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Vancouver’s Eric Hamber secondary school needs help to restart breakfast program
Teacher says student coming to school without breakfast lethargic, lacked motivation to learn For two years, Matthew Vatta ran a-breakfast-on-a-shoestring program for his students at Vancouver’s Eric Hamber secondary. The...
2024/2025
‘Food, warmth, love’ is the mantra at Yale Secondary
“The way the economy’s gone, you’ll have a family of five and a mother and they don’t have anything. They don’t have coats, proper shoes, food … nothing.” Cameron Smith’s...
2024/2025
Feeding, clothing students is constant concern for Nanaimo principal
Georgia Avenue Community School is asking The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School program for $10,000 to feed, clothe and provide necessities for students and families who will otherwise go without. NANAIMO —...
2024/2025
Students’ struggles prompt additional $25,000 donation from Vancouver lawyer
Vancouver lawyer Jack Kowarsky, a trustee of the Lohn Foundation, said he was increasing his support for Adopt-A-School after reading the articles The Lohn Foundation, a longtime donor to the...
2024/2025
Nelson school in need of winter clothes, food hampers
This year has seen a spike in the numbers of children arriving hungry. NELSON — Blewett Elementary is built on a mountain in a rural community of the same name...
2024/2025
Vancouver developer commits nearly $200,000 to feed schoolkids
PCI Developments has been supporting The Sun’s charitable campaign for a decade. Tim Grant, the president of PCI Developments, said the shock of learning children were going to school hungry...
2024/2025
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Literacy Program at Queen Alexandra Elementary
David MacKinlay’s relationship with Queen Alexandra Elementary began through his commitment to the school’s “Fill the Gaps” program, for which he delivered bi-weekly dinner packs containing meals for 30 families....
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