Tag Archives: Education
Nanaimo students lug water on long trek for a cause
NANAIMO - Several hundred Nanaimo students took a lengthy walk while carrying jugs of water to experience the plight of children all over the world. Roughly 450 students trekked from Woodlands Seconda...
May 24, 2019 Hundreds of Nanaimo students took to the E&N Trail on Friday, symbolizing the walk starving and impoverished children have to take every day just for some water. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Surprise grant helps Nanaimo eco-school students rejuvenate local park
NANAIMO - A grant more than double what was applied for means great things for the rejuvenation of an overgrown, often unused Nanaimo park. The Departure Bay Elementary Eco-School received $1,200 from...
May 12, 2019 Teacher Becky Thompson (right) being shocked at the grant size, which is more than twice what she applied for.