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Supporting local youth in need
February 22, 2024
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Queen's students loading backpacks with donations for the Bags of Promise annual donation drive. (Supplied photo)
With the winter weather set in, a group of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students have delivered more than 30 backpacks full of hygiene products, winter gear, nonperishable food, and other items to Tipi Moza, a local non-profit organization that helps Indigenous youth experiencing homelessness. This donation drive was the latest put together by the Kingston chapter of Bags of Promise, a non-profit organization founded by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students Celina Lovisotto and Brooke Baker in 2022.
카지노 게임 컬렉션This is the third annual donation drive Bags of Promise has done to support youth in the Kingston community, and we카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been steadily seeing our impact grow over the years,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Kyran Sachdeva, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Health Sciences student and Director of Service and incoming Co-Chair of Bags of Promise. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This year we wanted to focus on helping youth from equity-deserving groups, and were pleased to partner with Tipi Moza, who have a strong track record of working with Indigenous people in need of shelter in Kingston.카지노 게임 컬렉션
More than 25 students had been working since the start of the fall semester to secure the donations to make this gift possible. After partnering with Tipi Moza, Bags of Promise asked them for a list of the items they need most to support people during the winter. They then worked with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students, local businesses, community members, and corporate headquarters to gather as many of these items as they could.
Bags of Promise donated more than 30 backpacks full of items to help young people experiencing homelessness through the winter. (Supplied photo)
Bags of Promise used creative tactics to garner donations, including partnering with SPINCO Kingston to hold charity exercise classes. All proceeds generated by four 카지노 게임 컬렉션Spin it Forward카지노 게임 컬렉션 classes in December were put toward procuring items for the donation drive. Bags of Promise also partnered with the Lululemon store in downtown Kingston, which donated merchandise to be used as the prize in a raffle that raised funds for donations.
Several corporations also contributed donations. Just in Case donated backpacks, Rebels Refinery gave hygiene products, and Dr. Bronner카지노 게임 컬렉션s contributed shampoo.
Many Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s students pitched in by contributing items when Bags of Promise collected donations on campus.
카지노 게임 컬렉션A lot of students come to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s because they want to make positive changes in the world, and there카지노 게임 컬렉션s no better place for us to direct our efforts while we카지노 게임 컬렉션re here than the Kingston community we call home,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Sachdeva. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We카지노 게임 컬렉션re so grateful to all the campus and community partners who helped us put together a successful donation drive this year.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Bags of Promise is already looking ahead to their next big project: a menstrual product drive that will collect tampon donations in early April. All products will be donated to OneRoof Youth shelter to help mitigate period poverty within the Kingston community.
A registered Canadian non-profit organization, Bags of Promise has grown since its 2022 founding and now has chapters in Guelph, London, and Toronto.
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