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Confederation
Secondary School
Holds 26th Annual “Christmas Is Giving”
Food Drive
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Amanda Alcock, shown
in the middle of the photo wearing the white sweater, presents Norm Martin,
2nd Vice President of the Capreol Lions Club, and Andrea
Blais-Beaulieu of the Good Neighbours Food Bank, with much needed cash
donations to go along with the 1462 non-perishable food items and one
hundred 10-pound bags of potatoes that were collected as part of their 26th
Annual “Christmas Is Giving” Food Drive which was held on Tuesday,
December 5, 2006.
The people in the photo
include, from the left: Norm Martin and Linda Wotton of the Capreol Lions
Club; Amanda Alcock, Minister of Public Affairs with the Confederation
Secondary School Student Parliament; Phil Proulx, Andrea Blais-Beaulieu,
Andre Beaulieu and Lillian Belanger, all representing the Good Neighbours
Food Bank.
Amanda and her
Co-minister of Public Affairs, Maria Manolioudakis coordinated the food
drive which involved over one hundred students in the school who volunteered
to go out on the streets of Valley East and Capreol during the first two
periods on December 5 to collect the food.
“We all know that there
are many families in our community who find it difficult around
Christmas,” explained Amanda when asked why the school takes on this
project. “It is a time when there are a lot of added expenses and people
are under a lot of stress. We just want to do whatever we can to make it a
little easier for them at this time of year.”
Amanda extended heartfelt
appreciation to all of the people who donated the food; to Valley Growers
who donated the bags of potatoes; to the students who participated; to Ms.
Patricia Miller and Ms Cynthia Farrar, two of the teachers who worked with
the student parliament on the project; and to the four members of the
Capreol Lions Club who helped out by driving to pick up food in that
community.
Amanda will be graduating
in June and plans on enrolling in the Concurrent Education Program at
Laurentian University en route to a career as an elementary school teacher,
something she has dreamed about since Grade 2.
The Capreol Lions and the
Good Neighbours Food Bank both expressed their sincere gratitude for the
donations.
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Confederation Secondary School
Students Canvass The Community Streets For Food
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Six of the more than one hundred students from Confederation
Secondary School who volunteered to canvas homes in Valley East were found
in the Valley Acres subdivision during the morning of December 5, 2006. From
the left: Jesse Eaton, Bruce Krispelote, Katelin Stamp, Alicia Violin,
Alysia Manojlovic, and Miranda Bazinet. All of the students in the photo are
in Grade 9.
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Laura Cirelli, Prime Minister of the Confederation Secondary School Student
Parliament, was busy during the morning driving around picking up food and
making sure that everything was going well for the over 100 students who
were on the streets for this worthy cause.
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The food that was collected was placed in boxes and then divided up for
distribution to the two different food banks. In the foreground you can see
some of the hundred bags of potatoes that were donated by Valley Growers.
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From the left: Andre Beaulieu and Andrea
Blais-Beaulieu, of the Good Neighbours Food Bank, are shown with some of the
members of the Confederation Secondary School Student Parliament who were
involved in the organization of the Food Drive. They are: Stephanie Vitiello
(Co-Minister of Ceremonies), Vivian Ip (Co-Minister of Ceremonies), Craig
Moore (Co-Minister of Sports & Recreation), and Amanda Alcock, Minister
of Public Affairs. On the far right in the picture is Norm
Martin, 2nd Vice President of the Capreol Lions Club.
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Four of the people who were the driving force behind this year's food drive
are shown in the photo above. They include, from the left: Patricia Miller
(staff), Amanda Alcock, Minister of Public Affairs of the Student
Parliament, Cynthia Farrar (Staff), and Laura Cirelli, Prime Minister of the
Student Parliament.
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| Confederation
Secondary School Class Reaches Out To Beyond Their Community
Boundaries To Make Christmas A Bit Better For Ten Families In Nairn
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Several of the students in Ms. Tiffany Roberts' English Class at
Confederation Secondary School are shown examining one of the boxes of food
and other items that are being assembled for ten families that the school
has "adopted" from Nairn Centre. Many people in that community
have been affected by massive layoffs in recent months and are facing dire circumstances
as a result. Confederation students also took part in the 26th Annual
"Christmas Is Giving" Food Drive on December 5, 2006, in
support of the Good Neighbours Food Bank in Hanmer and the Capreol Lions
Food Bank. As a community school, students and staff understand the
importance of reaching out to others in need and when they became aware of
the situation in Nairn Centre, they welcomed the opportunity to expand their
boundaries for this initiative.
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Ms. Tiffany Roberts, on the left, and Ms Cynthia Farrar, are the staff
members who have been providing supervision and assistance in this project.
Both Tiffany and Cynthia have "connections" with Nairn Centre,
and so it became obvious to the two of them that there was a tremendous need
in that community. Tiffany's sister, Allison Kiviaho, sits on the Nairn
Centre Food Bank Board of Directors. Cynthia is a member of the Calvin
Presbyterian Women's Group and is an acquaintance of Dr. Stephanie Borsato
of the Rainbow Medical Clinic who is supervising the distribution of
non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products, and small gifts to the
ten families most in need.
When Tiffany and Cynthia asked the students and staff at Confederation
Secondary School for help, it was a project that was taken on with pleasure.
The staff has donated money to buy turkeys for the ten families so that they
can have a good Christmas dinner; Valley Growers have donated potatoes; and
the students are bringing in all sorts of donations that are being arranged
in boxes for eventual distribution to the families.
If you wish to make a contribution to this worthy cause, please contact
Ms Cynthia Farrar or Ms. Tiffany Roberts at Confederation Secondary School
at (705) 897-4985.
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The students in the photos above and below belong to Ms. Tiffany Roberts
English Class. They have accepted the responsibility for making the Nairn
Centre Project" a huge success.
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