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"Children of Bukati" is a grassroots project made possible by the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of many, many Canadians. This includes Children; i.e. KIDS helping KIDS.
The following is a note from Dr. Cate Dewey Canadian children continually amaze me with their passion, creativity and success in raising funds for the Kenyan children. Sir Isaac Brock Public School in Guelph (SIB) has adopted the Children of Bukati (COB) and raised money in many, many ways. Mrs. Van, the principal of SIB has enabled so many more projects at the school. Each December, the whole school participates in a used-toy sale that raises hundreds or thousands of dollars. This project is led by the on-going enthusiasm and passion of Julie Young and Ryan Lockie and the rest of the staff. The SIB students have sold bracelets made by the Kenyan children, written pen-pal letters, studied Kenyan culture, and illustrated and launched Braids. Many SIB students have initiated their own fund raising projects. Lilly raised $603 by selling cookies, icecream and a raffle tickets for a new toy. The next year, she raffled a professional soccer jersey and donated her birthday money. Tyler, Adam and Tyler shoveled snow; Nathan, Alyssa, Josee, Tesha, Mauhtab, Riley, Ella, Halle, Cameron, Jackson, Cole, and Adrianna donated money at a back to school party. Taya Kendall and her family started a school newspaper and published Braids, a book written by Robert Munsch. Children in other communities have individually or collectively helped COB. Adam and Alex gave up the opportunity to buy a horse and instead donated money from their own bank accounts for livestock at the school, Jason and Avi donated their birthday money; Alex raised $147 by selling jugs of lemonade, one glass at a time, and 6 year old Katie made booklets and sold them door to door, earning $53 in coins. Groups of children from Rockwood, Stone, and Norval United and Hawksville Mennonite churches raised money to buy livestock for the school in Kenya to sustain the project for years to come. Many children give their teachers Christmas and end of year 'gifts' by donating to COB. Teachers relate to this way of helping other teachers and students across the globe. These are just some examples of how children have helped COB.
Canadian children really are amazing. The following are examples of KIDS helping KIDS. |
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Above: Taya Kendall began raising money for COB - Children of Bukati - by creating and editing
a school newspaper at Sir Isaac Brock Public School. Robert Munsch donated an unpublished story to her called Braids.
The students at Sir Isaac Brock illustrated the book and funds from COB paid to print the book. Proceeds from the
sale of Braids go directly to COB. |
Above: 3 students from Sir Isaac Brock Public School who worked hard on the used toy sale in 2008. Lilly, the girl on the right, also raffled off a professional soccer sweater. |
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Below are 2 letters that were hand-delivered to Cate along with money for the Children of
Bukati. |
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Above: Alex MacPhail and Cate Dewey. |
Above: When Lilly from Sir Isaac Brock Public School was in grade 4, she wrote a proposal to Mrs. Van, the principal, asking if she could do an extra fundraiser. She bought a new toy, sold raffle tickets for the toy plus cookies and ice-cream sandwiches donated by Zehrs to raise $603 for the Children of Bukati. | ||
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Above: Norval United Church children saved and donated enough money to buy Norval the cow. |
Above: Katie, Ryleigh, Camryn and their Mom, Alison Fraser, had a Teddy Bear Picnic. |
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