Latest Stories
See all 181 stories.
Alumni like Peter Young make Christmas possible for many Downtown Eastside families
Since 1999, Lord Strathcona and Britannia Secondary have received more than $800,000 from the Hearts of Gold Foundation. Scattered throughout Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside tonight are families whose Christmas would be...
2022/2023
New Westminster school district needs help serving lunches to hungry kids
“We have two boys who never complain but they are sure thankful when they can get meatballs, mashed potatoes and carrots.” A year ago the New Westminster school district was...
2022/2023
Prospect of food each day can change the outlook of a student
Each morning when it’s dark outside Sylvia Louvros can be found preparing to feed as many as 50 students, a number of whom wouldn’t be in school that day if...
2022/2023
‘Everyone knows that a hungry child can’t learn’
It was -2 C outside, the snow was falling and Jaiminder Kang was thankful that The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund had made it possible for her Surrey school to have...
2022/2023
Misfortune places family in acute need
If the single mother was barely making ends meet then — paying rent of $2,500 a month — what has happened since is crushing her. It’s just as well there...
2022/2023
In Surrey, school programs to feed kids face increasing need
Bear Creek Elementary routinely feeds 40 kids who come to school without eating any breakfast Until this fall, Diana Bradley had been able to use her principal’s fund — a...
2022/2023
Schools in Need
See all 179 schools in need.
2022 Adopt-a-School
The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund has been running our Adopt-a-School campaign for more than a decade now. Since our first Adopt-a-School campaign ran in 2011 we have disbursed more than $9 million to schools and community organizations in British Columbia....
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....
Make a difference. Help children in your community!
Donate NowThanks to our Partners
Accent Group of Companies
Atkins Family Foundation
Bridges Family Memorial Foundation
Buena Vista Farm Fund
Diane Harwood Memorial Trust
Jack & Doris Brown Foundation
Lagniappe Foundation
LRJ Charitable Foundation
MakeWay Foundation – Dr. Bik May Wai & Chung Nin Lam Endowment Fund
McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund
Robert & Marilyn Krell Family Foundation Fund
Schmelke Family Charitable Foundation
The Jill & Don Taylor Family
The Langara Foundation
