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Thousands of students helped by Vancouver Sun Adopt-a-School readers and supporters
The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School program has so far this year sent more than $623,000 to 85 schools across the province to feed hungry children and ensure they are properly clothed....
Telus donation funds technology for Vancouver special needs students
More than 1,500 special needs students in Vancouver will now have access to the latest learning technology, thanks to a donation from Telus and a grant from the Vancouver Sun’s...
Kids on Salt Spring Island not immune to poverty and hunger
A small notice taped to the counter near the checkout in Mouat’s hardware store in Ganges showed Gulf Island schools are no more immune to the evils of childhood hunger...
Young parents get a helping hand; Adopt-A-School program helps ease stress of holiday season
Baby Kellan didn’t wait for Christmas for a present, he just dipped a hand into one of the many London Drug gift bags sitting on a table in Coquitlam’s Alternate...
Helping with attendance a step toward graduation
Joe Leibovitch has run schools in Toronto, but never had anything like Surrey’s Attendance Matters to help him deal with the professional agony of seeing a child’s future being decided...
Students raise $11,400 for hungry children selling cupcakes
The mothers of Jessica Atkinson and Anna Julia Rogo must have thought they had seen the last of the cupcakes after their eight-yearolds sold 55 home-baked ones to raise money...
Schools in Need
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Langley Secondary School
A number of students at Langley Secondary School live too far away to walk and they can’t afford the bus fare to get to school. The school is seeking $1,500...
CABE Secondary School | Coquitlam
CABE, which stands for Coquitlam Alternate Basic Education is a 200-student public secondary school servicing the Tri-Cities, designed for students experiencing social and behavioural issues, and its student body includes...
Queen Alexandra Elementary | Vancouver
Many families at Queen Alexandra Elementary are on income assistance, living in social housing, or in transitional housing fleeing abuse. Many are unemployed, new immigrants or working in low-paying jobs....
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