joint letter signed by Minister Chan- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and International Trade and Liz Sandals-Minister of Education endorsing and promoting the 8th annual ChangeTheWorld, Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge campaign. The campaign takes place right across Ontario from April 12th-May 24th.

1. Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration
and International Trade
Minister
400 University Avenue
Toronto ON M7A 2R9
Ministère des Affaires civiques, de
l’Immigration et du Commerce international
Ministre
400, avenue University
Toronto ON M7A 2R9
Ministry of Education
Minister
Mowat Block
Queen’s Park
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
Ministère de l'Éducation
Ministre
Édifice Mowat
Queen’s Park
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
February 4, 2015
The eighth annual ChangeTheWorld Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge will take place from
April 12 to May 24, 2015, in hundreds of communities across Ontario. This six-week campaign
champions volunteering among secondary school students in Ontario.
ChangeTheWorld kicks off during National Volunteer Week when students aged 14 to 18 are
challenged to volunteer a minimum of three hours over the six week campaign period.
Participation in the campaign is open to all secondary school students across the province and
contributes to the 40 community involvement hours required to obtain an Ontario Secondary
School Diploma. Students who participate in the campaign have the opportunity to volunteer with
their friends and to be part of a larger provincial initiative that demonstrates their value and
contributions to Ontario communities.
ChangeTheWorld is delivered through a partnership between the Ministry of Citizenship,
Immigration and International Trade (MCIIT) and the Ontario Volunteer Centre Network (OVCN).
Since 2008, more than 140,200 young people have volunteered over 643,740 hours across Ontario.
Last year, 39,951 youth worked with their schools, local volunteer centres and community
agencies to volunteer 209,659 hours across the province.
If your school is interested in participating in volunteer events during ChangeTheWorld, visit
http://ctw.ovcn.ca. Please share this information with your school principals to make them aware
of the many ChangeTheWorld events taking place in schools and communities across Ontario and
encourage your students to ChangeTheWorld!
Sincerely,
Michael Chan
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration
and International Trade
Liz Sandals
Minister of Education