Fundraising Efforts

At this time we want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone in the Huron community for your generosity and amazing efforts towards the various fundraising initiatives Huron undertook these first four months.

TERRY FOX
We are delighted to report that Huron Street has raised over $9000.00 for the Terry Fox Foundation in 2014. That amount may still increase as we know more donations credited to Huron are still being tallied.

ACORN CARDS
Our Acorn Cards fundraiser raised $1,374.56 for the school. This money is for teachers to use to offset the costs of some of the specialized programs or “extra” activities that happen in the classrooms.

QSP MAGAZINES
To date we have raised $1,445.00 for the school through our QSP Magazine sales. The website for on-line sales is open for the entire school year so this total may still increase…and you can keep this is mind for gifts for family and friends at any time during the year. The money raised through QSP fundraising goes to support various literacy programs here at the school; we purchase items such as big books for beginning readers, levelled readers, novel sets and chapter books for more advanced readers, as well as materials such as graphic novels and items to support classroom library collections.

STUDENT RUN FUNDRAISER FOR WHALES AND DOLPHINS
Some of the Grade 6 students independently organized a fundraiser for whales and dolphins in captivity which made almost $700.00. The money was donated to “Whale and Dolphin Conservation” in Plymouth, MA. As a result of this donation Huron has “adopted” a humpback whale named Colt. Make sure you check out the first floor bulletin board in January for information about Colt.

BAKE SALE
The Bake Sale before our Winter Concert raised $806.27 this year – thank you to everyone for your donations and of course to all buyers as well! This money will go to support and enhance the music programs here at Huron.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
We had a very successful Bookfair this year – thank you to Ms. Will Stork and the many volunteers who supported her. Total sales at the Bookfair were $4,838.88 which means that Huron will receive approximately $2900.00 in product for our school from Scholastic. This will mean lots more books and other literacy materials for the Library and our classrooms.

WEBKINZ to the HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
On Dec. 9th, four Huron Student Ambassadors represented Huron Street School as we made a donation to the Hospital for Sick Children of all the webkinz that were earned through the QSP fundraiser.
Representatives from the HSC were on hand to meet us and we learned that there are approximately 300 children who are not able to go home at all and will spend Christmas and the holiday season in the hospital. Our Webkinz toys will be given as part of a individual gift bag for every child who has to be in the hospital.
(We forgot to count but we think we donated approximately 30-40 Webkinz.)

RED NOSE CAMPAIGN
We ordered 400 red noses and it was a sell out, so that means we raised $1,200.00 to support the Toronto Foundation for Student Success to help provide food, warm clothing and other essentials to Toronto students in need. Once again, to everyone in the Huron Community – thank you all so much for your support! Huron Street Junior Public School has a lot to be proud of!