First of all, happy belated Halloween! I know it’s a bit late, but I really haven’t had a chance to update this blog before today, as we went to Toronto to promote our project. And it went great!

Being a little shorter than we originally planned, we managed to fit every scheduled meeting into Sunday to Wednesday, instead of Monday – Friday. That gives us more time to work on the project when we get back to Montreal. Anyway, let me tell you in short what we achieved during our trip to Canadas biggest city. We left Montreal Sunday morning to be able to make it to Toronto before the evening. The drive took about 5-6 hours, so we actually came in with plenty of time. We made sure to be there before 7pm, because Fang Fang was offered a position as a judge on a show similar to the American Idol. It was a lot of fun and we further got word out about our project. Check out the pictures of Fang Fang:

Starting Monday morning, we had the next days filled with meetings to tell people about our book. As we are in the second stage of our book project at the studio – which means that we are really trying to get inspiring key people to be in the book – we were on the lookout for famous people that might inspire others to donate money for a good cause. We saw modeling agencies which are among the biggest agencies worldwide and also were on the biggest chinese television channel in Canada (Fairchild). All in all, the days were busy, yet amazing. And I can sincerely say that we love Toronto for how it is and we definitely look forward to coming to see this great city again as soon as possible.

Among the numerous meetings we had, I would like to point out one especially. On Tuesday morning, we were able to see the Toronto branch of the Covenant House. The Covenant house gives not only shelter to homeless youth, but tries to really get them off the streets, offers education and helps homeless youth with finding lasting jobs. Our contact person Tiffany was so kind to show us around and at some point, I was close to tears. Speechlessly, I have yet to make up my mind whether I almost cried out of sadness for the people that are in such troubles, or out of happyness about how much love they share with the people there. It was very, very inspiring to me to see how they work and I feel proud to announce that they will also become a participating Foundation in this project. For more information, please visit their website. The work they do every day is beyond amazing. Also, if you are from Toronto and you want to support them, they have a fundraising walk this Saturday.

The Toronto trip