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December 21, 2016
A community full of great people and giving back Phew! What a year! North Kamloops was action packed with community spirit from January to December. Things kicked off with the Interior Saving Unplug and Play School Challenge, which encouraged more than 5000 young students to reduce their recreational screen-time from January 25 to 29. The Big-Top Circus themed ABC Family Literacy Day was hosted by Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative (KELLI) at the Henry Grube Education Centre on January 23 and included story song yoga, musical performances, storytelling, puppet theatre, live theatre, interactive stations, crafts, face-painting and gymnastics. The Brocklehurst Middle School The staff at the Echo wish choir performed in a Johnny Reid you and yours a Happy concert on February 3 and music Holiday and Best Wishes director Jarrett Schill was thrilled for the New Year! to see the students prepare for such a momentous occasion. “The kids give so much of their time for rehearsals, they really do work for anti-bullying day and selling an Income Tax Clinic as a comhard.” The students sang singing Cookie Grams for Valentine’s Day. munity service for low-income along to Reid’s Today I’m Gonna The project funds Nicaraguan and mobility limited individuals. try to Change the World. All in families, which provides access to Tax returns were e-filed free of all, it was a day the students won’t much needed sustenance. As for charge by Revenue Canada trained soon forget. the students, the charitable efforts volunteers. Throughout the month of also have educational value: mathChimera Theatre had a great year February, School District 73 ematics, social studies, health, with highly successful improv schools fostered fundraising efforts career education and the value shows. “We have a really diverse for the Nicaraguan community El of philanthropy, kindness and team with a variety of different Limonal. Students hosted bake empathy. skills…each actor brings somesales, coin drives, by-donation For the months of March and thing different to the show, some dances, selling pink milkshakes April, People in Motion offered are better with physical com-
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