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Parkland Secondary students Arianne Stevenson, left, Daniel Ralph and Emily Trelford celebrate their success in getting a $5,000 donation to the Help Fill A Dream Foundation through the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative program.
Students win $5,000 grant for Help Fill a Dream Grant part of international Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Angela Cowan News staff
Celebrating with huge smiles and high fives, three Grade 10 students walked across the stage at Parkland Secondary’s theatre to accept an over-sized cheque for $5,000, the culmination of weeks of hard
work and research. The cheque wasn’t for them, however. It’ll be donated to the Help Fill A Dream Foundation as part of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), an international program that gives high school students the opportunity to represent a community charity of their choice for a chance at a
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$5,000 donation. This year, it was Emily Trelford, Daniel Ralph and Arianne Stevenson who won with their presentation, and it all stemmed from a personal encounter with the charity. “I actually found out about it from my mom’s friend. Her son has cystic fibrosis,” said Trelford.
The Help Fill A Dream Foundation was able to send him to play hockey with a professional team — something Trelford thought was very cool. “It’s such a unique charity,” she said. Please see: Program was made to inspire, page 4
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