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Can Man Dan
Dan Johnstone (born July 31, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta), also known as "Can Man Dan", is a Canadian anti-poverty activist, philanthropist, community organizer and politician. His fundraising group, also called "Can Man Dan", works to alleviate poverty and strengthen communities in Alberta, Canada by working with several non profit groups and charities. Johnstone also hosts many of his own created events, but is perhaps best known for his annual "Moving Hunger Out" campaign, where he camps out multiple times every December in freezing cold temperatures in the back of a tractor-trailer, aiming to fill it with donations for various Food Banks around Alberta. Due to the severity of the winters commonly found in Alberta and the freezing cold temperatures that go along with them, These campouts have become highly publicized and staple events for various food banks around Alberta. Can Man Dan's campouts have proven to be very successful, as Dan has raised several thousands of dollars and thousands of pounds of food for local food banks every year from these events alone. Johnstone also has created and hosted many other events around Alberta aimed to help those less fortunate including his annual "We're Here For Ya Day" event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Can Man Dan )〕 Can Man Dan, along with a local hair salon offer free hair services, a free BBQ lunch, personal hygiene products and free food hampers to hundreds of men, women and children every year. In June 2013, Can Man Dan provided immediate assistance to Calgary's Food Bank and those affected by the 2013 Alberta floods in the form of 4000 pounds of food. Every December since 2013, local Edmonton chain restaurant - Delux Burger Bar has featured Can Man Dan as their "Celebrity Chef". Delux Burger Bar locations across Edmonton add the "Can Man Dan burger" to their menus with a portion of the burger sales donated to the Edmonton Food Bank on Dan's behalf. Johnstone made headlines in April 2014 after he announced that he would wrestle in a professional wrestling match with Canadian wrestling promotion, the PWA (The Prairie Wrestling Alliance) to raise money, food and awareness for Edmonton's homeless youth population. Despite suffering a fractured nose during the bout, Johnstone ultimately won his debut wrestling match raising thousands of dollars and thousands of pounds of food for Edmonton's Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS), an organization that Dan's mother had used when she was a teenager. In June 2015, Johnstone was ranked fourth in "WO Magazine"'s list of the "Top 5 Anti-Poverty Activists". In the summer of 2015, Johnstone was voted in by Edmonton's general public to serve as an honorary parade marshal for their annual K-Days festival parade. Johnstone, along 5 other community heroes and various departments of Edmonton's first responders were made honorary parade marshals and each given $2500 to donate to a charity of their choice.
Johnstone's philanthropy and activist work began in Edmonton, Alberta in the summer of 2011 when he began going door-to-door around various neighborhoods by himself collecting food and clothing donations for various charities, such as the Edmonton Food Bank, the youth shelter, and many homeless shelters/soup kitchens. After growing up in a single mother, low income household, Johnstone was motivated to support the same services that his family had used while he was growing up. Johnstone has stated that his ultimate goal is to spread a positive message about helping people in need, raise awareness for charities in need and ultimately assist in the ending of poverty and homelessness by forming a united community.
On top of the major events he hosts, Johnstone is also an motivational speaker that travels to many schools and fundraising events around Alberta to share his story and adventures. Johnstone also leads an inner city feed program where he and his group of volunteers make and distribute lunches, care packages and backpacks filled with different items to the homeless community. In June 2012, Johnstone was named an official ambassador to the Edmonton Food Bank. Johnstone has publicly stated that he "makes zero financial gain" from his work as he believes that helping others and spreading a positive message is more important than making a profit.
==Personal life==
Daniel Lee Johnstone, was born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 31, 1987 during the notorious Edmonton tornado (also known as "Black Friday") that claimed 27 lives and is the eldest son of Pamela Johnstone. Dan is an avid professional wrestling fan and board game enthusiast. He is also a huge reality television fan and has said that he one day hopes to compete on Big Brother Canada and The Amazing Race Canada. Johnstone, hobbies include acting and writing screenplays. It has been stated in many of his interviews that Johnstone's "dream job" is to be elected to Edmonton's City Council. In the spring of 2015, Johnstone started a new community project aimed to help struggling locally owned businesses attain new customers called "Localive".
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