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Spotlight: Reporter on the beat at Anmore elementary

Recent achievements by residents, businesses and groups in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
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NOSE FOR NEWS

Tri-City News reporter Diane Strandberg spoke to Jennifer Whiffin’s Grade 4/5 class about what it’s like to work in journalism. The Anmore elementary students are producing their own newspapers with stories and games.

 

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ELKS HELP 'STREETS'

For a second year in a row, the Chilliwack Elks have donated $1,500 to the Coquitlam-based charity Children of the Street Society to help spread the word about prevention, through various workshops around Chilliwack.

 

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SEED MONEY

The Friends of Mundy Park Heritage Society has planted a new donor-advised fund with the Coquitlam Foundation to help pay for conservation projects at the urban green space. Pictured from left to right are Friends president Jack Trumley, foundation chair Janet Toddington, foundation vice-chair Ken Catton and Friends treasurer Nancy Tinari.

 

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TREES FOR 100TH

Port Coquitlam Lions rolled up their sleeves last Saturday to plant 105 trees in Lions Park to mark the club’s centennial year. They were joined by the Terry Fox Leos Club and a PoCo city parks worker.

 

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COLLEGE AID

The company that has the cleaning services contract at Douglas College is paying back to help students at the two campuses in Coquitlam and New Westminster.

Sodexo North America recently pledged $25,000 to its endowment fund, of which the interest goes into a scholarship. The pledge translates to $5,000 a year over the next five years, bringing its total investment to $33,000 since it started. “By growing their endowment, Sodexo is ensuring that Douglas students are recognized for many years to come for their academic achievements and their work to improve their community,” said Hazel Postma, the college’s foundation executive director, in a news release.

“Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing students succeed and, if we can help them along the way, it is very gratifying,” added district manager Doug Fowler.

Pictured with Fowler and Postma is Chris Gardner (right), director of facilities and ancillary services at Douglas College.

 

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WARM WELCOME 

The Tri-Cities Refugee Welcome Club has brought in $4,500 this year to help government-assisted refugees from Syria and Turkey who have landed in the region.

Founder Nancy McCurrach (right) said its first fundraiser at the Burke Beer House in Port Coquitlam tapped in $2,400 for the cause while its second event, held this month at the Coquitlam Legion branch, brought in $2,100 and drew elected officials from all three levels of government: Port Moody-Coquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly and Port Coquitlam-Coquitlam Liberal MP Ron McKinnon; Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP MLA Selina Robinson and Linda Reimer, BC Liberal MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam; and Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart along with city councillors Chris Wilson and Bonita Zarrillo (Coquitlam), Laura Dupont (Port Coquitlam) and Rick Glumac (Port Moody).

“With this recent community fundraiser, once again we will be able to continue to help lift single-mother refugees and their children out of poverty by providing them with essential items. It really does take a village to raise a child,” McCurrach said in a news release.