1 post from May 2009

Sullivan Entertainment is proud to announce their very first online fundraiser in support of the non-profit organization Free The Children. Launched in 1995, by Craig and Marc Kielburger, Free The Children has been harnessing the energy of young people from all over the world to help build schools in developing countries, as well as to address social issues affecting underprivileged communities around the world. Inspired by the breadth of achievement Free The Children has so successfully accomplished, Sullivan Entertainment has turned to its online fan base to participate in helping to build an Anne of Green Gables school and water filtration system in the community of Maasai Mara region Kenya.

Throughout the month of May, Sullivan will be accepting donations from fans on our various websites to contribute towards the construction in Kenya. For every dollar that fans donate, Sullivan Entertainment will match the donation with the total proceeds being presented to Free The Children in June for construction in 2010 of a school and water filtration system to be named in honor of Anne of Green Gables. Fans who donate over $10.00 will be entitled to receive a charitable tax receipt from Free The Children in June, 2009.* In addition to matching fan donations, Sullivan Boutique will donate $5.00 from each order of merchandise placed in the Boutique during the month of May.

Now is your chance to help build the first ever Anne of Green Gables school! Free The Children is currently using many of Sullivan’s Anne: the Animated Series DVDs and educational materials, developed in conjunction with PBS, as a teaching aid in schools in Kenya. Hannah Endicott-Douglas (who made her screen debut as Anne Shirley in Sullivan’s latest movie Anne of Green Gables – A New Beginning) is acting as Free The Children’s elementary school Ambassador, speaking to thousands of schoolchildren across the country about the important work that Free The Children is achieving internationally. For everything that Anne has meant, to so many families around the world, in terms of defining community, strong relationships and inspiration, Sullivan and its wide fan-base will be honored to be able to have Anne contribute to Free The Children’s vision of education in the most underprivileged areas of the world.

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*Tax receipts are only valid for Canadian and U.S. citizens who donate.