Montrealâs Diabetic Childrenâs Foundation and Leucan, an association for children with cancer, are each $2,500 richer today thanks to seven Grade 10 Hebrew Academy students who won grants on the organizationsâ behalf.
On April 23, four semi-finalist student groups representing Old Brewery Mission, Dans la Rue, Leucan and Montrealâs Diabetic Childrenâs Foundation presented their charities before their peers and two judges, High School French Department Head Danielle Joseph and Ms. Racheli Blanshay, a former YPI finalist.
The nail-biting face-off signified the climax of studentsâ months-long participation in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), a project of the Toskan Casale Foundation that encourages teens to research and advocate for a local charity for the chance to win it a $5,000 grant. This year two organizations tied, splitting the prize.