Say Hi Vancouver, February 08

EXCERPT FROM: Campaign invites Vancouver residents to wear name tag, Say Hi on Feb. 8 in bid to get strangers talking
By Stephanie Ip, The Province January 24, 2013

http://www.canada.com/news/vancouver/Campaign+invites+Vancouver+residents+wear+name+strangers+talking/7863333/story.html

Shelley Koorbatoff has launched Say Hi Vancouver, a campaign that she hopes will encourage people to reach out and break down social barriers.  “Say Hi Vancouver is a simple idea,” she wrote on the campaign’s Facebook page.

“We see the same people every day . . . and we have little or no connection to most of them.” Koorbatoff notes that a name tag is often a symbol that gives people permission to introduce themselves and spark a conversation.

She hopes that if people wear name tags on Feb. 8, it will help neighbours and people who see each other frequently — at the grocery store, on public buses, at the coffee shop — to introduce themselves and begin building connections.

Koorbatoff also notes she chose Feb. 8 since it marks the first ever B.C. Family Day weekend.

For more information on Say Hi Vancouver or to print out your own Say Hi Vancouver name tag, visit facebook.com/SayHiVancouver or twitter.com/SayHiVancouver.

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