Local schools fill shipping container for Haiti
Posted Mar 12, 2010 By Sarah Kelford
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EMC News - The Grade 11 Marketing students at AY Jackson Secondary School were busy last week sorting, counting and packing items into boxes to send in a shipping container to Haiti.
Sarah Kelford, Kanata EMC
Grade 11 Marketing students at AY Jackson Secondary School were busy last week counting, sorting and packing more than 5,000 donation items from community members to fill a shipping container to send to Haiti.
"We have sorted and labeled and boxed almost 5,000 items so far," said teacher Cathy Belanger on the day before the drive was finished.
Items that the students and community generously donated included: a stroller, a tent, five tarps, more than 1,600 articles of children's clothing, more than 500 baby clothes, diapers, food, over 1,400 articles of clothing and lots of blankets, sheets, towels, Tylenol, Band-aids, alcoholic swabs and disinfectant, hand sanitizer, various tinned food, buckets and shoes.
The load of roughly 150 moving boxes from AY Jackson, was picked up on Monday, March 8.
"Cathy Belanger has been a fantastic supporter of this drive, and the students at AY Jackson have been incredible," said Alice Hutton, Ottawa volunteer leader for God's Littlest Angels.
W.O. Mitchell Elementary School and Woodroffe High School were also participating in this item drive for Haiti.
"It is nice to see youth be engaged in a project where they can see the evidence of their hard work and commitment to supporting Haiti," said Hutton.
"We will continue to provide them with updates as the donations arrive in Haiti and are distributed to communities and orphanages."
The fundraiser was initiated by God's Littlest Angels and Scott Gordon, a teacher at Woodroffe High School, heard about it and invited other area schools to help out.
When Belanger heard about the project, she approached her marketing students who were all excited to help fill the shipping container, which measures eight by eight by 40 feet. Belanger noted the students and community members were very supportive and generous with their donations.
For more information about God's Littlest Angels, visit www.glacanada.ca.
If you are interested in making a donation, visit the website for more information on what items are needed and where you can drop them off.
Any additional donations can be dropped off at Payless Shoes in the Carlingwood Shopping Centre.
Students who would like community hours, or an individual who would like to help load the shipping container on March 28 can contact Alice Hutton at 613-596-1780 or email alhutton@yahoo.com.
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