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Calling all Do-Gooders! We are onto something BIG and we need your help to make it roar!
Pay It Backward Day is a unique, refreshing initiative that allows socially conscious individuals across Ontario to unite in the spirit of changing the world through small, daily acts of kindness. On September 30th, we invite you to come out to any of Ontario's participating Second Cup locations and offer to "pay it backward" by buying coffee for the person behind you in line. With each simple act of "coffee kindness", we* will donate $5.00 to SickKids Foundation. Alongside our generous sponsors, Second Cup and Silk Soy Beverage, we hope to inspire 2,000 acts of kindness on September 30th in order to reach our goal of raising $10,000 for SickKids Foundation in a single day! So, if helping out SickKids Foundation in a big way through small acts of kindness sounds like your cup of tea, coffee or soy drink … then JOIN THE MOVEMENT today and agree to pay it backward on September 30th!
A little coffee kindness can go a long way!
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* Pay It Backward Day is brought to you by Daily Challenge. Second Cup and Silk Soy Beverage Canada are proud sponsors of Pay It Backward Day. These sponsors will be contributing a total of $5 every time a customer buys the person behind them their order for a maximum of $5000.00 Canadian per sponsor. All dollar contributions go to SickKids Foundation. This offer is available on September 30th, 2009 in participating Second Cup locations in Ontario. © 2009 WhiteWave Foods.
Martin Rubio
September 15, 2009 2:07 pm
YES WE CAN! PAY IT BACK!
Let's ALL show a little kidness and make a BIG change to support the SickKids Foundation!
Spread the word through ALL your networks, family, friends, neighbours, work, school, email, twitter, facebook, etc.!
Stephanie Kittell
September 15, 2009 2:53 pm
I can't wait!
Toby Hedges
September 15, 2009 10:36 pm
Looking forward to it!
Satish Kanwar
September 16, 2009 10:54 am
"WE'RE BREAKING A WORLD RECORDDDD!!!" Love #PIBday.
Darcy Clarke
September 16, 2009 11:09 am
I can't wait to pay it backward with everyone. I'm expecting to buy at least 10 or so coffee's and treats. This is going to be a great day to bring out the do-gooder in you!
Matt Read
September 16, 2009 12:55 pm
I think the pay it backwards event is a great way to spread cheer through out the city but myself and I'm sure lots of others want to know about the potential impact of this event...
Is the coffee being brewed and sold on that day fair trade? If we're doing this to try and be respectful of others, shouldn't we be concerned that the coffee being sold is ethical towards the people who grew it?
Also, what about the cups & waste produced by the event? Will there be any problems from Second Cup if people want to bring their own cups? I'd much rather bring my own cups and reduce the amount of garbage going into our landfills.
Anyway, not trying to be a downer, just trying to extend the scope of awareness so that we truly understand the impact of our actions and that work together trying to 'do-good' not just in our own city, but globally as well.
Kari Clarke
September 16, 2009 1:24 pm
looking forward to finally have a reason to drink more coffee.
Amedeo
September 17, 2009 4:42 pm
I have an entire office of over 180 people on three separate floors planned to participate. I have challenged each floor to Pay It Backward on September 30th. Its a Floor vs Floor vs Floor challenge. Ivanhoe Cambridge, Devonshire Mall, Mapleview Shopping Centre and Vaughan Mills are excited to take part!
What an amazing event.
Oh yeah....and if anyone wants to buy me a coffee - I am a two milk, one sugar kinda of guy!
Justin Kozuch
September 18, 2009 11:55 am
Acts of kindness? Coffee? Doing something nice for a complete stranger? What's not to like? ;)
Pay It Backward Day
September 18, 2009 12:24 pm
@Matt Read Hey Matt, well those are all good points. We chose our sponsors strategically based on their commitment to the cause. In this case, our goal is to bring some "good" to SickKids Foundation while inspiring people to put a smile on someone's face :)
However, you can find information about Second Cup and their Fair Trade practices here ( http://secondcup.com/eng/coffee.php?section=8#m1 ) AND to make sure that we are not increasing waste Second Cup encourages guests to bring their own mugs :)
The way we see it, it is all the small steps that add up and allow us to get together and create change!
Stephanie Miller
September 18, 2009 1:22 pm
Spreading kindness and breaking another record will be FUUUNNN! Hope to see you all there!
Erwin L
September 18, 2009 6:25 pm
Count me in!
Tm Mahdi
September 18, 2009 9:36 pm
I still remember the first video. The IMPACT. I'm booked for September 30th. Mimi and our photographer will be in attendance. Looking forward to it.
Meghann Wright
September 18, 2009 9:45 pm
As a parent of a Sick Kids patient I am so touched that this event has been organized. I know firsthand the miracles that this hospital performs, and I can never seem to donate enough. Not only is money going to a fantastic cause, but it's a beautiful gesture. We've all become so consumed in our own lives and in the fear the media instills into us, that we've all but erased that person behind us in line from exsistance. Strangers are no longer potential friends, but potential threats or just someone else standing in our way. What a way to knock down that wall of fear but to buy a stranger a coffee. While you're at it, why not shake their hand and say hello! Sept 30 - Good karma, good coffee and a great cause!
I CAN'T WAIT!
Andrew Peek
September 20, 2009 9:12 pm
I'm stoked! :D
Renee Warren
September 22, 2009 2:56 pm
Very excited!
Collin Douma
September 22, 2009 5:41 pm
I'm behind all of you all the way! :-)
Just kidding...
This is a great idea.
Christian Dion
September 22, 2009 10:19 pm
Awesome idea and great initiative!
Joann Lim
September 22, 2009 11:04 pm
This is OUR Moment. Let's Make it Happen!
This is a cause I PLAY for.
Pay it Backward and Play it Forward.
Randy Narine
September 24, 2009 1:46 am
great idea!
Carol Greenwood
September 24, 2009 6:23 am
What a fantastic way to not only enjoy your cup of caffeine....you enjoy it, someone else enjoys it, and you make a difference with the children who need your care! I'm in!
Elias Ghazal
September 26, 2009 12:47 pm
this is wonderful
Lex Stanley
September 26, 2009 1:58 pm
it looks like this is only taking place in canada. does anyone know if US coffee places like starbucks, peets, dunkin donuts were asked to participate? Or does anyone know if there are other coffee places participating?
Dee
September 26, 2009 1:59 pm
Although I'll be out of town on that day, I will be sure to find a Second Cup in Barrie to take part in DC's SECOND PAY IT BACKWARD DAY!! And I shall bring along as many other coffee drinkers as possible!! ~~ WOO HOO!!!!!! =)
John Huculiak
September 28, 2009 2:55 pm
I will pay it backwards five times in honour of my grandfather (Howard Bain), my great-uncle who was a doctor at Sick Kids (Harry Bain), for all those who have passed-on, for all those who have yet to come (like my first child due in December), and to my lovely wife, Sandra.
Who do you dedicate yours to?
Carol Moxam
September 28, 2009 3:08 pm
Special Event Boot Camp is proud to send our troops out to the Second Cup at the Easton's Centre and all our students, professors, and friends from Ryerson University to do some good for Pay It Backwards Day and SickKids. Thanks to all the students involved.
B Mah
September 28, 2009 9:40 pm
I'll be buying all day!
Shelley
September 28, 2009 10:24 pm
This is a great idea. It is wonderful to show kindness to complete strangers and to also contribute to Sick Kids at the same time. Doing something nice for someone else will make me feel wonderful.
Prabhleen Sekhon
September 29, 2009 5:00 pm
awesome!
Prabhleen Sekhon
September 29, 2009 5:01 pm
awesome!
Paul Hannah
September 29, 2009 7:11 pm
Look forward to helping out. I'll be buying coffee for everyone at the Second Cup location 693 Wilson (Across from the Best Buy) in Toronto between 8-9am. Hopefully I can have them donate $100 or so.
Whitebird
September 29, 2009 10:54 pm
I'm in ...tomorrow, Second Cup at the North York Centre -- Toronto... See you in line at 10 am!
Moeed Mohammad
September 30, 2009 12:21 am
I'm in! I'll be at the Second Cup in front of the much music building!
Magda de la Torre
September 30, 2009 7:40 am
I do not drink coffee but I will be at Second Cup and give back!
Great idea!
Leanne Grechulk
September 30, 2009 8:47 am
Absolutely!!
nic Schulz
September 30, 2009 8:48 am
As a SickKid I am really pleased to see Second Cup and Silk supporting this incredible organization in such a great way. Finally a fundraiser for the hospital that doesn't involve people begging for donations on street corners. Congratulations to everyone involved for a fantastic idea.
Barry Twohig
September 30, 2009 9:46 am
Heading out now to my morning coffee spot. I'm going to make a few people happy with my Coffee Hero Card.
Awesome event guys.
Rob Drynan
September 30, 2009 9:46 am
Great idea! We started a chain reaction at our local Second Cup...
Shahla Bashar
September 30, 2009 10:27 am
" A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."
Stephanie Miller
September 30, 2009 10:33 am
Love the excitement PIB Day generates! Online and off! Just got off the phone with a friend and we'll be heading to our Second Cup after work!
Have fun at Second Cup today everyone! :)
Dalton
September 30, 2009 7:48 pm
Why won't it let me be counted in? D:
Afshin Mousavian
October 1, 2009 11:00 am
What an incredible day! Thank you to all of you Do Gooders who made this possible. I am so happy and proud to be able to connect with each and every one of you!
Thank you!
@idogood
Jack Davis
October 1, 2009 3:30 pm
Paying it back is definitely a GOOD thing!
I wanna do it!
Dianne McIntyre
October 18, 2009 12:54 pm
At 7am I bought a hot chocolate for a young woman who was very surprised at my offer.
She in turned bought a coffee for the man who came along after her. We all had a conversation of how good it felt to do a random act of kindness. Two people are now aware of Pay IT Backward Day. I had a great day.