A Birthday Gift
When Jenna - a Grade three student at Jean Vanier Catholic Elementary School - had a birthday party last week, she asked for something different - not the usual birthday presents. She wanted something she could share; something that would live on.
She asked her guests to donate money to Educate the Children, a charity that is raising funds to build a school in rural Nigeria.
Here is what happened: Jenna raised $200.00 and presented the Chairperson of Educate the Children, Liz Akano, with a cheque at the Spring Concert on Sunday evening. The concert was held in St. Justin's church on Sunday, March 27 and featured Denise Pelley and several singer/song writers and choirs
During the recent Basketball Tournament at Regina Mundi College, the girls decided to donate all money raised from concession sales to Educate the Children. This is to support our effort to provide better school facilities in rural Nigeria.
Students at Elgin Court Public School recently presented a check for $502 to Educate the Children as part of the school's on going Kids Helping Kids fundraising campaign. The fundraising events for the last school year were organized by the S.H.I.N.E. Team under the supervision of teachers, Tammy Rees and Mary Lynch. The S.H.I.N.E. Team for the 2011/2012 school year, also led by Jennifer Schned and Jan Jeffrey, presented the check to Mrs. L. Akano, the chair of the board of Educate the Children, who was invited as a guest speaker to kick of the 2011/2012 Kids Helping Kids Campaign for this school year. Educate the Children is a non- profit, charitable organization that is building school facilities for rural students in Nigeria.
