Every year October 17th is UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This date has largely gone unrecognized in Canada and British Columbia where concerns of poverty are, until recently, brushed aside by Governments. They mostly give lip-service to the plight of 100,000 British Columbians and almost 5 million Canadians living with chronically
I have been busy updating the Bright Beginnings Foundation website and was introduced to an amazing resource. The Low Income Explorer is a map of the density of low income in all of the communities in Canada (including Surrey of course) and is based on Canada Census 2016. This is what I learned… Surrey has:
A HUGE THANK YOU SURREY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION AND ANTI-POVERTY COMMITTEE Bright Beginnings Foundation Directors are pleased to say that our first big event “Working Together for a Bright Future” was a tremendous success! This evening benefited Bright Beginnings Foundation (BBF) in several ways. We succeeded in reaching out to the community, achieved acknowledgement from the
FUNDRAISER HELPS BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY FOR SURREY STUDENTS Surrey, B.C.– Bernard Richard, BC Representative for Children and Youth, is the headliner at an upcoming special fundraising event put on by Bright Beginnings Foundation (BBF) and the Surrey Teachers’ Association. “Working Together for a Bright Future” will help raise scholarship funds to help lift
Bright Beginnings Foundation (BBF) and the Surrey Teachers’ Association Anti-Poverty committee have put together a spectacular evening for you. Bernard Richard, BC Representative for Children and Youth, is the Keynote Speaker at our “Working Together for a Bright Future” event. He is an outspoken advocate for post-secondary education and marginalized youth. The event will also feature
Bright Beginnings Foundation has recently received the most amazing news! The KEATCA Foundation has committed to help us provide our first all-in scholarship this year! This is, at least in part, why we are feeling the urgency to increase our efforts. This awesome gift will help us with one student but BBF is looking
This article appeared in BCRTA PostScript Magazine (Autumn 2017)
IT TAKES 30 SECONDS TO CHANGE A LIFE FOREVER That's right... It takes just 30 seconds to make a lasting and positive change in the life of a BBF graduate. But we can't do it without you. Bright Beginnings Foundation could receive $50,000 We are hoping to receive a grant that would be enough to
While it may seem to you that Bright Beginnings Foundation has been in a deep sleep, in actual fact the directors have been working very hard. We have been applying for grants so that BBF can continue to provide small grant to needy students while we still keep our eye on our main goal. We will
GivingTuesday unselfie For the first time, Bright Beginnings Foundation participated in GivingTuesday. GT began 5 years ago in the U.S. and has been on the rise since. The movement is quickly growing in Canada and around the globe. In the same way that retailers take part in Black Friday, the giving community has
Established in March 2015, Bright Beginnings Foundation is a fully volunteer-run organization. 99% of all donations go towards providing BBF Bursaries for our students.
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Established in March 2015, Bright Beginnings Foundation is a fully volunteer-run organization. 99% of all donations go towards providing BBF Bursaries for our students.
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