Dawson Trail Dispatch April 2022

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Dawson Trail Dispatch

Celebrating Over 25 Years of Service to Our Communities!

April 2022

Local Students Work Wonders in Supporting Ukrainians During Crisis

The students could not have imagined that they would be able to fill four buses loaded with donations and delivered to the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada in Winnipeg.

Students at Ecole/College Regional Gabrielle-Roy in Ile des Chenes came together to organize and collect community donations for Ukranian refugees.

By Angelique Forest With so much happening in the world, a group of local students began to wonder what impact they could have on such a large-scale problem after Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia’s aggression has triggered the largest refugee crisis in the world since World War 2 with a quarter of the population of Ukraine being displaced. Over 4 million Ukrainians have fled their country. This conflict has left much of the world watching in disbelief wonder-

ing what they can do to help. After some thought, students at Ecole/College Regional GabrielleRoy in Ile des Chenes came together after they realized they have more power than they could have ever thought. Abigail Natividad, Maia Spiers, Nelleke Hagenaars, Josée d’Auteuil, Noah Guenette, Riley McCabe, and Xavier Giroux along with staff from the school have organized and brought together their communities to gather donations of any kind for Ukraine during this very difficult

time. Donations were collected from the communities of Ile des Chenes, Lorette, St. Norbert, La Salle, St. Adolphe, Ste. Agathe, Dufresne, Niverville, Grande Pointe and Ste. Genevieve. Items collected consisted of food, medical and school supplies, toiletries, toys and clothing. Abigail Natividad was the one who initially thought of the idea and soon her friends and fellow students got involved, with encouragement from the teachers, in order to make an impact for those suffering in Ukraine.

Abigail Natividad, Maia Spiers, Nelleke Hagenaars, Josée d’Auteuil, Noah Guenette, Riley McCabe, and Xavier Giroux are the students responsible for the idea to collect donations. Pictures courtesy of Monique Guenette/Social Media

They could not have imagined that they would be able to fill four buses loaded with donations and delivered to the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada in Winnipeg. “Monique Guenette is the true hero in this case, along with two students from ECRGR,” said Monique Leclaire, a local parent who was involved in spreading the word for the idea. “I simply put a few ads out on Facebook and the tremendous generosity from the surrounding communities was amazing!”

“My students are the real heroes of this project,” said Monique Guenette, one of the teachers who was very involved in the project and could not commend the students enough. “Team work, problem solving, creativity, abilities of all kinds! Wow! Today’s leaders!” The drive for donations was a huge success and the donations will help hundreds of displaced Ukrainians. The students have learned there is nothing they can’t do with the proper resources and connections.


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