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The Alexandra Paproski #XOXO Fund was created to honour the public and community service of Bette and Steve Paproski. Grants from this fund will support the dream of post secondary education for young (teen) parents and their children.
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The Marley Fund was established to support education and learning for elementary and middle school students in the area of arts education in schools and/or education of girls and women in developing nations.
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The Lucille Harkness Memorial Bursary was created to honour the life of Lucille Harkness, who passed away days before her Grandson’s wedding. It is with her lessons in our hearts that this scholarship was created, to promote community involvement.
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The purpose of the Drs. Pierre and Dianne Faber Family Fund is to provide support for youth at risk, to build independence and self-sufficiency.
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The Mary-Jo Dionne Productions Fund was created to support local children living in poverty or fighting critical illness.
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The work of Mom2Mom (M2M) Child Poverty Initiative Society is based on research in child development and neuroscience, which has shown that enriching children’s environments by lowering levels of family stress, and connecting mothers to their child’s school and to community, leads to positive changes in children’s learning and development. When these things are in place, children are happier, better...
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At just 19 years old, youth in the BC foster care system “age out” of eligibility for services and supports and are assumed to become fully independent. The effects of this loss of support are devastating. Former youth in care are over represented in homelessness, poverty and the mental health and justice systems.
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BC has had one of the highest poverty rates in Canada for the last 15 years. There are almost 600,000 people in our province desperately trying to make ends meet and keep their heads above water. The We Can’t Afford Poverty campaign is a community art-driven campaign to eradicate poverty from British Columbia, starting with raising social assistance rates.
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The purpose of the Dāna Giving Fund is to support grassroots projects in low-income communities that foster engagement, collaboration, and capacity building, and contribute to long-lasting community benefit.