Brooksbank elementary's Do-Gooders club has received $4,000 from Free The Children to support education for children in Kenya.
The club started five years ago when grade 6 and 7 students from elementary schools in the Sutherland secondary family started doing good deeds. As a result of their efforts, the students received tickets to We Day in downtown Vancouver. The inspirational gathering encouraged the group to undertake initiatives to benefit event host Free the Children, an international charity that helps kids in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. support children in developing nations.
Since its inception, the Do-Gooders club has grown from roughly five students to a group of 65.
Their efforts were recently recognized with a Young Idealist Award from Free The Children valued at $4,000. The students decided to donate this money to a school in Kenya.
