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WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CHESTER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE INDIGO ADOPT A SCHOOL PROGRAM!
This year’s campaign will be running from September 13th – October 3rd, 2021.
Chester Elementary School
Adopted by: Indigo Yonge and Eglinton
How The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Helps
The Adopt a School Program is designed to raise both awareness about the importance of school libraries and much-needed funds to better resource these critical learning spaces. This cause is more important than ever as so many school libraries across Canada have been shut down or working with reduced capacity during the pandemic. School libraries need our help to build back better!
How It Works
Between September and October each Indigo, Chapters, Indigospirit, and Coles location across Canada partners with a local (or remote) high-needs elementary school to support them through in-store fundraising.
Every dollar raised through the campaign period goes directly to that location’s partner school.
Our school, like most others in Ontario, has gone through a lot this past year. Beyond the pandemic itself, our school has experienced a reduction in funding due to the loss of our model school status (which we lost because one section of our catchment has increased in property values). This has not been a financial boom for the vast majority of our families, a lot of whom are newcomers to Canada and a lot of whom are both of lower socio-economic status and essential workers.
Our library is the heart of our school and our librarian (Bruce Dixon) does his utmost to provide reading opportunities to every student, but funding cuts have affected his ability to maintain and upkeep our collection.
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