September 30, 2016
During the night of Thursday, October 6, 105 students and staff members from École secondaire catholique Champlain (Chelmsford) as well as two elementary school students will take part in the Homeless for a Night activity. This awareness activity, with the theme “Alone, I go faster; together, we go further,” will begin at 4 p.m. at the Métro supermarket parking lot located on Errington Street in Chelmsford. The event will conclude on Thursday, October 7, at 9 a.m.
With only cardboard boxes and tarps as shelters, the students will experience the reality of being homeless. They will also collect non-perishable food items and monetary donations.
Through their efforts and the support of Rayside-Balfour citizens, they hope to collect several boxes of food items as well as monetary donations that will be used to purchase winter clothing for less fortunate families in the community. While food items will be donated to the Sudbury Soup Kitchen, financial donations will go towards the Chelmsford Food Bank and the Sudbury Infant Bank.
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.
Info:
Paul de la Riva
Interim Assistant Director of Communications and Community Development
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone
Paul.delariva@nouvelon.ca
