An elementary student’s initiative has helped raised more than $500 for the New Westminster Police Department’s Cops for Cancer campaign.
Sahara, a student at École Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School, took it upon herself to raise $265 for Const. Gerald Lau’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast charity bike ride.
Each year, first responders around the province participate in Cops for Cancer, which raises funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. Money raised is also used to send pediatric cancer patients to Camp Goodtimes. The Tour de Coast is a nine-day ride that takes place in September. This year, organizers expect to have the largest group of first responders and emergency services worker since it began in 1994.
Sahara’s hard work fundraising for Lau inspired her classmates to do the same. Together, they donated $534 to Lau’s campaign.
“Student across New Westminster have been very generous,” Lau said in a press release. “They were creative with their fundraising, from bake sales to selling handmade bracelets, these students took initiative.”
Students at Richard McBride, Connaught Heights, Lord Kelvin and Queensborough Middle School also donated money to Lau’s campaign. So far he has raised about 40 per cent of his $6,000 fundraising goal. To donate, go to tinyurl.com/Lau2017.
