--- title: "Mobilizing Change: Orillia’s Sunshine Bus" description: A bus, transformed into a mobile canvas for residents to use as their personal suggestion box for how they would like to see their community improved. image: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/social-suggested-images/sunshine-initiative.jpg --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # Mobilizing Change: Orillia’s Sunshine Bus Posted on June 3, 2016 [By Graham Jackson](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/graham-jackson) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Last Fall, Tamarack's **Paul Born **visited Orillia and presented at the City's Georgian College Campus. While there, Paul praised the ![sunshine-initiative.jpg](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/sunshine-initiative.jpg?width=313&name=sunshine-initiative.jpg "sunshine-initiative.jpg")community for their recent *Sunshine Initiative* - a bus, transformed into a mobile canvas, driven around town with an invitation for residents to use the bus as their personal suggestion box for how they would like to see their community improved. **This project is a wonderful example of deepening community** and working towards a common goal. Paul left feeling inspired by Orillia residents, praising them for their citizen-led initative: "Collaboration isn't just about working together; it's about common energy. It's all of us working to implement a plan." More and more, community leaders are recognizing the need for citizen leadership in sustaining the communities we are working to create. Projects like the *Sunshine Initiative* demonstrate how citizens nurture essential relationships between organizations, municipalities, and residents. They build a foundation of trust that resilient communities rely on. As we work together for a deeper and more resilient community, trusting in the power of citizen leadership has never been more important. **Learn more:** - In the neighbourhood? Join Sylvia Cheuy in Orillia for [Resilient Communities: Cultivating Citizen Leadership for Collective Impact](https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/dcs-single-days?hsLang=en-us)**,** a one-day workshop on June 20th, 2016 - Learn more about the power of connected citizens at [www.deepeningcommunity.ca](http://www.deepeningcommunity.ca/) - Want to connect with other community-minded folks? Check out the Deepening Community [online Learning Community](http://deepeningcommunity.ca/blogs/community-animator/welcome-deepening-community)! Topics: [Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-engagement), [Graham Jackson](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/graham-jackson), [Cities Deepening Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/cities-deepening-community) ![Graham Jackson](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Headshots/Team_Headshots/Graham-595713-edited.png) ### By [Graham Jackson](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/graham-jackson) Graham is passionate about living fully in community, and believes strongly in its power to address our deepest, most complicated problems in life. 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