Building on the success of last year's Earth Hour walk, North York resident Bonny Petrovsky is asking her neighbours to once again turn the lights off and come out for a walk around the block Saturday, March 27.
"This is our third year of organizing a walk," she said. "The first year we had about 50 people and last year 150 people. Making it an annual event would be great."
The neighbourhood walk will begin at the Cameron Public School parking lot at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Radine Road in the Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue area at 8 p.m., Petrovsky said, adding it will take place rain or shine.
She's asking participants to donate loose change which will be given to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
"Last year $75 was raised," she said. "We don't have a goal."
Tim Hortons is donating coffee (walkers must bring their own mugs) and Timbits for the walk, which is expected to take about half an hour, Petrovsky said.
"We don't have a designated route yet but we are meeting in the school parking lot," Petrovsky said. "We are trying to get as many people as possible to come out. I've been emailing and my daughter has been handing out flyers door to door."
Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 by the WWF and over two million home owners and businesses switched off their lights for one hour.
By 2009, in its third year, Earth Hour grew to over 4,000 cities, including 73 national capitals and nine of the world's 10 most populated cities. In Canada, over 10 million people switched off their lights.