Orange Shirt Day – The Offical Book of Orange Shirt Society Edited and Approved by Phyllis Webstad & Joan Sorley

Orange Shirt Day was inspired by the story of a survivor named Phyllis Webstad. When Phyllis was 6 years old she went to Residential School for the first time wearing a brand new shiny orange shirt. When she arrived at the school her shirt was taken away and never to be seen again. To Phyllis the colour orange was a symbol that she did not matter. Today she has learned to accept the colour and even have fun with it and now the orange shirt has become a symbol of hope and reconciliation. By wearing an orange shirt on Orange Shirt Day, you make a powerful statement that residential schools were wrong and commit to the concept that EVERY CHILD MATTERS.

The Orange Shirt Society is a nonprofit society, based in Williams Lake, BC that guides the Orange Shirt Day movement. The purposes of The Society are:

1.    To support Indian Residential School reconciliation.

2.    To create awareness of the individual, family, and community intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools through Orange Shirt Society activities.

3.    To create awareness of the concept of “Every Child Matters”.

Celebrate Orange Shirt Day on September 30th 

Author: Orange Shirt Society Edited and Approved by Phyllis Webstad & Joan Sorley  Size: 8.5″ x 11″ Pages: 150 pages + Cover: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 978-1-989122-43-3