There’s a club at Fraser River Middle School that deserves some recognition for the great work it’s doing.
The school’s Gay Straight Alliance, also known as the Queerios, have been an active part of the school community since its inception last year, according to the school’s child and youth care worker, Tara Worth.
The group got started thanks to a Small Neighbourhood Grant (through Family Services of Greater Vancouver in New West) and since then has been taking part in many events around the city.
Highlights include:
- taking part in the New West Pride Street Party, where the Queerios had their own booth with games, buttons and rainbow candy in support of Directions Youth Homeless Shelter;
- hosting a movie night at Fraser River Middle School featuring Hairspray;
- participating in a tile painting project with an artist in residence, and in the Diversity Bench Project in Langley, which included tiles painted by students with “diversity” words;
- organizing a Candy-Cane-gram fundraiser for Directions Youth Homeless Shelter in December with friendship messages; and
- holding a rainbow cupcake fundraiser for Directions Youth Home-less Shelter and awareness event on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
Last week, the Queerios presented more than $300 to Directions Youth Homeless Shelter staff.
