Throughout the year, student leaders and schools find ways to contribute to the wider community, including through fundraising activities. Highlights of some recent examples can be found below.
Many schools participate in Jump Rope for Heart fundraisers. Brentwood Park Elementary surpassed their goal, raising more than $3,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Grade 6/7 Leadership students at Aubrey Elementary collected more than $4,200 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for medical equipment and mental health services for patients. All money was raised through the generosity of their school communities.
Good-natured school staff at Burnaby North Secondary agreed to have pies, water, slime, and silly string projected at them – all as a fundraiser initiated by Grade 10 Leadership students for the Canadian Cancer Society.
In the fall, schools across the District hold an annual Terry Fox Run, walk, or roll. The Terry Fox Foundation recently wrote the Superintendent to share that schools’ combined efforts showed great strength in numbers, raising a collective sum of almost $63,000 this year for cancer research. Chaffey-Burke Elementary reached Top Fundraising status in BC, after focusing on Terry’s dream and raising nearly $6,500.
Posted June 2025