As a new year approaches and reflect on the past year while thinking about what is in store for 2025, we realized that we forgot to make an important announcement.
Way back in September, CECSS offered spirit wear and orange T-shirts and hoodies to the Courtenay Elementary School community in advance of Orange Shirt Day. Thanks to your support, CECSS was able to raise $500. The last time the community school society sold orange T-shirts, the proceeds were donated to the Helping Hands program at Wachiay Friendship Centre.
After some humming and hawing as to where the proceeds could be put to best use, it was at one of the community school society’s Friday morning coffees where a parent suggested keeping the proceeds in the school and donating the money to Ms. Holly, the school’s Indigenous Support Worker. That sealed the deal!
Ms. Holly does excellent work in the school for her students. She’s also a fountain of ideas. It was her idea to serve bannock during Friday coffee one year. She was organized an awesome salmon burger lunch for the entire school for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
So, it was with some low-key fanfare in early November, that Ms. Holly agreed to pose for a photo with the executive director of the community school society.
We know she’ll do good things.
Here’s looking forward to happy and healthy 2025!
