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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
Adopt-a-School: Last push before Christmas
We are pleased — and very grateful — to report that we have raised $902,246 as of 5pm, Wednesday, December 23, 2020. When we kicked off our 10th annual Adopt-a-School...
2020/2021
Adopt-A-School: Britannia Secondary wants to dismantle barriers
“If food is not a factor, and (adequate) clothing is not a problem, students can focus on what matters most which is their education and development.” — Britannia Secondary School...
2020/2021
Donations Reach $750,000 for Adopt-a-School’s 2020 campaign
When we kicked off our 10th annual Adopt-a-School fundraising campaign in November, we were hopeful that Vancouver Sun readers would once again open their hearts — and their wallets —...
2020/2021
Schools in Need
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2020 Tupper Nova: Technology
Technology $5,000 Located on the east side of Vancouver, Tupper Nova Alternative Program supports 25 youth aged 14-18 from across the district. We are a low barrier school program with...
2020 Johnston Heights Secondary: Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund $5,000 Johnston Heights Secondary is a designated high needs inner city school in Surrey. With enrolment of more than 1300 students in grades 8-12, 20% of our families...
2020 Cedar Hills Elementary: Emergency Fund
Emergency Fund $2,500 Cedar Hills Elementary is a designated high needs inner city school in Surrey. With an enrolment of 350 students in grades K-7, 25% of our families are...
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