By pledging to perform one local and one global act of service, students can earn a ticket to this year’s We Day in Minnesota.

This celebrity-filled, stadium-sized event takes place from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Xcel Energy Center. It is a one-day empowerment event, designed to celebrate youth taking actions toward change.

Zoe Stern, associate director of business development for Free the Children Minnesota, said she feels passionate about helping youth make a difference.

“We support kids getting involved in the causes that they care about and taking action,” Stern said. “As a result of taking those actions, they can earn tickets to We Day.”

Stern said what makes this organization unique is that it is the largest network of children helping children.

“Kids are often told that they are too young, too small or too anything to make a difference in the world,” Stern said. “That is not true. Kids can make a lot of change, and they can impact and inspire a lot of people.”

We Day interconnects with We Act, the year-long program associated with this event. We Act is an educational program implemented in schools completely free to promote service and learning.

Jeff Cohen supervises the We Act club at Park. He said he enjoys watching young kids doing something positive with their time and energy.

“It teaches our younger generations what it is really about, giving and helping others, in such a selfish environment where everything is me, me, me,” Cohen said. “It really inspires kids to think about others.”

Anyone who pledges to commit one local and global act of service can get involved in this club.

Senior Ellie Stillman, who volunteers at the Free the Children Minnesota office, said the importance of this event is to validate students for their meaningful work and to encourage them to continue.

“If you don’t leave feeling impacted or changed, then you missed the message, which is going to be pretty much impossible,” Stillman said. “The goal of We Day is to congratulate and to thank schools and the students for doing the amazing work that they are doing and to encourage them to do it more and really show how powerful the act of we is.”