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Shelley Fralic: An advocate for children in need
There are thousands of children in this province who have been fed, clothed and cherished because of the concern and compassion of Shelley Fralic, one of the instigators of the...
2020/2021
Adopt-A-School: $1.2 million in grants given out to schools and organizations
“We have never had so many requests for help before. It is a measure of our readers’ concern and generosity that we have been able to meet these requests.” —...
2020/2021
Adopt-a-School: A special thanks to Vancouver Sun readers
There was the 103-year-old woman who donated to the 2020 Adopt-a-School fundraising campaign not once, but twice. The reason? She knew the children needed help, and wanted to make sure...
2020/2021
Adopt-A-School: Resilience in children should never be confused with tragedy
By recognizing “resilience” as anything other than a tragedy in the life of an impoverished child — and to speak of it as something vaguely admirable — is to ignore...
2020/2021
Adopt-A-School: Hunger, poverty not limited to just inner-city schools
Although the school boundary stretches all the way north to within 40 kilometres of Egmont and south down the bucolic highway to Sechelt, Pender Harbour Elementary-Secondary school has just 75...
2020/2021
Adopt-A-School: 16-year-old homeless girl survives with the help of Safe Schools team
“I became homeless in the summer of 2019. But in my heart I knew I’d never had a home, I never had stability.” — 16-year-old homeless girl The Christmas Eve...
2020/2021
Schools in Need
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2020 Courtenay Elementary School: Getting at the Root of Why Children Can’t Read
Getting at the Root of Why Children Can’t Read $450 The purpose of this project (inquiry) is to use the latest brain research and reading research to get non-readers at...
2020 Tamanawis Secondary: Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund $5,000 Tamanawis Secondary is an inner city school in Surrey. With enrolment of more than 1400 students in grades 8-12, 19% of our families are defined as low...
2020 Hjorth Road Elementary: Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund $2,500 Hjorth Road Elementary is a designated high needs inner city school in Surrey. With an enrolment of 284 students in grades K-7, 34% of our families are...
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