Old Yale Elementary is a designated inner city school in Surrey. With
an enrolment of 414 students in grades K-7, 18% of our families are
defined as low income, 30% are single parent, and 52% have moved into
or out of the neighborhood in the last five years. 49% of our students
are learning English as a Second Language and 8% are Special Needs.
Several students at Old Yale Road Elementary utilize the
breakfast and lunch program to receive a morning and mid day meal
during school, however they have little or no food to go home to on
the weekends. Many families have difficulty accessing the food bank or
they find it does not provide a sufficient amount of food for their
family. We would like to be able to provide emergency non-perishable
food items to those most in need to get them through the weekend and
school breaks. This ensures our students are provided with nourishing
food while away from school.
We will work with Relate Church who utilizes the grant funds to
purchase a supply of weekly non-perishable food items to send home
with identified families that require this support. They will package
the food hampers and deliver them to the school for families to pick
up every Friday.
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This project is one of many received by The Vancouver Sun Children's Fund for our 2020/21 Adopt-a-School campaign.
Since the day our first Adopt-a-School news story was published in the fall of 2011, generous Vancouver Sun readers have helped us raise more than $6 million to improve the lives of B.C.’s neediest school children.
The money you donate helps teachers and school staff who are dealing with children suffering from the effects of poverty and enables them to provide breakfast or lunch, food at weekends, other necessities (like warm clothing) and educational experiences. We are grateful for your support, and for the opportunity to make a difference.
(100 per cent of donated funds are used for grants. Admin & expenses are either supported by the Vancouver Sun newspaper or paid out of interest on investments.)
