CVAG Hub Community Gallery
BAGS OF HOPE
Created by: Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary students in Mrs. Makinson’s Grade 2/3 English Class + Madame Nolfe’s Grade 7 Late French Immersion Class for Everybody Deserves A Smile 2024
EVERYBODY DESERVES A SMILE 2024
Everybody Deserves A Smile (EDAS) aims to educate and create with local students and their communities in a heartfelt, homemade way to compassionately reach out to those in need during the holidays.
This year, there are EDAS programs running in the communities of Comox Valley, Nanaimo, qathet, and Red Deer — alongside EDAS Montreal and EDAS London.
WAYS TO DONATE
Between November 14 – December 3, the EDAS project is collecting woolen socks, toques, and scarves to put in care packages that will be delivered locally. Please donate sizes: men’s/non-binary x-large and women’s medium.
Donate in person at one of the drop box locations:
- Comox Community Centre
- Comox RE/MAX Realty
- Comox Vancouver Island Regional Library
- Courtenay Vancouver Island Regional Library
- Uptown Yarns
- Coastal Community Credit Union (near Superstore)
- Evergreen Club (in the Florence Filberg Centre)
- Courtenay RE/MAX Realty
- Studio IPF: Inner Pursuit Fitness
- Starbucks (1551 Cliffe Avenue)
- Starbucks (444 Lerwick Road)
- Cumberland Vancouver Island Regional Library
- Participating schools with drop boxes: Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary, Arden Elementary, Valley View Elementary, Ecole Robb Road Elementary, Queneesh Elementary, Highland Secondary, G.P. Vanier Secondary, Mark Isfeld Secondary, Huband Park Elementary, Navigate (NIDES), Brooklyn Elementary, Cumberland Community, Lake Trail Community, Miracle Beach Elementary, Phil + Jennie Gaglardi Academy
Financial donations to the project are accepted through:
- E-transfer to Donate2ComoxValley@edas.ca
- Cheques made to “EDAS” or “Everybody Deserves a Smile”
Contact:
- Madame Chantal by text: 250.792.0804
- Email InspireChange@edas.ca
Follow EDAS on Instagram and Facebook.
The Comox Valley Art Gallery supports collaborations with community schools through a variety of undertakings throughout the year.
IMAGE: art by Madame Nolf’s grade 7 late French immersion class, 2024.