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Me to We is an innovative social enterprise that provides better choices for a better world. By offering socially conscious and environmentally friendly products and life-changing experiences, Me to We measures the bottom line not by dollars earned, but by the number of lives we change and the positive social and environmental impacts we make. Half of Me to We’s net profit is donated to Free e Children, while the other half is reinvested to grow the enterprise and its social mission. Learn more about Me to We: metowe.com | metowe.com/shop | metowe.com/why | facebook.com/metowe youtube.com/metowe | twitter.com/metowe | pinterest.com/metowe VOLUNTEER TRAVEL Me to We Trips open a world of learning and adventure. Volunteer alongside local communities on a Free e Children development project, experience a new culture and leave an impact that will last for generations to come. Our youth trips travel to Kenya, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nicaragua, rural China and the Amazon. We also offer customized experience for schools, families, individual adults and corporate groups. Learn more at metowe.com/trips LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS Me to We’s innovative leadership programs and Take Action Camps help transform a generation of young people into leaders. rough our programs, young people explore social issues, gain transferable skills and are empowered to create meaningful change. Learn more at metowe.com/leadership SHOP ME TO WE Me to We’s range of socially and environmentally conscious products will enhance your ethical lifestyle. Track Your Impact lets consumers enter a unique code online to learn more about how their purchase changed a life overseas. Find Track Your Impact codes on Me to We Cards, Me to We Artisans accessories and Me to We school supplies at Staples. ME TO WE ARTISANS Me to We Artisans is a line of original accessories, handcrafted by artisans in Free The Children countries across the globe. Each unique piece is a connection between you and a working artisan, sustainably produced using locally-sourced materials. Me to We Artisans currently employs more than 1,000 mamas in Kenya. See the Me to We Artisans collection at: metowe.com/artisans STYLE Me to We Style is a social enterprise that is committed to providing ethically manufactured, quality apparel for the socially-conscious consumer. Our product line is domestically produced, sweatshop-free and made using certified organic cotton and viscose from bamboo. In addition, for every T-shirt purchased, a tree is planted in a developing community overseas. Learn more at metowe.com/clothing ME TO WE CARDS Me to We Cards are a greeting and a gift, in one! Every card makes a positive impact on the world by giving a gift overseas. Learn more at metowe.com/cards BOOKS Our collection includes inspirational and motivational must-reads authored by Craig and Marg Kielburger and friends of Free The Children. Through our Buy a Book, Give a Book promise, a child in a developing country receives a notebook from every book purchased. Learn more at metowe.com/books SCHOOL SUPPLIES Staples and Me to We have partnered to make socially conscious shopping simple with a new line of eco-friendly school supplies. See the collection at staples.ca Learn more about why Me to We products are unique at metowe.com/why For all media inquiries, please contact: Please email [email protected] or call 1.877.638.6931 ABOUT ME TO WE An innovative social enterprise that offers socially conscious products and life-changing experiences

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Me to We is an innovative social enterprise that provides better choices for a better world. By offering socially conscious and environmentally friendly products and life-changing experiences, Me to We measures the bottom line not by dollars earned, but by the number of lives we change and the positive social and environmental impacts we make. Half of Me to We’s net profit is donated to Free The Children, while the other half is reinvested to grow the enterprise and its social mission.

Learn more about Me to We: metowe.com | metowe.com/shop | metowe.com/why | facebook.com/metowe youtube.com/metowe | twitter.com/metowe | pinterest.com/metowe

Volunteer traVel Me to We Trips open a world of learning and adventure. Volunteer alongside local communities on a Free The Children development project, experience a new culture and leave an impact that will last for generations to come. Our youth trips travel to Kenya, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nicaragua, rural China and the Amazon. We also offer customized experience for schools, families, individual adults and corporate groups. Learn more at metowe.com/trips

leadership programsMe to We’s innovative leadership programs and Take Action Camps help transform a generation of young people into leaders. Through our programs, young people explore social issues, gain transferable skills and are empowered to create meaningful change. Learn more at metowe.com/leadership

shop me to WeMe to We’s range of socially and environmentally conscious products will enhance your ethical lifestyle.

Track Your Impact lets consumers enter a unique code online to learn more about how their purchase changed a life overseas. Find Track Your Impact codes on Me to We Cards, Me to We Artisans accessories and Me to We school supplies at Staples.

Me To We ArTISAnSMe to We Artisans is a line of original accessories, handcrafted by artisans in Free The Children countries across the globe. each unique piece is a connection between you and a working artisan, sustainably produced using locally-sourced materials. Me to We Artisans currently employs more than 1,000 mamas in Kenya. See the Me to We Artisans collection at: metowe.com/artisans

STYleMe to We Style is a social enterprise that is committed to providing ethically manufactured, quality apparel for the socially-conscious consumer. our product line is domestically produced, sweatshop-free and made using certified organic cotton and viscose from bamboo. In addition, for every T-shirt purchased, a tree is planted in a developing community overseas. learn more at metowe.com/clothing

Me To We CArdSMe to We Cards are a greeting and a gift, in one! every card makes a positive impact on the world by giving a gift overseas. learn more at metowe.com/cards

BooKSour collection includes inspirational and motivational must-reads authored by Craig and Marg Kielburger and friends of Free The Children. Through our Buy a Book, Give a Book promise, a child in a developing country receives a notebook from every book purchased. learn more at metowe.com/books

SCHool SUPPlIeSStaples and Me to We have partnered to make socially conscious shopping simple with a new line of eco-friendly school supplies. See the collection at staples.ca

Learn more about why Me to We products are unique at metowe.com/why

For all media inquiries, please contact:please email [email protected] or call 1.877.638.6931

ABOUT ME TO WEan innovative social enterprise that offers socially conscious products and life-changing experiences

Page 2: ABOUT ME TO WEcdn.metowe.com/files/2014/06/MetoWe-Backgrounder_2014-June-18-1… · We Cards, Me to We Artisans accessories and Me to We school supplies at Staples. Me To We ArTISAnS

WhY Volunteer traVel?Me to We Trips are the start of something bigger. They’re about creating an incredible and lasting change—through both the on-the-ground impact of participants’ volunteer work and through the transformation in perspective. They’re about nurturing a generation of leaders who will change our world.

Who Founded me to We?Me to We began simply: with two brothers, and one simple idea. As founders of Free The Children, Craig and Marc Kielburger witnessed countless times how every great change begins with small, positive actions—and how such actions not only help humanity as a whole, but transform the life of the individual taking action. With input from the world’s leading experts on social action, Craig and Marc turned this idea into a philosophy of social entrepreneurship, which remains at the heart of Me to We today.

hoW do me to We and Free the Children Work together?Each branch of the Me to We model is designed to support Free The Children’s work at home and abroad. Volunteers on a Me to We trip help build schools. Speakers carry a message of action and hope. Leadership facilitators teach about youth leadership for global change. Me to We products provide consumers with better choices for a better world. In addition, Me to We is also structured to offset Free The Children’s expenses and help provide pro bono services to its efforts. Since 2009, Me to We has donated more than $6.5 million to Free The Children through cash and in-kind donations.

Where Can You purChase me to We produCts and experienCes?Me to We products can be purchased online at metowe.com/shop or in person at the Me to We retail store located at 223 Carlton St., Toronto. Visit metowe.com to learn more about taking part in a Me to We experience.

Where are the me to We oFFiCes loCated?225 Carlton St. Toronto, Ontario CanadaM5A 2L2P: 1.877.638.6931

For all media inquiries, please contact:please email [email protected] or call 1.877.638.6931

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We also have an office in Vancouver:228 East Georgia St. Suite 300 Vancouver, BCV6A 1Z7