Learning about philanthropy at Children’s Garden School
The Principal’s Club at Children’s Garden School (on Eglinton near Bayview) is busy preparing for its next fundraising event, the Family Pancake Breakfast on February 11. This is the third fundraiser of the year for the children. The club has already raised $1100 for their chosen charity, Children of Hope Uganda. The inspiration to create The Principal’s Club (open to Grades 1-3 students) came from Principal Marie Bates and her own desire to reach out to the global community. Marie wanted to share this desire with CGS students and reveal to them, through direct experience, the power they hold to make a difference in the world.
SCHOOL BUILT
The Principal’s Club partnered with CanWES (The Canadian World Education Society). Based in British Columbia, CanWES built and now maintains The Mount Everest English School in Nepal, in response to an incredible need in the country for free, quality education for both boys and girls in remote areas. Over the course of the year $2,000 was raised by The Principal’s Club – an amazing accomplishment for children so young.
HISTORY 2012
The Principal’s Club partnered with Children of Hope Uganda. This partnership was so successful that it continues to this day. The mission at COHU is to use education as a primary tool to promote the recovery and reintegration of war-affected children in Northern Uganda. The Club has raised $10,193 for COHU to date.
2012-2013
Funds have supported the building of a playground for the Barlonyo Early Childhood Development Centre (accommodating up to 300 children from age 2 to 7), stocked the classrooms with books and learning materials, as well as provide enough money to pay for four teachers salaries. Goals for 2016 include buying several goats for families in the school community. (The children read Beatrice’s Goat and learned what a difference one goat can make to the lives of people in African villages.) The club also has plans to purchase a merry-go-round and additional swings for the playground. COHU Director, Lorna Pitcher, makes regular visits to share photos and stories from the school in Barlonyo, making this first experience in philanthropy a very powerful one for CGS students. Learn More.
