Vancouver Sun Children's Fund
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Help keep our kids fed, warm and learning
14+ million dollars raised
365 schools supported across British Columbia
250,000 children in need received support
✍️ vansunkidsfund.ca
14+ million dollars raised
365 schools supported across British Columbia
250,000 children in need received support
✍️ vansunkidsfund.ca
Hunger among students is discernible on Monday mornings when some report they haven’t eaten in days.
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Fort St. James secondary needs help for its vulnerable kids
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hunger among students is discernible on Monday mornings when some report they haven’t eaten in days.
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Read the new story ⤵️
Fadi Toma was nine when the war in Iraq killed his father and forced his family to flee as refugees, and by 14, living in North Surrey, he was vulnerable to gang recruitment. Intervention from Surrey’s Wraparound team ultimately changed the course of his life and future.
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Providing support, safety and role models
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Fadi Toma was nine when the war in Iraq killed his father and forced his family to flee as refugees, and by 14, living in North Surrey, he was vulnerable to gang recruitment. Intervention from Surrey’s Wraparound team ultimately changed the course of his life and future.
Read the new story ⤵️
Read the new story ⤵️
Since 2011, the Adopt-A-School program’s largest single donor has been the Lohn Foundation. The foundation’s principal, Jack Kowarsky, has directed almost $1 million over the years.
Recently, he met with Admiral Seymour principal Aaron Singh at the school.
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Recently, he met with Admiral Seymour principal Aaron Singh at the school.
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‘If you can do something, I would ask you to contribute’
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Since 2011, the Adopt-A-School program’s largest single donor has been the Lohn Foundation. The foundation’s principal, Jack Kowarsky, has directed almost $1 million over the years.
Recently, he met with Admiral Seymour principal Aaron Singh at the school.
Read the new story ⤵️
Recently, he met with Admiral Seymour principal Aaron Singh at the school.
Read the new story ⤵️
Many of the 150 students attending the Fraserview Learning Centre in Mission have more than enough problems without adding hunger or their lack of appropriate clothing and other basic necessities.
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Read more in the new story ⬇️
Hunger just one of the obstacles to overcome
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Many of the 150 students attending the Fraserview Learning Centre in Mission have more than enough problems without adding hunger or their lack of appropriate clothing and other basic necessities.
Read more in the new story ⬇️
Read more in the new story ⬇️
‘We understand that (some) students often leave school for the day wondering when their next meal will be’
As principal of Prince George Secondary, Randy Halpape is aware that some of his families are struggling to feed themselves.
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As principal of Prince George Secondary, Randy Halpape is aware that some of his families are struggling to feed themselves.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
The only solution is to send food home with students
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
‘We understand that (some) students often leave school for the day wondering when their next meal will be’
As principal of Prince George Secondary, Randy Halpape is aware that some of his families are struggling to feed themselves.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
As principal of Prince George Secondary, Randy Halpape is aware that some of his families are struggling to feed themselves.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
Many Connex Secondary students are essentially homeless, living in unsafe conditions, and there is a risk of being preyed upon by predators.
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Read the new story on our website ⤵️
‘All the weight and problems of the world’ on these B.C. kids
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Many Connex Secondary students are essentially homeless, living in unsafe conditions, and there is a risk of being preyed upon by predators.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
Government help is gone as the $20 million affordability fund that was available to schools across the province was cancelled just before school began in September.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/2025kbwoodward/
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
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Making sure to get children to school every day
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Government help is gone as the $20 million affordability fund that was available to schools across the province was cancelled just before school began in September.
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/2025kbwoodward/
Read the new story on our website ⤵️
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/2025kbwoodward/
David Delorme is a district principal for Vancouver’s Indigenous students. He worries that the education for some of his students is being held back by a lack of food, clothing and basic necessities.
“You go to a store and it’s a $100 trip, and you don’t really leave with a lot of food”
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“You go to a store and it’s a $100 trip, and you don’t really leave with a lot of food”
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Supports contribute to breaking cycles of poverty and trauma
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
David Delorme is a district principal for Vancouver’s Indigenous students. He worries that the education for some of his students is being held back by a lack of food, clothing and basic necessities.
“You go to a store and it’s a $100 trip, and you don’t really leave with a lot of food”
Read more⤵️
“You go to a store and it’s a $100 trip, and you don’t really leave with a lot of food”
Read more⤵️
6 years ago, former CTV journalist and news anchor Renu Bakshi went to see for herself how The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund was helping a school in Nanaimo.
What she found inspired her to become an advocate for the children’s fund and its work feeding and caring for children.
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What she found inspired her to become an advocate for the children’s fund and its work feeding and caring for children.
Read the full story⤵️
Seeing firsthand the needs of kids in B.C. schools
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
6 years ago, former CTV journalist and news anchor Renu Bakshi went to see for herself how The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund was helping a school in Nanaimo.
What she found inspired her to become an advocate for the children’s fund and its work feeding and caring for children.
Read the full story⤵️
What she found inspired her to become an advocate for the children’s fund and its work feeding and caring for children.
Read the full story⤵️
At Surrey’s Guildford Park Secondary, which has a high immigrant and refugee population in its catchment area, many families struggle with their new life in Canada and turn to the school for help.
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Surrey school of 84 languages needs your help for struggling families
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
At Surrey’s Guildford Park Secondary, which has a high immigrant and refugee population in its catchment area, many families struggle with their new life in Canada and turn to the school for help.
Read the full story ⤵️
Read the full story ⤵️
The B.C. government’s decision to abandon its $20-million student and family affordability fund is having a devastating effect on impoverished students who no longer can expect help from the program when they’re without food at home or in need of other necessities.
Read the full story here ⤵️
Read the full story here ⤵️
Yale secondary needs help after losing provincial funding
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The B.C. government’s decision to abandon its $20-million student and family affordability fund is having a devastating effect on impoverished students who no longer can expect help from the program when they’re without food at home or in need of other necessities.
Read the full story here ⤵️
Read the full story here ⤵️
Manjit Nahal, principal of W.E.Kinvig Elementary in Surrey, has 432 students under her care.
She says there’s a list of 50 families struggling to find sufficient food to feed themselves. Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school.
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She says there’s a list of 50 families struggling to find sufficient food to feed themselves. Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school.
Read the full story⤵️
Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school
Vancouver Sun Kid's Fund. Helping keep our kids fed, warm and learning.
vansunkidsfund.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Manjit Nahal, principal of W.E.Kinvig Elementary in Surrey, has 432 students under her care.
She says there’s a list of 50 families struggling to find sufficient food to feed themselves. Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school.
Read the full story⤵️
She says there’s a list of 50 families struggling to find sufficient food to feed themselves. Increasing numbers of parents seek help from their child’s school.
Read the full story⤵️
🌟Today the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund launches its 14th Adopt-A-School campaign to help schools deal with the effects poverty and privation are having on an estimated 20% of our children.
🙌 Support our campaign here: fundrazr.com/adoptaschool2025
ℹ️ Details on our website: vansunkidsfund.ca
🙌 Support our campaign here: fundrazr.com/adoptaschool2025
ℹ️ Details on our website: vansunkidsfund.ca
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🌟Today the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund launches its 14th Adopt-A-School campaign to help schools deal with the effects poverty and privation are having on an estimated 20% of our children.
🙌 Support our campaign here: fundrazr.com/adoptaschool2025
ℹ️ Details on our website: vansunkidsfund.ca
🙌 Support our campaign here: fundrazr.com/adoptaschool2025
ℹ️ Details on our website: vansunkidsfund.ca
🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
Jack Kowarsky is a Vancouver lawyer who has donated $650,000+ to our Adopt-A-School program since 2014 on behalf of the Lohn Foundation.
He says it’s “very concerning to see families not having enough to eat or being unable to provide proper clothing for their children.”
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Jack Kowarsky is a Vancouver lawyer who has donated $650,000+ to our Adopt-A-School program since 2014 on behalf of the Lohn Foundation.
He says it’s “very concerning to see families not having enough to eat or being unable to provide proper clothing for their children.”
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
Jack Kowarsky is a Vancouver lawyer who has donated $650,000+ to our Adopt-A-School program since 2014 on behalf of the Lohn Foundation.
He says it’s “very concerning to see families not having enough to eat or being unable to provide proper clothing for their children.”
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Jack Kowarsky is a Vancouver lawyer who has donated $650,000+ to our Adopt-A-School program since 2014 on behalf of the Lohn Foundation.
He says it’s “very concerning to see families not having enough to eat or being unable to provide proper clothing for their children.”
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🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
PCI Developments is a Vancouver-based real estate developer and investor, focused on sustainability and community building. The company has been constructing office and residential towers across the Lower Mainland for 40 years, and supporting us since 2014.
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PCI Developments is a Vancouver-based real estate developer and investor, focused on sustainability and community building. The company has been constructing office and residential towers across the Lower Mainland for 40 years, and supporting us since 2014.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
PCI Developments is a Vancouver-based real estate developer and investor, focused on sustainability and community building. The company has been constructing office and residential towers across the Lower Mainland for 40 years, and supporting us since 2014.
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PCI Developments is a Vancouver-based real estate developer and investor, focused on sustainability and community building. The company has been constructing office and residential towers across the Lower Mainland for 40 years, and supporting us since 2014.
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🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
David McCann, the general manager of Creekhouse Industries on Granville Island, is a champion donor and supporter of our cause.
At 78 years old, and despite his doctor’s advice to take it easy, David has gone above and beyond to help us raise funds for children in need.
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David McCann, the general manager of Creekhouse Industries on Granville Island, is a champion donor and supporter of our cause.
At 78 years old, and despite his doctor’s advice to take it easy, David has gone above and beyond to help us raise funds for children in need.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🌟 Donor Spotlight 🌟
David McCann, the general manager of Creekhouse Industries on Granville Island, is a champion donor and supporter of our cause.
At 78 years old, and despite his doctor’s advice to take it easy, David has gone above and beyond to help us raise funds for children in need.
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David McCann, the general manager of Creekhouse Industries on Granville Island, is a champion donor and supporter of our cause.
At 78 years old, and despite his doctor’s advice to take it easy, David has gone above and beyond to help us raise funds for children in need.
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📣 B.C.’s decision to halt its $20-million student and family affordability fund is having a devastating effect on impoverished students who no longer can expect help from the fund when they are without food or in need of clothes.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📣 B.C.’s decision to halt its $20-million student and family affordability fund is having a devastating effect on impoverished students who no longer can expect help from the fund when they are without food or in need of clothes.
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🍎 Canada is a late arrival to the concept of feeding impoverished children who arrive at school hungry. It was just last year that the federal government launched its National School Food Program promising to spend $1 billion over five years.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🍎 Canada is a late arrival to the concept of feeding impoverished children who arrive at school hungry. It was just last year that the federal government launched its National School Food Program promising to spend $1 billion over five years.
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🍎 Since 2011, our Adopt-a-School program has supported 338 individual schools and 44 school districts across B.C.
And the need continues to grow.
Applications for our next fundraising campaign are already coming in. Read more about our mission and impact:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/aas2...
And the need continues to grow.
Applications for our next fundraising campaign are already coming in. Read more about our mission and impact:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/aas2...
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🍎 Since 2011, our Adopt-a-School program has supported 338 individual schools and 44 school districts across B.C.
And the need continues to grow.
Applications for our next fundraising campaign are already coming in. Read more about our mission and impact:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/aas2...
And the need continues to grow.
Applications for our next fundraising campaign are already coming in. Read more about our mission and impact:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/aas2...
According to Statistics Canada, British Columbia lost 16,000 jobs in August – the second monthly decline in a row.
Nationally, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.1%. Outside of the pandemic years, this is the highest level of unemployment since 2016.
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Nationally, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.1%. Outside of the pandemic years, this is the highest level of unemployment since 2016.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
According to Statistics Canada, British Columbia lost 16,000 jobs in August – the second monthly decline in a row.
Nationally, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.1%. Outside of the pandemic years, this is the highest level of unemployment since 2016.
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Nationally, the unemployment rate has risen to 7.1%. Outside of the pandemic years, this is the highest level of unemployment since 2016.
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According to Statistics Canada, the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver rose by 27.3% between 2019 and 2025 – from $2,490 to $3,170.
At the same time, BCBC. com reports that food prices in B.C. increased by 27% from 2019 to 2024.
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At the same time, BCBC. com reports that food prices in B.C. increased by 27% from 2019 to 2024.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
According to Statistics Canada, the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Vancouver rose by 27.3% between 2019 and 2025 – from $2,490 to $3,170.
At the same time, BCBC. com reports that food prices in B.C. increased by 27% from 2019 to 2024.
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At the same time, BCBC. com reports that food prices in B.C. increased by 27% from 2019 to 2024.
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🥾Coat, boots, hat – everyday essentials for kids heading to school. But for some, these are items their families simply can't afford.
In some cases, the need is so great that children arrive at school hungry, let alone without basic warm clothing.
Help us provide essentials to kids ⤵️
In some cases, the need is so great that children arrive at school hungry, let alone without basic warm clothing.
Help us provide essentials to kids ⤵️
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🥾Coat, boots, hat – everyday essentials for kids heading to school. But for some, these are items their families simply can't afford.
In some cases, the need is so great that children arrive at school hungry, let alone without basic warm clothing.
Help us provide essentials to kids ⤵️
In some cases, the need is so great that children arrive at school hungry, let alone without basic warm clothing.
Help us provide essentials to kids ⤵️
🎒School’s almost back, and the holidays are just around the corner.
For many, it’s a joyful season. For children in need, it’s filled with worry, especially about food.
Read more about how you can make a difference:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/oldy...
For many, it’s a joyful season. For children in need, it’s filled with worry, especially about food.
Read more about how you can make a difference:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/oldy...
August 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🎒School’s almost back, and the holidays are just around the corner.
For many, it’s a joyful season. For children in need, it’s filled with worry, especially about food.
Read more about how you can make a difference:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/oldy...
For many, it’s a joyful season. For children in need, it’s filled with worry, especially about food.
Read more about how you can make a difference:
vansunkidsfund.ca/stories/oldy...