Archive for March, 2009
Tim Dennis “Round the world to help Kids”
A Travellin' Man When Scotland native Tim Dennis was looking for a new direction in life he didn't know the answer would be in a Tilley hat. But that's exactly where he found it. A label in the hat for street kids international sent him off on a journey around the globe to talk to and bring awareness too the global problem of homeless [...]
Route so Far!
The Route So Far! Ok red is where i have traveled with the expedition vehicle and the blue denotes where i have been on ships with the vehicle. I have always travelled with my car even when i am at sea, if i can't travel with the truck then i find another route. How i do this is to find a Roll on Roll off ferry first and [...]
Launch Alternative Education “Concord”
Tim Dennis meets up with Launch Youth "Concord" Superb day today the sun was out and everyone was happy, this meant that the kids at Launch got to see how i live when i'm in romote parts the world without access to food, water, or shelter, i set up an interactive campsite and they loved climbing inside the roof tent, who [...]
LAUNCH “east” Toronto
The RamblingRat project benefiting streetKids International met up with Launch today. Launch east is an alternative school on the outskirts of Toronto, the school is one of a few alternative schools that are run by The York Catholic District School Board. This is the first time that i have visited a school with [...]
Pauline’s Place Youth Shelter “Sault Ste Marie”
Tim speaks to Mason Falls and Justin lambert, they share their expiernce of staying in the youth shelter "Pauline's Place and how they have found creativity and a way to express themselves through music, they hope to communicate this to other youth by starting a Street Youth band called [...]
StreetTalk “Thunderbay” youth have their say.
Tanner and Tim's story "Sound quality is a bit poor with the wind oops" I met up with Tim at lunch on Sunday in the shelter in the soup kitchen, Not to be confused with me but another Tim a lively lad now with a life full of hope, Tim shared his story with me of how he ended up staying in his friend Tanners shed for a couple of [...]
Shelter House “Thunderbay”
We made a stop over the weekend to visit Shelter House in Thunderbay Ontario Canada, We arrived on Sunday and was lucky to be invited into the Shelter by operations manager Wojciech Czupryski, i was shown around and had lunch with many of the homeless local folk in the city, the soup kitchen that day was manned by the volunteer police [...]
MacDonald Youth Services “Winnipeg”
Tim Dennis visits the MacDonald Youth Shelter in "Winnipeg" Tim Dennis is traveling the world to raise awareness and support for the challenges facing street kids. Tim, who hales from Scotland has been in Canada since November 2008 spreading the word and doing it while driving a home on wheels throughout his travels “for the kids”. [...]
Davin Elementary School “thanks guys”
Today i have been very lucky to speak in two great schools in Regina, this was implemented in conjunction with streetKids International, i would like to thank all the young people and teachers and streetKids International for being so supportive of the expedition.
The Leader Post “Regina”
Dylan the Rat raises social awareness The Grade 8 students in Kathleen Woodhouse's class at Davin School got a visit from a rambling rat on Thursday afternoon. Dylan, a travelling animated rat, was part of a presentation by Tim Dennis, who represents Street Kids International. This organization is non-profit, operates in more than [...]