Ecole John Stubbs Memorial School students raised over $4,400 to be matched for the Canadian Red Cross in Ukraine, in a gesture of particular importance for students with family in the war-torn country.
The students of Samantha Ogrodnik and Joanne AbbisB次元官网网址檚 Grade 7 classes created little yellow and blue flowers surrounding Chupa Chups lollipops, and posters to promote their sale for $2 in the Colwood schoolB次元官网网址檚 foyer.
Between March 14 and 17, they collected about $4,415.90 with one student even donating $100 of their own savings.
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The gesture is especially close to home for Ogrodnik and student Larsen Naydek, both of whom have family living in Ukraine. Naydek and his parents, Mac and Jodie, moved to Canada three years ago from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where his grandparents still reside.
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Naydek was nonetheless proud of his peers and happy for the funds they raised. B次元官网网址淚 hope it goes mainly to the refugees, and IB次元官网网址檓 happy that the government is doubling it.B次元官网网址�
The Canadian Red Cross is providing food, water, clothing and hygiene kits, first aid training, medical supplies, and around-the-clock health care, including psychosocial support, at border crossings and major cities in Ukraine, according to their .
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, over three million people have fled the country, while an estimated 18 million people inside Ukraine have been impacted.
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