Nanaimo Helps Stock The Lockers for Students
The Nanaimo-Ladysmith Foundation is once again partnering with local organizations to Stock the Lockers for local students. “While we’ve seen significant economic upheaval due to COVID-19, more children will be coming to school hungry, without supplies, shoes for PE or ill-fitting clothes” according to Foundation Executive Director Crystal Dennison. Community partners assisting with this vital effort include Staples, Country Grocers, Coastal Community Credit Union, The Wave-Wolf, Nanaimo News Bulletin and Woodgrove Centre.
Last year the annual campaign provided 1,200 K-12 students with school supplies, $9000 in athletic, student and grad fees and $7,400 in basic supplies like clothing and gym shoes.
The Foundation also supplied 10,000 food hampers for area families when the pandemic forced schools to close in the Spring.
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Desjardins Group Assists in Quebec’s Recovery
The economic recovery is slowly taking hold in Quebec. To assist its individual and business clients, The Desjardins Group is launching a series of measures contained in a recent action plan including:
-extended relief measures to all clients still in a precarious position due to the economic fallout associated with the COVID-19 pandemic
-savings on virtual healthcare services
-$100,000 for solutions to social issues raised by organizations and businesses through the Cooperathon – which will now be online and ask the question “How can seniors and youth share knowledge and experience on an ongoing basis to mutually help each other?
-$1.8 million to for 1,110 scholarships to support students in trade, college or university programs
