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(Updated 8:30
a.m., Dec. 1)
Sir Wil students
kick off Toy Mountain campaign
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
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 Students
at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School in Orléans are once again taking
part in TD Canada Trust's Toy Mountain campaign by erecting their very own
Toy Mountain in the school lobby. File photo
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Students and
staff at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School on Tenth Line Road are continuing
a pair of Christmas traditions first begun 13 years ago to help families
struggling to make ends meet at this demanding time of year.
The school's
annual Toy Mountain campaign was kicked off Monday morning with the lighting
of the school Christmas tree in the main lobby and a performance by the
Sir Wilfrid Laurier brass ensemble which played a medley of holiday classics.
The Toy Mountain
campaign is run in conjunction with TD Canada Trust. During the campaign,
students are encouraged to bring in toys and drop them into the giant pyramid-shaped
Toy Mountain which has been erected by the school's Grade 12 construction
class.
Members of the
general public can also make a contribution by dropping off toys between
8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays and weekends. Last year, over 350 toys were
collected. The deadline to drop off toys is Friday, Dec. 17.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
is unique in that it is the only school in the city that has a Toy Mountain.
Jayne Menard
is the manager of financial services at the TD Canada Trust branch on St.
Joseph Blvd. She says the school effort is an important and valuable contribution
to the Toy Mountain campaign which last year collected and distributed over
21,000 toys.
The students at
Sir Wilfrid Laurier also recently kicked off their Christmas hamper initiative.
During the campaign, each class is given the challenge to put together one
or two Christmas hampers for financially strapped families.
The hampers are
then delivered to the Coldwell Family Service Agency and the Odawa Native
Centre which distribute them to their clients. Each hamper will contain
a turkey, a number of seasonal food items and a toy for whatever number
of children are in the recipient family.
Just like the
Toy Mountain campaign, members of the public can drop off seasonal food
items or make a cash donation to the Christmas hamper program simply by
dropping by the main office.
For more information
you can call the school office at 613-834-4500.
(This story
was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local
business partners.)
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