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Rhylln Heitsman, a Grade 7 student at Silver Creek Elementary, passes a bag of clothes to Eric Hammer of Trans-Continental Textile Recycling Ltd., who was in town on Wednesday morning to pick up the donated items from a school district-wide clothing drive.
Clothing drive benefits local schools Kerrie-Ann Schoenit Hope Standard
A local parent has spearheaded a fundraiser that is having a positive impact locally and abroad. For the past month, Anna Gladue has been working with schools throughout the FraserCascade school district to collect bags of clothing, towels, linens, shoes and textiles. All the items will be turned into rags or if usable packed into containers and shipped to Third World countries with the help of Trans-Continen-
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weighing about 15 pounds each, were collected from the local schools, with Boston Bar Elementary Secondary School generating the most at 191 bags. Each school will be paid by the pound for their collection, with all funds going towards school initiatives. Gladue said they’ll receive on average $3.50 per bag of clothing. The donations from schools in Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs are being collected today (Thursday).
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