Credenda Cares for Haiti
Credenda eStudents and others at Father Gamache Memorial School in Fond du Lac used not only the virtue of caring but perceptiveness. They recognized that a double double is not just a latte. Using a Valentine's Day activity of pink hearts acknowledging donations, the team of Tanya Pacquette, Kathy Pische, Myrna Fern, Ruby Adam, Karen Mercredi, and Helen Laurent, raised over $500 for Haiti which was doubled by Credenda and doubled again by Canada. This means their contribution $500 was doubled to $1000 and doubled again to $2000.
Pink Heart fundraising team. In back, Myrna Fern and Tanya Pacquette.
In front, Ruby Adam, Helen Laurent and Kathy Pische.
There is another heart-warming Credenda story involving a triple double. Kasey Fulton, eInstructor, and her son love baking together and Kasey's husband, works at a place where they love eating. Kasey and her son made up the cupcakes and Kasey's husband took them to work for a complete sell out. How does the triple double come in? The Fulton family generously matched the money raised by the cupcake sale. The family doubled, Credenda doubled and then Canada doubled for a triple double.
Youngest Fulton Baker eager to whip up cupcakes for Haiti.
As Vince Hill, Director of Credenda wrote in his email acknowledging all donations, "Thank you for all your efforts to help the people of Haiti. Sixty-six emergency family kits were purchased because of your efforts, plus another 66 matched by the government. Feels good to help out doesn't it?"
| eStudents & eStaff Donations | $1815 |
| Credenda Matches | $1815 |
| Canada Matches | $3630 |
| Total Relief | $7260 |
For an update on Haiti, visit World Vision's Newsroom.
Please make all cheques or money orders out for our fundraising to CVHS Fundraising. Mail to PO Box 2950,
Prince Albert, SK, S6V 7M3.
What Is Generosity?
Generosity is giving and sharing. It is giving freely because you want to, not with the idea of receiving a reward or a gift in return. Generosity is being aware that there is plenty for everyone. It is seeing a chance to give what you have and then giving just for the joy of giving. It is one of the best ways to show love and friendship. (Popov, Linda Kavelin. The Virtues Project Educator's Guide. Austin: Pro-Ed, 2000, p. 173.)
Previous Charities
Free the Children
Our student chosen charity in 2008-09 was Free the Children (FTC). Founded by Canadian Craig Kielburger when he was only 12, FTC eloquently illustrates how one person can change the world. Motivated by an awareness of the injustice of child slave labour in developing countries, Kielburger, with 11 school friends, began to raise awareness of and funds for children's issues. FTC is now a world recognized youth organization.From http://www.freethechildren.com/aboutus/index.php:
The primary goals of the organization are to free children from poverty and exploitation and free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world. Through domestic empowerment programs and leadership training, Free The Children inspires young people to develop as socially conscious global citizens and become agents of change for their peers around the world. Free The Children has built more than 500 schools around the world and has reached more than one million young people through outreach in North America. Free The Children is a children's charity registered in Canada, the United States, Japan, China, Mexico, Kenya, Sri Lanka and other countries around the world.Check out our student written blog at http://credendafreethechildrenteam.blogspot.com/.
Save Darfur
A student poll selected Save Darfur as our second year charity project. The Sudanese government is systematically clearing Darfur in the hopes of exploiting its oil resources. eStudents were encourage to watch The Devil Came on Horseback, a movie documenting the horrors of the genocide in Darfur. Although not a great financial success, Credenda raised awareness of this social injustice and contributed $300 to this worthy cause.World Vision
World Vision, our first charity project, was launched at our October Assembly by World Vision's Marlene Loeppky. It was a stellar year with a friendly profitable inter-school competition raising $1000 dollars, enough to completely furnish two classrooms!
