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Making sure to get children to school every day
Government help is gone as the $20 million affordability fund that was available to schools across the province was cancelled just before school began in September. Last year, 20 to...
2025/2026
Supports contribute to breaking cycles of poverty and trauma
‘Providing gift cards, food and emergency support to children and families is a meaningful and strategic way to promote equity, wellbeing and educational success’ — David Delorme, district principal for...
2025/2026
Seeing firsthand the needs of kids in B.C. schools
Former CTV journalist and news anchor Renu Bakshi went to see for herself how Sun’s Children’s Fund was helping a school in Nanaimo Six years ago, former CTV journalist and...
2025/2026
Surrey school of 84 languages needs your help for struggling families
“It’s so incredible for someone like me who has been in Surrey for 31 years to be in a building as diverse as this,” said principal Marti Player. When it...
2025/2026
Yale secondary needs help after losing provincial funding
Since 2011, the AAS has sent $15.1 million to schools across the province to help impoverished students thanks to generous donations from Vancouver Sun readers. The B.C. government’s decision to...
2025/2026
Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school
The Vancouver Sun’s Children’s Fund, which administers the Adopt-A-School campaign, has sent $15.1 million to schools since 2011 to set up breakfast and lunch programs for impoverished children. Manjit Nahal,...
2025/2026
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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....
2024 Adopt-a-School
Join the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund in supporting children and families in need throughout British Columbia. Our Adopt-a-School campaign has been providing vital support to those in need for more...
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