Are you ready for the Day of the Girl? This September 22, we’ll be celebrating girls in a big way. We’re asking the Canadian Government to recognize September 22 as the National Day of the Girl (sign the petition here to help convince them), and we’re also hoping that you’ll celebrate being a girl in your own way!

For us, that celebration means Pink LemonAid. No, not a delicious drink…a party to celebrate girls!  There are three ways you can get involved:

Come to a Celebrity Pink LemonAid Event
Because I am a Girl’s Celebrity Supporters will be selling lemonade at three stands around Toronto (check here for locations). Keep your eyes peeled for Lisa Ray, Tyler Kyte, Sarah Taylor, and cast members from Degrassi: The Next Generation and many more! All the proceeds will go to support Because I am a Girl.

Host your own Pink LemonAid Stand
If you can’t get to one of the Toronto stands, you can hold your own Pink LemonAid stand to raise awareness and donations for the Because I am a Girl campaign on September 22. We’ve got kits available online that will help you plan your event from start to finish. Think about holding one at your school, in your community, or on your front lawn!

Enter our Pink LemonAid Contest
Starting September 16, you can enter to win a Flip Cam by becoming a fan of our Facebook page and then entering the draw on the website. And then spread the word!

What is your plan for the Day of the Girl?  Come and Celebrate with the Because I am a Girl team at Pink LemonAid!

There will also be great giveaways from the event’s sponsors:

Check out the Facebook invite here.

(ps, if he liked it he should have put a ring on it!)

This week’s girl that rocks is Christina M, and her teammates on the Cambridge Turbos Ringette team.  I guess that makes it girls that rock!

The team decided to hold a Bake Sale and sell tickets for one of their games with all proceeds going to Because I am a Girl’s Girl Fund, with $500 as their goal.  Together, they raised $1060!

Christina became involved with international issues when she travelled to Zambia and “saw first hand how little people had. It was also particularly clear that children and young adults could often not afford to go to school.”  When she learned about the Because I am a Girl campaign, she decided that her favourite sport was the best way to fundraise for the cause and also raise awareness  about the movement amongst young girls.

Ringette “is a Canadian game that was first introduced in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario. Developed originally for girls, ringette is a fast-paced team sport on ice in which players use a straight stick to pass, carry, and shoot a rubber ring to score goals.”  Christina and the Cambridge Turbos have won the last two National Championships and the last World Cup Championship.  Find out more about ringette here.

But, the Turbos aren’t done winning or campaigning yet.  At the end of January they are putting on a Ringette clinic for young girls with the registration fee (minimum $5) going to the Because I am a Girl campaign.

It took Christina’s interest in the Because I am a Girl movement to get the ball rolling (or in this case, the ring), but she credits her teammates with making the event a success:”I knew I wanted to help in some way, but getting my team involved made it so much easier.”