Guildford Park Secondary: Helping refugee children overcome trauma through art
Coquitlam: Help Buy Breakfast for Impoverished Students
Burnaby Central’s music therapy program at risk of playing last note
Surrey: Attendance Matters Breakfast Program
KidSafe a welcome spot when school’s out; At-risk children will have a place to go with program helped by reader donations
Frank Hurt Secondary: Company makes a difference for kids in ‘profound poverty’; Raven Hydronic Supply’s gift of $5,000 a year meets basic needs like food, clothes
Ecole North Oyster: Donations needed to feed hungry children
Strathcona Elementary kids need food, warm clothes
Vancouver Technical Secondary: Student-run breakfast program
Admiral Seymour: Emergencies and Experiences
It was Seymour teacher Carrie Gelson’s letter published in The Sun in the fall of 2011 that disclosed how inner-city teachers were being overwhelmed by children not only hungry and ill-dressed, but often in emotional and spiritual anguish.
The public was disturbed by the letter and this newspaper felt compelled to act.