A Calgary charitable organization known for its anti-bullying outreach and advocacy work amongs youth and students across the country and worldwide is in desperate need of funds to keep its programs running.
Residents throughout Calgary wore pink clothing on Wednesday in honour of Pink Shirt Day, an annual event dedicated to spreading kindness and discouraging bullying.
It was a speech Westsyde secondary students will not soon forget. In fact, it caused a few of them to rush out of the auditorium in tears and even left a lump in the throats of some staff members.
A Calgary charitable organization known for its community outreach and advocacy work amongst young students has now waited more than seven months to receive much-needed COVID-19 relief funding from the federal government.