"While There's Tea There's Hope"

For generations, tea has made a difference in people's lives by providing warmth and inspiration. In fact, Arthur W. Pinero, a famous British dramatist once said, "While there's tea, there's hope."

Now, Red Rose tea is bringing some of that hope to children in Canada and around the world through the Reach Out With Red Rose program – an active sponsorship that includes a $250,000 contribution to ONEXONE and the chance for Canadians to win a volunteer experience with a ONEXONE partner.

ONEXONE’s partnership with Red Rose is unique and extraordinary. Not only are they helping the cause with their donation, but they are also providing fantastic and inspiring “volunteer vacation” opportunities for Canadians.

"The Reach Out with Red Rose program will help spread the word about the important work we and our charity partners are doing to support, preserve and improve the lives of children in Canada and around the world," said Joey Adler, ONEXONE founder and president of Diesel Canada. "ONEXONE focuses on five pillars– clean water, hunger, education, health care and play – and sponsors like Red Rose help ONEXONE continue to make projects like wells for clean water in Ethiopia and breakfast programs for Canadian kids a reality."

The Contest

The third contest of this year is launching April 5th.

To enter, submit a short 200-word essay and photo that shows what you are doing to change the world.

Then invite your friends, family, neighbours, colleagues, dentist, and so forth to vote for you so that you can make it into our top 10. Round one of voting will begin after the submission deadline. If you make it into the top 10, you will have one last chance to rally your community - and all of Canada – to vote for you as you compete to get into our top three.

From there, our judging panel will select one lucky person, who will win a once-in-a-lifetime volunteer vacation: a seven-day, all expenses-paid trip for two to live and work in Africa on a ONEXONE partner project! Footage from these once-in-a-lifetime trips may be used to create a compelling documentary that is currently scheduled to be shown at the ONEXONE Gala during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival!

Read Rebecca Tremblay's story - Reach Out with Red Rose's first contest winner! She wrote a beautiful blog about her experiences - get inspired and watch her video!