The staff at the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon board office have donated $8,388 to five Greater Sudbury charities to help support those in need.
The Sudbury Food Bank, Maison McCulloch Hospice, NEO Kids Foundation, Northeastern Cancer Centre and Association des jeunes de la rue de Sudbury will each receive a donation of $1,677.60.
Throughout the year, CSC Nouvelon board office employees are offered the opportunity to contribute $2 each week to take advantage of dress-down Fridays.
This initiative is among the many other holiday season charitable endeavours at numerous CSC Nouvelon schools and at the board’s head office.
A number of schools prepared Christmas hampers for underprivileged families of the community, while some have begun a non-perishable food drive for their community church or food bank.
Still others have chosen to help children in foreign countries by contributing to the Samaritan’s Purse Canada Operation Christmas Child.
“The generosity of our students and employees is a fine demonstration of the value of helping one another, which is so central to Catholic education,” said CSC Nouvelon Director of Education and Secretary Treasurer, Paul Henry, in a press release.
“I am proud to be part of this group of people who are so committed to contributing to the well-being of the less fortunate members of our communities.”
