HUGGS Canada, which offers a college education and job training to adolescent girls in need in southeast India (current students are shown here) is celebrating the United Nations International Day of the Girl Child (Oct. 11) with a fundraising dinner celebration Thursday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m. at the Salam Bombay Restaurant, at 755 Burrard St., Vancouver. Since HUGGS Canada, a North Vancouver-based organization, began in 2003, it has supported 58 girls through their high school and post-secondary education and graduates are now working in a variety of fields including teaching, nursing, computer programming and engineering. Tickets: ($50), call 604-988-4898 or email [email protected]. Info: huggscanada.com.
