Co-operative News September 6, 2020

//Co-operative News September 6, 2020

Co-operative News September 6, 2020

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.

 

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/marketplace/nanaimo-helps-stock-the-lockers-for-local-kids/

 

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

 

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/desjardins-announces-new-initiatives-to-help-individuals-and-businesses-in-light-of-quebec-s-fragile-economic-recovery-828285479.html

 

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