Looking for a way to support Moscrop Secondary School’s first dry grad in five years without spending a dime? It’s as easy as driving around the block.
Moscrop’s dry grad committee hosts a “Drive 4 Dry Grad” fundraiser at the school’s parking lot this Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For every adult over 21 years old who test drives a new GM vehicle, Carter GM will donate $25 to Moscrop’s dry grad.
Free coffee and donuts will be provided.
Organizers are looking to raise $2,000 more for the school’s alcohol-free bash for grads in June.
A number of organizations have already stepped up with donations of $500 or more: the Moscrop PAC, Wesco Industries Ltd., the Burnaby Firefighters Charity, Metrotown Mazda and Q Precision Lab Ltd.
Tech grant
Burnaby South Secondary and the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf (BCSD) will be able to jazz up their visual announcements thanks to a $10,000 Best Buy tech grant.
The school was among 16 chosen out of 220 applicants across the country to get the grant, which is aimed at enhancing or integrating technology in courses, programs or extracurricular activities.
Improved visual announcements at Burnaby South/BCSD will allow the school to better communicate with students, including those with hearing impairment.
The new money will buy DSLR cameras for the school’s media arts program to help students provide daily visual content for the announcements.
SFU innovators
A couple of innovative projects by SFU students made an impression at the Enactus Canada Regional Exposition in Calgary March 3 to 4.
The event featured student teams competing in the areas of financial education, environmental sustainability, youth empowerment and entrepreneurship, with panels of business executives serving as judges.
SFU’s Count On Me project, an eight-week budgeting, banking, resume-building and healthy cooking workshop for at-risk youth and mothers aged 15 to 19, won the Capital One Financial Education Challenge and the Scotiabank Youth Empowerment Challenge.
SFU’s Coast Cards project, a social enterprise that upcycles used coasters from local restaurants into handmade greeting cards won Scotiabank EcoLiving Green Challenge and the TD Entrepreneurship Challenge.
Both teams now move on to compete nationally at the 2017 Enactus Canada National Exposition in Vancouver from May 9 to 11.
School budget
Want to have a say on how the school district spends its dollars?
The district will host a special public budget meeting on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in the Conference Centre at Burnaby Central Secondary (6011 Deer Lake Pkwy.).
To make a presentation at the meeting, you’ll have to register with the office of the secretary-treasurer by phone at 604-296-6900, ex. 661004, or by email to [email protected] by April 4. at 1 p.m.
