Live blog earlier:
The response seems to be unanticipated. Hordes of participants from who knows where have descended upon this pretty yellow building at Victoria Park and Danforth, packing out the hall, upstairs and downstairs, to what looks like way beyond capacity.
And still they're streaming in, at 11:55 a.m., lucky ones getting to the food (some sort of wrap) and others milling around amidst the loud music. Yet others find an Internet terminal and blog the event. They're out of T-shirts, TTC tokens, and--my guess--food as well.
The camera crews are here waiting for things to happen. Well, at least we had an uneventful ride here from 200 Consumers Rd. Nur with Jenan had to bail, the former not feeling well. About five others took off after pocketing their tokens but before we made it to the bus stop on Victoria Park. From then on, it was smooth sailing, except possibly for the shortage of a couple of tokens and T-shirts. So, more than 50 LINC participants from 200 MicroSkills here continue to wait, at 12:01 p.m., as four cops from Toronto Police and another busload of people come in!
From InsideToronto: Teacher Mo shines forth!
Getting ready to go
Arrival, and the scramble for MicroSkills T-shirts and pins--happy campers Eva and Yumei
Upstairs and downstairs ... what a horde!
Somebody's got to do it. Mojgan and Janice hold up the (invisible) banner for MicroSkills.
Meanwhile, those who opted for relative peace and solitude sat in the reception area and watched it on 2 LCD screens.
The final figure: $116 million, to be raised over the next year! Ah, that's why the strong support from MicroSkills today!
Time to go!
Julie can take a breather now!
Long live the United Way of Toronto!
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