A couple of weeks ago, a Breakfast Television (BTV) viewer wrote into the show claiming “Toronto The Good” was dead, and has been ever since Toronto and its surrounding cities amalgamated into the Greater Toronto Area. BTV’s host, Kevin Frankish, then challenged viewers to go find proof that the friendliness of Toronto still lives.

Who better to take that challenge on and prove Toronto’s kindness than Daily Challenge Do Gooders? So on one of the coldest days of the year, seven Do Gooders set up shop at Queen and John streets in downtown Toronto to, “Give away a warm drink to a stranger who looks like they could use it.”

This challenge was presented by Toronto Do Gooder member, Suzy Cruz, and the treats were generously donated by her family’s cafe, Novita. Darius Bashar, President and Co-Founder of Daily Challenge, lead the troops in this good-will expedition and said,

You’d think free hot chocolate and cookies would be an easy sell but we were quickly reminded that most city-dwellers tend to be cautious when anyone offers them something for free. At first, people were reluctant. With a little persistence, though, good attitudes and the help of our youngest Do Gooder [age 9], Jordan, we were finally able to convince one woman to stop. Once she did, then other people flocked to the table to see what was going on!

In about 45 minutes, this small group of Do Gooders warmed the bellies (and hearts) of over 50 cold Torontonians! So, is this proof enough for you that `Toronto The Good’ is still living? If you think so, email this blog post to bt@citytv.com with the subject line: Toronto The Good is Still Alive!

Stay tuned for an upcoming video blog post covering this Warm Drink extreme challenge.

This was definitely my favorite challenge thus far. It was also the most emotional challenge. We were able to feed 22 homeless people throughout the street of Toronto within a matter of 90 mins and with less than $45.00!

Many were appreciative, some shocked and a few people were almost embarrassed. I think I can speak for all of the Daily Challenge team in saying this challenge made us realize just how lucky we all are for having a roof over our heads and food on our plates.

It is amazing how a slight change in perspective can open your eyes to an entirely new reality.

I know for me personally sometimes I can get so caught up in life that I almost forget to truly LIVE.

Although the extreme challenges have been extra challenging, they’ve been (for the most part) a blast to undertake! We’ve been documenting them to: a) prove that they are possible to complete and b) provide a little entertainment for you, the community.

And from your reaction so far - you love these challenges!

So we want to do more of them, and maybe even raise the bar a bit. We need your help! Please post your extreme challenge ideas in the comment section below. To help you out, here are a couple of examples from the past few weeks:

The Cold Shower Challenge - watch our Pres scream like a little baby. 
Donate a High Five Challenge - almost the whole DC team got in the action with this one!

By the way, if you’re in the King and Spadina Toronto downtown area today for lunch,  the Daily Challenge team will be heading out to complete today’s “Make a lunch for a homeless person” challenge.

We’re starting to get into the habit of making Fridays at Daily Challenge “extreme challenge day”, and this past Friday was no different! Yesterday, I got the opportunity to challenge the world to:

Walk down the street with a sign that says, `Donate a High Five’

And because we like to think that ‘the walk’ is just as important as ‘the talk’, we set out on the streets of King West on a beautiful (though somewhat chilly) Friday afternoon to warm the hearts of Torontonians with high fives.

Naturally, we caught it all on video. Enjoy!

It’s not too late for you to accept the high five challenge! Better yet, why don’t you document it too?

A very big and special high five goes to Jon Lim for putting together this amazing video in record time. Jon is one mighty talented Do Gooder!

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So you want to join Daily Challenge but you’re unsure of the reaction you’ll get when you try do something nice for someone. Will they even believe you when you say you don’t want anything in return?

For this reason, we went undercover to film one of our members performing a Daily Challenge. Here’s a 2 minute video of Jon Carlo completing the challenge, “Buy the person behind you in line their coffee”:

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