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 they were fed. There was the reader who increased her donation because she wasn’t sure she would be around to donate next time. Another donor […]
Shelley Fralic: Ten years of feeding hungry children, thanks to Vancouver Sun readers
Opinion: Adopt-a-School is now the No. 1 provider of food to public schoolchildren in B.C. You know the child poverty statistics, because we write about them frequently in this newspaper. You know the need is greater than ever, that the grey pall of COVID-19 has only brought more hardship to people already struggling to make […]
OpenRoad Auto Group helps children in its communities with Adopt-a-School donation
It was a combination of wanting to give back to the community and hearing stories of children in need that touched the charitable heart of the OpenRoad organization. It began with a company-wide fund-raising golf tournament several years ago, when the OpenRoad Auto Group — comprising18 car dealerships representing 20 automobile brands in B.C. — […]
Truck makes hefty Christmas haul; London Drugs marks fifth annual toy run with donations to five schools
It’s not a sleigh, and there are no reindeer, but there are Santa’s helpers, so when that big blue and white truck pulled up outside Bonaccord elementary school in Surrey on Wednesday morning it was like Christmas had arrived early for several dozen of the school’s neediest students. As London Drugs’ Wendy Hartley and driver […]
Truck makes hefty Christmas haul; London Drugs marks fifth annual toy run with donations to five schools
It’s not a sleigh, and there are no reindeer, but there are Santa’s helpers, so when that big blue and white truck pulled up outside Bonaccord elementary school in Surrey on Wednesday morning it was like Christmas had arrived early for several dozen of the school’s neediest students. As London Drugs’ Wendy Hartley and driver […]
Meet a success story: Teen mom credits her education and career to CABE program
This time of year, charity fatigue often sets in. As we’re busily recovering from the bounty that is Christmas, or maybe even planning to hit a few Boxing Day sales, it somehow seems even more pressing to stop for a moment and think about others in need, the less fortunate who live outside our orbit. […]
London Drugs toy run is all about Christmas spirit
Should you be in search of the spirit of Christmas, so often lost in the rush to retail and piles of wrapping paper, look no farther than the delighted face of a youngster receiving an unexpected gift from a not-so-secret Santa. Look no farther than Shania Johnson, who is in Grade 12 at the Coquitlam […]