GISS Leadership Fundraising Banquet December 9, 2011

Students in the leadership program of the Gulf Islands Secondary School are organizing a fundraising dinner on the ninth of December to send menstrual kits to communities in Africa. The kits cost $5 each and consist of:
3 pairs of underpants (bought in the local market)
5 reusable pads (made by Dormer K)
1 small plastic pail with a lid (bought locally)
1 6″ bar of soap (bought locally).

The event is a dinner, it is set in three classes; upper class, middle class, and poverty. When you buy your ticket at the door or another location you will get a number 3, 2, or 1 this number represents what class you are in and where you will be sitting. For each class a different dish is served and service is given (example. upper class will have nice table cloths and will being served by a waiter. Poverty will be sitting on the floor and someone will come around and pass out bread and water to them with a small bowl of lentils.) This way of sitting is to show people what it is like to be under the poverty line and what it is like to be in the upper class in this country.

Each ticket will cost $25 for adults and $15 for students. There will be fair trade things sold and an auction of a painting from a local artist from Kenya. Everyone will be able to donate money and buy things. We are hoping for people to come with there wallets full and leave feeling like the money they have spent is going to a greater cause then buying something useless.

World Aids Day December 1, 2011

World Aids Day March with the Global Awareness Group of Gulf Islands Secondary School, starting at 12:20PM at GISS.

All are invited to join.

Silent Auction November 27, 2011

Great Lake Walk, September 19, 2009

On September 19th Meron Moroz and Sam Barlow of SaltSpring Island will walk 56 km in the Great Lake Walk around Cowichan Lake. We will be fundraising for two organizations, SOLID and Partners for Others.

SOLID supports several projects in Sub-Saharan Africa including a school for orphans, gardens, paliative care centre, cultural centre, disabled centre and a girls rescue centre.

Partners for Others has shipped over 2 million pounds of donated goods to the South Pacific, Asia the Carribean and Southern Africa. They have provided jobs, tools and equipment that have allowed men and women in Swaziland to earn a living, support their own families and, in turn, to pay school fees for over 160 children in their community.

To donate to this fundraising project please contact the SOLID office, 125 McPhillips Avenue, SaltSpring Island, BC, V8K 2T6, solid.saltspring@gmail.com or through this website. We can issue Canadian and US tax receipts, please visit the “What You Can Do” tab for instructions.