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She shoots! She Scores! Sooke’s U16 Girls Silver Wildcats duking it out versus Saanich Fusion on Saturday’s epic Soccer District Cup Finals at Fred Milne soccer fields. Sooke’s U16 and U14 girls took home the gold, while silver went to U13, U14, U16 boys and U17 girls. Check out Page 33 to read more about the District Cup action.
Milk money school program down on funds Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror
The term “milk money” is one that’s become lost in translation over the years; does it still mean the leftover change from that school cafeteria burger, or, perhaps, the change that appointed bullies drain from their victims while holding them upsidedown at lunchtime. Either way, it’s not what you think it is in Sooke; in fact, it’s called the Milk Money Program, run by a conglomerate of parents (called the Parent Advisory Council, or PAC) in partnership with the local Village Food Markets. How it works? When a milk purchase is made, 15 cents from a Dairlyland 2 L bottle and 20 cents from every Dairyland 4 L bottle is donated to the program. Shelly@ShellyDavis.ca www.ShellyDavis.ca
In turn, this pile of cash is then compiled At Journey, a new playground is underway, and donated a local school of your choice. with several other field trips and fun school Then, in partnership with the schools, PAC programs. This year, Saseeons gets $123, Poirier figures out where the funds are used. But the pile of cash is fading. After run- $162, Edward Milne $215, John Muir $202, ning the numbers, Carey Radsma, office Sooke Elementary $254, Journey $129, and manager at Village Food Markets, says the Port Renfrew $118. The numbers are run total for this year is about exactly half of every six months. Radsma says those numwhat they gave out last time - nearly $2,400 bers could improve in the coming months if more parents knew more about it. in 2014, compared to $1,203 in 2015. “It would be nice to see the schools “What runs the milk money program are the people who buy milk here. If people are try and get the membership out, do an buying milk someplace else, it hurts the announcement, send out a newsletter, maksuccess of the program,” she said. “We’re ing sure if you’re with Village Food Market and you’re buying milk that you’re signed just not getting the numbers we used to.” Introduced in 2010, the milk program has up for the program,” she said. SheEstate also pointed outinthat if your child filtered a total of $29,829 into school funds.#1 Real Company Canada to another school, you can still sign At Saseenos, a baby salmon incubationformoves Sales last 4 Consecutive Years tank was put in last year for grade 2 and 3 up for the program and just simply transfer classes, with a new compressor this year. the funds to the new school.
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Grade 2 and 3 teacher Chantelle George stands beside the salmon tank and its milk-moneyfunded new compressor at the Saseenos Elementary school.
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