“i asked if everything was okay at home? and she said the power was out and they hadn’t had heat for some days. so, there was a lot of turmoil at home and things had gone bad in the fridge.
“she’s not one that would come and ask for anything, so i said, ‘is there any food at home?’ because there’s four kids living in that house. and she said, ‘no, not really’.”
it is for such emergencies that the school is seeking help from the vancouver sun’s adopt-a-school campaign so that grocery gift cards can be used to help families in such situations.
at least a third of the families whose children attend the school on 100th avenue and 124th street need some sort of help, cook said.
to provide it, the school relies heavily on the sun’s adopt-a-school campaign for money to support its breakfast and lunch program, and emergency money to clothe children and help families in distress.
it is one of four surrey schools where the needs are extreme, and combined these schools are asking for $200,000 from adopt-a-school to feed hundreds of hungry children lunch each day.
in total, prince charles needs approximately $75,000 from adopt-a-school so it can feed children breakfast and lunch, and $5,000 to provide jackets, underwear, socks, boots, shoes, food and other necessities.