SFU Wins Spread the Net Challenge

I was at Simon Fraser University last September for the launch of the Spread the Net challenge and it was a pleasure to be back to hear the announcement that they were the winning school.

The challenge was to see which school across Canada could raise the most in support of Spread the Net’s mosquito net campaign with UNICEF. On Monday I sat down for a chat with campaign co-founder, Rick Mercer who is the host of CBC’s The Mercer Report. We chatted about SFU’s victory and how social media played a role.

You can listen to our conversation by clicking on the player below:

Kudos to SFU’s UNICEF Club and all SFU students for a job well done raising $16,000 this school year. The Spread the Net Challenge will kick off again next fall however you can still learn more, donate or participate anytime, online.

Links:
Spread the Net
UNICEF Canada
The Mercer Report
2009 Spread the Net Launch at SFU
Trish’s blog post about the event

Background music on the audio recording is by Spoon.