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A very icy fundraiser
"It must be awfully cold in there," says CBC's Michael Enright. He's talking to
Al Petersen, an Edmonton man who has encased himself in an ice block for 48
hours to raise funds for the city's poor. It is indeed cold, admits Petersen.
And because he wants to draw awareness to the plight of the cold and hungry, he
hasn't eaten anything since he started his icy endeavour yesterday. Still,
Petersen sounds remarkably cheerful as he speaks to Enright from his block of
ice.
• The winter holiday season is an important time for fundraising. A 2006 Visa
Canada survey showed that Canadians expected to donate an average of $183 to
charity during the holidays. (According to an unrelated 2006 CBC News story, the
average total personal contribution for the whole year was $400, meaning between
a third and a half of a person's yearly donations would likely be given during
the holidays.) Of those surveyed, 73 per cent said they would donate items to
local food banks and 69 per cent would give money to charities.
• By contrast, the same Visa Canada survey showed Canadians would spend an
average of $930 on holiday gifts for friends and family in 2006.
Medium: Radio
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: Dec. 11, 1992
Guest(s): Al Petersen
Host: Alan Maitland
Interviewer: Michael Enright
Duration: 4:31
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: Dec. 11, 1992
Guest(s): Al Petersen
Host: Alan Maitland
Interviewer: Michael Enright
Duration: 4:31
Last updated: March 28, 2012
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