The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt\u002DA\u002DSchool program has sent $1.4 million to 161 schools this year to help feed and clothe children.
Several principals and teachers that requested help from Adopt-A-School reported that families living below the poverty line are being devastated by the high cost of rent and skyrocketing food prices.
Jon Ross, a supervisor with the Surrey school district’s Wraparound program that helps children deemed high-risk, described the devastating effects this cost-of-living surge is having on impoverished families.Article content Many parents lost jobs because of the pandemic, now into its third year. The health crisis combined with destruction caused by wildfires and floods last year put pressure on more B.C. families and led to an increase in the number of schools seeking Adopt-A-School help.Article contentSince Adopt-A-School began in 2011, more than $9.3 million has been sent to hundreds of schools to help teachers feed and clothe impoverished children.
Harold Munro, editor-in-chief of The Vancouver Sun and Province, is board chair of the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund that administers Adopt-A-School. He said the generosity of readers is helping thousands of school children and their families.Article content
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