BAKER 'SHARES'
Share CEO Claire MacLean (second from right) was at Baker Drive elementary before the winter break to give thanks after the school donated $1,050 to the non-profit organization — money raised at a Christmas market.
HOCKEY, PUB $
Staff from the Burrard Public House teamed up with the Port Moody Oldtimers Hockey Association to give $1,000 to Crossroads Hospice Society. The money came in through their Christmas burger and beer feast.
DIALYSIS WIN
Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, donors and patients opened 19 new comfort stations at the Tri-Cities Dialysis Unit in Coquitlam last month following a $150,000 fundraising campaign, which was featured in The Tri-City News.
NORTH SHORE KIDS
Tricia Andrews of the North Shore Neighbourhood House and Tim McMorran, director of the North Shore Community Foundation, presented $5,000 to Maura Fitzpatrick for prevention workshops offered by Children of the Street Society.
CRAM THE CRUISER
Coquitlam RCMP auxiliaries and volunteers helped Safety Bear cram a cruiser full of food last month for an annual Share fundraiser. The Dec. 9 event brought in 583 pounds of items for the food bank and $1,701 in cash.
SENATE 150
Senator Yonah Martin, a former Coquitlam school teacher, honoured 13 British Columbians last November with Senate of Canada 150 medals. Among the recipients were Tri-City residents Amy Sundberg and Frank Smyth.
911 THEY CARE
Coquitlam RCMP 911 dispatchers and telecommunications operators rang in $1,700 and 320 toys for their 9th annual 911 We Care Toy Drive last month.The drive for Share Community and Family Services runs for about three weeks in the lead-up to Christmas.
NEW BISTRO
Port Coquitlam Coun. Mike Forrest (centre) was acting mayor during the opening of the new Shaughnessy Care Home bistro. Al Jina, owner of Park Place Seniors Care Home, was also at the milestone event and for the birthday party of resident James Robbins, who turned 103. Located at 2250 Wilson Ave., Shaughnessy Care Home has served PoCo since 1989, with 62 private rooms for seniors.
ROYAL DIAMOND
The Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society won a $75,000 grant from the Diamond Foundation in Vancouver last month — money that will be used over the next three years to support its youth engagement project that works with small groups of children and youth, said fundraising manager Maura Fitzpatrick. Meanwhile, members of Port Coquitlam Royal Purple, Lodge 10, (pictured above) doubled their donation to the society last year giving the Coquitlam charity $1,000 to support prevention workshops for local kids. Their donation was given at their annual awards ceremony, where the Port Coquitlam Royal Purple gave more than $14,000 to a variety of community organizations.
MUSIC TO THEIR EARS
Crossroads Hospice Society scored $5,000 last month from the 11th annual Port Moody Summer Sunday Concerts series, held at Rocky Point Park. To date, series organizers have helped to raise more than $30,000 for the charity for patient support and family comforts. The music series, which is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, sees blues, soul, funk, R&B and reggae shows at the PCT Performance Stage in the park in July and August.
FOOD BANK DEPOSITS
Coast Capital Savings, which has Tri-City branches, checked in $2,000 last month to Share as part of a $75,000 donation from the credit union to B.C. food banks. “For every dollar donated, food banks are able to provide the equivalent of three nutritious meals to an individual at risk of hunger,” Laura Lansink, executive director of Food Banks BC, said in a news release. “This means that because of Coast Capital’s generous donation of $75,000, 150,000 individuals will not be facing an empty shelf. That gives us an exceptional boost in our ability to meet the needs of our members as demand grows over the holiday season.”
HAMPER HELP
Pupils at Coquitlam’s Little Neighbours Preschool collected items for the Share food bank in Port Moody last month for the non-profit society’s hamper campaign, said preschool spokesperson Mimi Folkstad.
REALTORS COVER
A blanket drive run by Lower Mainland realtors covered 36,000 people this winter. Held between Nov. 14 and 21, the 23rd annual Realtors Care campaign saw more than 100 real estate offices in the region — including the Tri-Cities — serve as drop-off locations for blanket donations. “A warm blanket can mean the world to someone who is suffering in the cold,” said Derek Weiss of the Union Gospel Mission.
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