A virtual auction to raise money for the Port Coquitlam-based Amanda Todd Legacy Society has surpassed two goals since it started on Sunday, Oct. 1.
The seventh annual fall fundraiser, which ends on Saturday, Oct. 14, has collected more than $20,000 for the nonprofit that focuses on online safety.
This year’s aim for the group is to bring in $25,000 to launch an endowment fund at Capilano University for the music therapy undergraduates.
The society has 386 prizes available for bidding including:
- Two nights and breakfast at the Chateau Whistler Fairmont
- Abbotsford Canucks Night Out package
- City of Port Coquitlam recreation one-year family pass
- Tickets to the Arts Club's Elf: The Musical
- Tickets to BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps 2024 regular season home games
- Wine, art, jewellery and gift cards
Last year, the Legacy auction reaped more than $24,000 for its operations and to provide resources on topics such as exploitation, sextortion, cyberbullying and mental wellness.
Special Treat
Meanwhile, in support of the society and to mark World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, Oct. 10, a Coquitlam business is whipping up a special treat for the month.
For its third year, Doughnut Love is partnering with the Amanda Todd Legacy Society to sell its Snowflake Dream doughnut.
Co-owner Kat Hiles told the Tri-City News that the creation is a brioche bullseye dipped in a lemon glaze and filled with a decadent blackberry cream cheese mousse, dusted with icing sugar “snow” and topped with a sugar snowflake.
The snowflake is the society’s symbol for Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old Coquitlam Alternative Balanced Education (CABE) School student who took her life in 2012 after being harassed online by a predator for years.
“Our goal was to create a beautiful doughnut that represents how special Amanda is and draw people in to help create awareness of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society and World Mental Health Day,” Hiles said.
"We are so appreciative of the opportunity to be a part of such a wonderful organization that does so much for our community."
