The Spruce Ridge School We Day club are showing a small group of people can help others in big ways after making a generous donation to Habitat for Humanity Estevan on Tuesday, with a cheque donation of $2527.
The club raised the money all year, beginning in January with a bake sale, and pulled in funds throughout the last few months with other activities like a movie night and serving hot lunches to other students at the school.
The money will eventually go to charity in the form of a third-world building project, which will happen through Habitat for Humanity after the We Day club reconvenes in the fall to select a country to help out.
“The scope of Habitat is that for every build we do locally, we have to do something internationally,” said Jody Copeland, learning support teacher at Spruce Ridge School and public relations person for Habitat for Humanity Estevan.
“It’s a huge empowerment thing for the kids. They learn about empathy and learn about empowerment, and there are 16 of them in the club and they can make huge difference, just the 16 of them.”
Doug Barnstable, Habitat for Humanity coordinator, said the organization appreciates the work the Spruce Ridge We Day club put in raising the funds, adding the amount is roughly one per cent of the organization’s overall build budget, which is typically what’s expected from a real chapter to donate.
Habitat for Humanity helps places across the globe in areas like home construction and water resources, he said, and the funds will go along way in helping the less fortunate.
“There are places all over the world that money is being used,” said Barnstable.
“That really makes a difference in a lot of people’s lives.”
