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He's working for Mother Teresa now!

Just got an unusual email from Nick Debrey, a comic whom we had the pleasure of working with at last year’s Calgary FunnyFest. Nick catches everybody up on his life before the big finish:

While performing regularly by night at Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto, I toiled by day as a Starbucks barista to pay my rent. From grinding beans I somehow managed to land a job as a school teacher (yeah, it sounds crazy but it’s true). So, despite my lack of a B.Ed or teaching experience I now teach French part-time to grade 6, 7 and 8 students. My life is roller coaster hey!?!?

You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Apparently, Debrey is now headed to Calcutta. (That’s right the seething, crowded impoverished metropolis on the Indian subcontinent Calcutta.) For the purpose of “working with Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity. They’ll be having me work at the Ghandi Welfare Centre teaching math and English to orphaned street kids.”

Being somewhat acquainted with Debrey’s sense of humor, we naturally thought it might be a joke, but then we check out his blog, and, from all indications he’s headed to India for two months to teach orphans. And he’s shaving his head soon and donating the hair to kids who need it because they’re gravely ill and they’ve lost all theirs. Of course, all this altruism costs money, so feel free to follow the links on his blog to the places where you can donate money. He’s not quite a third of the way to the $3,500 needed to get to India this summer.

Folks can also send a check or m.o. to:

Freedomize
2255b Queen St. E., Suite 141
Toronto, ON M4E 1G3

and, says Nick, “please write “Nick Debrey” and “India trip” in the memo section.”