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Orangeville Citizen - March/2013 - Mono duo’s charity helps Nicaraguan children get an education - Read Article EMC News - January/2013 - SchoolBOX member places on prestigious list- Read Article The Globe and Mail - December/2012 - Gift of a single pencil led to program that aids thousands- Read Article CBC Toronto - November/2012- SchoolBOX Profile and Interview with Tom Affleck See Video Whirlwind Wedding- November/2012- SchoolBOX Profile and Interview with Jon Tam See Video Millstone News - November/2012 - SchoolBOX's Sarah Kerr named to Invest Ottawa's Top 100 Rising Stars List- Read Article Alma Latina - November/2012 - Songs for SchoolBox: Great Music for a Great Cause - English/Español - Read Article CTV Ottawa - October/2012- Amazing People Gala raises money, hope See Video CTV Ottawa - October/2012- Inaugural Amazing People Gala showcases special stories See Video CTV Ottawa - October/2012- Amazing People Gala set to honour inspirational locals See Video CTV Ottawa - October/2012- Amazing People Gala set to honour inspirational locals See Video CTV Ottawa - Oct/2012 - Amazing Person Gala News and SchoolBOX feature (News at Noon) - (Part 1, 2 & 3) See Video Ottawa Start - Oct/2012- CTV Amazing People Gala to take place October 27, 2012 Read Article EMC News - Oct/2012- Ottawa gala shining light on local charity Read Article Majic 100 FM October/2012,
Interview with Kimothy Walker (AP Gala) Lanark Era - Sept/2012- Family will help build school in Nicaragua next March Read Article EMC News - Sept/2012- SchoolBOX celebrating achievements at 7th annual Latin Fiesta Read Article CTV Ottawa - August/2012- Amazing Person Gala Commercial See Video CTV Ottawa - July/2012- Amazing Person Gala Launches (11 o'clock news) See Video CTV Ottawa - July/2012 - Amazing Person Gala Launch (News at Noon) - Leanne Cusack Interview with Tom Affleck and Sarah Kerr (Part 1, 2 & 3) See Video CTV Ottawa - July/2012- Amazing People Gala (CTV Morning Live) See Video The Humm - July/2012 - Coffee Couple Teams up with SchoolBOX Read Article Canadian Gazette - July/2012 - Kent Huskins Golf 4 SchoolBOX presented by Equator Coffee Roasters Read Article CTV Ottawa - June/2012 - Amazing People to be honoured at gala Read Article EMC News - June/2012 - Coffee couple team with SchoolBOX to build Nicaragua school Read Article Equator Coffee Blog - June/2012– The Little School that Could Read Article EMC News - June/2012 - Have fun and support SchoolBox at golf tournament July 2 Read Article Canadian Gazette - June/2012– Craig Hall named one of Ottawa Business Journal's Forty Under 40 Read Article Nunatsiaq Online - June/2012– Young Iqaluit man wants to help build school in Nicaragua Read Article Alma Latina - May/2012 - SchoolBOX: Making Education Possible - English/Español - Read Article Travel + Escape - May/2012– Travelling with a Purpose in Nicaragua Read Article EMC News - Apr/2012– Spirit of Canadian Hero lives on in Nicaragua Read Article The Humm - Apr/2012– Building Hope with SchoolBOX Read Article |
Ryersonian.ca - Mar 1/2012– SchoolBOX Ryerson to build Nicaragua school Read Article 
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Ryersonian.ca - Feb 10/2012– SchoolBOX Ryerson raises funds to build Nicaragua school Read Article
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Open Equal Free.org - Jan 24/2012– Good Apple: SchoolBOX Read Article
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CTV Ottawa - November 17th/2011– Amazing Person Feature on Jonathan Tam Read Article
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Millstone News - October 7th/2011– Tom Affleck and SchoolBOX Read Article
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Diplomat & International Magazine Canada - Ottawa, ON- Oct 2011 – How a 50-cent donation has helped 10,000 children and built 26 classrooms in Nicaragua Read Article
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Ottawa Citizen -The Wrap - Ottawa, ON - Oct 12/2011 – SchoolBOX is ‘Making Education Possible’ in Central America Read Article
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Carleton Now - Ottawa, ON - October 2011, Retiree helps change life for community in Nicaragua Read Article
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Millstone News, Almonte -ON Sept 24, 2011, Almonte's SchoolBOX helps build a Nicaraguan School Read Article
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Telfer School of Management Alumni Association, Ottawa -ON Sept 20, 2011, Alumni in the Lead: Jonathan Tam BCom 2004 Read Article
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The Bulleton, Toronto -ON Sept 2011, School Building Campaign a success for local group. Read Article
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Daily Gleaner, Fredericton - NB Aug 19 2011, Cross-country cyclist raising money for students in Nicaragua Read Article
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Bugle Observer, Woodstock - NB Aug 19, 2011, Cross Canada for Nicaraguan students Read Article
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CHSR FM, Fredericton - NB Aug 16, 2011, Interview with Ilan Levy Part 2 
Interview
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CJ104, Woodstock - NB Aug 15, 2011, SchoolBOX Fundraiser comes to Woodstock – Interview with Tom Affleck Read Article
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Village Post, Toronto - ON Aug 2011, Cycling 8000km to help 8000 children Read Article
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Canadian Gazette, Almonte - ON Aug 11 2011, Cycle 4 SchoolBOX - Cyclist rides 7000km to Almonte Read Article
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CHSR FM, Fredericton - NB Aug 11, 2011, Interview with Ilan Levy Part 1
Interview
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K93, Grand Falls - NB Aug 8, 2011, SchoolBOX Fundraiser Comes to Grand Falls – Radio Interview with Tom Affleck Read Article
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InsideToronto.com, Toronto - ON Aug 6, 2011, Annex man cycling across Canada for school children Read Article
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A Channel Ottawa, Ottawa - ON Aug 5, 2011, Interview with Tom Affleck and Ilan Levy by Lianne Laing Read Article
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K93, Grand Falls - NB Aug 4, 2011, Cross-Canada Tour Coming to Grand Falls – Radio Interview with Tom Affleck Read Article
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CJ104, Woodstock - ON Aug 4, 2011, Cross-Canada tour coming to Woodstock – Interview with Tom Affleck Read Article
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Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa - ON July 30, 2011, Helping Nicaraguan children: Cyclist crosses Canada to raise funds for school supplies Read Article
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AM 640 Talk Radio, Toronto - ON July 29 , 2011, Scott Guest's Interview with Ilan Levy
Interview
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Sault Star, Sault Ste Marie - ON July 24, 2011, Read Article
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Algoma News, Wawa - ON July 20, 2011, Cycle 4 SchoolBOX Comes to Wawa Read Article
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Fort Frances Times, Fort Frances - ON July 20, 2011, Cyclist aiming to pedal kids out of poverty Read Article
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Metro Toronto, Toronto - ON July 15, 2011, Riding for the sake of education Read Article
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EMC Kanata, Kanata- ON July 14, 2011, Kanata Residents to help build school in Nicaragua Read Article
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QX104 FM Radio, Winnipeg - MB July 11 2011, Interview with Tom Affleck
Interview
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QX104 FM Radio, Winnipeg - MB July 11 2011, Interview with Ilan Levy
Interview
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Portage Daily Graphic, Portage la Prairie -MN July 10 2011, Video Interview with Ron Thomson View
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Portage Daily Graphic-Portage La Prairie, MB- July 10, 2011, Cross country cyclist rests in Portage Read Article
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The Outlook-Outlook, SK - - July 7, 2011, Cycling the Nation 4 Education Read Article
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Hanna Herald- Hanna, Alberta - - July 7, 2011, Educational Ride Read Article
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100 Mile Press- 100 Mile, BC- July 6, 2011, Shirley Case School to be completed in August Read Article
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The Golden Star-Golden, BC- July 5, 2011, Cycling to build stronger classrooms Read Article
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Portage Daily Graphic - Portage-La-Prairie, MB - July 4, 2011, Toronto Man cycling across Canada to send Nicaraguan kids to school Read Article
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Lake Country Calendar- Okanagan, BC - June 29, 2011, A journey and a mission of epic scale Read Article
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Vernon Morning Star - Vernon, BC - June 26, 2011, Cycle Cause Read Article
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News 1310 - Ottawa, ON - June 24, 2011, Almonte charity hosts cross-country bike ride to raise money for schools in Nicaragua Read Article
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Hope Standard - Hope, BC - June 23, 2011, Riding for SchoolBOX Read Article
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107.5 KissFM - Vernon, BC - - June 22, 2011, Cycle For SchoolBOX to Vernon Read Article
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95.3 FM Virgin Radio, Vancouver - BC - June 16 2011, Taylor Jukes Show
Interview
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The Powell River Peak - Powell River, BC - June 15 2011, Trans Canada Trip raises money Read article
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Fun FM Vancouver BC - June 14 2011, Morning Show - Ilan talks a bit about the Cycle 4 SchoolBOX
Interview
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Coast Report in Sechelt, British Colombia - June 13 2011- "Cycle 4 SchoolBOX Media storm is brewing" . read the article here...
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Jack FM Victoria Radio - June 8 2011, Interview with Tom Affleck and Ilan Levy,
Interview
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Health-Local.com - June 7 2011, Making Education Possible for the children of Central America, read the article
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CKNW Vancouver - May 2011,Tom Affleck hits the airwaves!,
Interview with Tom Affleck
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The Guelph Mercury - April 18, 2011, "Students build a school, while feds fake a lake", read the article here... or an archived version here...
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The Humm - February 2011 - "Making Education Possible one bean at a time" . read the article here...
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The Humm - September 2010 - "Supporting SchoolBOX" . read the article here...
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The Review-Mirror - September 2010 - "Local artists help to build Nicaraguan school" . read the article here...
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Ottawa Citizen - May 1, 2010, "Volunteering in Nicaragua is a revelation for an Almonte family", read the article here...
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CBC TV - April 2010, Nicaraguan Schools,
Tiny Ont. charity builds 17 Nicaraguan schools
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CBC Radio - April 2010, Ottawa Morning
How a small Almonte charity is making a big difference in Nicaragua.
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CBC Online - March 31, 2010, "Tiny Ont. charity builds 17 Nicaraguan schools", read the article here...
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Canadian Gazette - March 2010 - "Almonte students make the most of March break" . read the article here...
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Roger's TV - February 2010, Daytime Ottawa,
Interview with Michelle Kay (21MB)
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University of Guelph - Fall 2009- "Promoting education at home and abroad" . read the article here...
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Ottawa Citizen - August 17,2009, "'I'm changed right to my roots' Slums of Nicaragua give new meaning to what poverty is", read the article here...
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Anjali Coaching - July 2009, The Gifts of Leadership - "Last night I met two young Canadians who are models for all of us. Talk about creating results that matter...the folks at SchoolBOX are Authentic Leaders at their best! ", read the article here... or read the pdf |
Ottawa Citizen - February 2009- "Helping children whose home really is a dump" . read the article here...
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Ottawa Citizen - February 2009- "Pencils led to books and books to schools" . read the article here...
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Canadian Gazette - February 2009- "Kids helping kids in other countries" . read the article here...
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The Almonte Gazette - Jan 2009- "Almonte resident to volunteer with SchoolBOX program in Nicaragua" . read the article here...
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CBC Radio - December 23rd 2008, Ottawa Morning,
Interview with Tom (7MB MP3)
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Ottawa Citizen - September 22 2008 - "Keeping learning simple" . read the article here...
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Ottawa Citizen - September 19 2008 - "SchoolBOX charity began with a single notebook and pencil" . read the article here...
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The Almonte Gazette - Sept 2007- "So little goes so far" . read the article here...
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The Almonte Gazette - Dec 2007- "Amnesty" . read the article here...
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The Humm - Dec 2007- "ADHS's SchoolBOX Coffeehouse Fundraiser" . read the article here...
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EMC - Nov 2007- "SchoolBOX program aims to assist impoverished children in Central America" . read the article here...
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The Almonte Gazette - April 2007- "Bakesale raises donations for SchoolBOX" . read the article here...
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The Humm - March 2007- "Trading Places" . read the article here...
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The Humm - Dec 2006- "SchoolBOX Ad" . read the article here...
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Mississippi Mills Weekender - Sept 2006- "A textbook example of giving" . read the article here...
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The Humm - Sept 2006- "Back to School - with a pencil" . read the article here...
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La Prensa - Managua, Nicaragua - Dec/2012- SchoolBox inaugura escuela en Barrio La Primavera - Español- Vea el video
El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua Dec 2012 - Anexo La Primavera ya tiene su escuela (Español) Lea el artículo
El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua Dec 2012 - Escuela nueva en La Primavera (Español) Lea el artículo
Canal 8 - Managua, Nicaragua - Dec/2012- Reportaje sobre la escuela Brett en Managua- Español- Vea el video
Canal 10 - Hablemos un rato- Managua, Nicaragua - Nov/2012- Reportaje sobre la escuela en la communidad '15 de septiembre'- Español- Vea el video (Parte 1) (Parte 2) (Parte 3)
El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua Nov 2012 - Escuelas rurales con amenazas y limitaciones (Español) Lea el artículo
La Prensa - Managua, Nicaragua - Oct/2012- Maestros rurales entre penurias - Español- Lea el artículo
La Prensa - Managua, Nicaragua - Oct/2012- Secundaria a un clic de la calidad - Español- Lea el artículo
Alma Latina - May/2012 - SchoolBOX: Making Education Possible - English/Español - Lea el artículo
Alma Latina - Septembre/2011 - SchoolBOX: Construyendo juntos sueños y esperanzas haciendo de la Educación una realidad. - Español - Lea el artículo
TorontoHispano.com, Toronto -ON Sept 2011 - SchoolBOX: haciendo de la Educacion una realidad (Español) Lea el artículo
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