Helping Hands in Ottawa

Helping Hands, an Ottawa based group of caring individuals, led by Andy McAfee (2nd from left), organized a fundraiser at Lone Star restaurant in support of BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention Group and an Ethiopian charity known as Little Voices. “It’s an honour to help good groups like these,” said Andy. The evening was fun with a silent auction offering great items such as Sens and Habs tickets and cottage stays in PEI. It was a great success with great food and kind people.

$11,000.00 was raised and shared with BUY-A-NET. Helping Hands netted 17 villages!

Oxford Learning

Oxford Learning Kingston held a silent auction to raise money for BUY-A-NET. The artwork auctioned was created by the students at the centre. The auction was held at a local Chapters book store.

Many thanks to all of you who came out for opening night! We’re well on our way to achieving AND SURPASSING our fundraising goal… Buy a painting, save a life!

Danielle LaPointe, Oxford Learning Kingston Director

Oxford Learning students are helping children in Uganda tell malaria-infected mosquitoes to buzz off by raising funds for Buy A Net, a charitable organization that supplies bed netting and medicines to families in Africa…

All participating Oxford Learning students will set a personal reading goal and strive to read a pre-determined number of books during throughout the month of April. “Read-A-Thon students feel empowered by their reading goals”, said Emma Cecchin of Oxford Learning Byron “They know that by simply reading books at home, their actions help students in a less fortunate country have a better quality of life.”