Since Thanksgiving the Saint Francis Volunteers Club (SFVC) has continued to participate in the Linkages program with Bethany Care Centre, the Atria Senior Centre’s ice cream and bowling socials, and Saint Francis peer tutoring. The student volunteers have helped at the Out-of-Province Post-Secondary Fair and the Alberta Post-Secondary Fair. Volunteers also assisted at FAST volunteering at Ranchlands Elementary. The SFVC also took part in Halloween activities in a haunted house at the Triwood Community Center. The SFVC held a bake sale to support the We Scare Hunger campaign. It also assisted with Students Against Drinking & Driving (SADD) awareness. The Club was helping the Veteran’s Food Bank, as well as selling Poppies to students. In addition, the SFVC is currently raising money to support the Inn from the Cold through bake sales and accepting donations from students. Thank you to all the volunteers and everyone who worked behind the scene to make these opportunities possible.
On October 26, 2017, a group of 15 grade 10 students including myself attended the Wavemakers Youth Summit hosted by the Center for Affordable Water Sanitation and Technology (CAWST). Various junior and high school students and teachers participated in this event. During the day we attended two workshops. Some of the workshops we got to choose from were about sickness in developing nations, water contamination, stereotypes about Africa, technologies to reduce water consumption in homes, schools and gardens, storm water in Calgary and watersheds. After the workshops we gathered with the rest of our school mates and started to plan and create an action plan about spreading awareness and fundraising. We have decided to go to Saint Vincent and Saint Basil grade 4 classrooms on Monday, December 18 to teach students about germs and sanitation. In April, we are planning a school wide Walk for Water. We are so excited to be doing this for our school and for the world community. By Malia Vitug