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Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society

Verified organization (ca)vancouver, BC, Canada Website
6 campaigns 15977 contributions received $8,991,368 raised Member since November 2012
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Adopt-a-School
In the fall of 2011, the school year had barely begun at Admiral Seymour elementary when teacher Carrie Gelson, frustrated after a difficult day at work, wrote an impassioned open letter to Vancouver residents asking whether anyone cared that her inner-city students were coming to school with empty tummies and holes in their shoes. And then something wonderful happened. On the day that The Vancouver Sun published her letter, Gelson arrived at the East Vancouver school to discover that, “People had already dropped off thousands of dollars in cash . . . they literally drove into work that morning bringing donations.”

Clearly, Gelson had revealed a pressing need in our communities and, in keeping with our paper’s long-vested philanthropic commitments, we not only told her story from a journalistic perspective, but asked our readers — through our Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund charity — to help her students and others. And come through our generous readers did.

A decade later, The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund’s Adopt-a-School project has raised more than $7.5 million in donations both large and small, from individuals and from companies alike, and not just money but clothing, school equipment and field trips.

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Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School 2022

Help Adopt-a-School keep B.C. kids fed, warm and learning.

$1,674,163 raised so far
43 Weeks running
Queen Alexandra Elementary: Literacy Program In Memory of David MacKinlay

In Memory of David MacKinlay: Literacy Program at Queen Alexandra Elementary

$5,500 raised of $30k goal
2 Years running
Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School 2018

Help keep our kids fed, warm and learning. Your donation will change the lives of thousands of school children in Metro Vancouver and beyond, coming to school unfed, improperly dressed and suffering the psychological effects of living in poverty.

$1,175,325 raised of $500k goal
Finished November 14, 2020
Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School '16

Help keep our kids fed, warm and learning. Your donation to The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-a-School campaign will change the lives of hundreds of needy school children in Metro Vancouver.

$144,013 raised so far
Finished November 29, 2019
Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School 2017

Help keep our kids fed, warm and learning. Your donation will change the lives of thousands of school children in Metro Vancouver and beyond, coming to school unfed, improperly dressed and suffering the psychological effects of living in poverty.

$575,328 raised of $476.5k goal
Finished November 29, 2019
Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Adopt-a-School '15

When kids come to school hungry, they can’t concentrate on their lessons. Breakfast programs funded by your donations to Adopt a School help hundreds of children start the day with a nutritious meal.

$51,180 raised so far
Finished November 29, 2019

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