Just before Christmas, Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute (MBCI) received a grant to provide every family that had students in the school, a holiday food hamper. The project was a huge success and led MBCI to be on the radar to receive additional funding to create another project to help students’ families.
“The original hamper project we did at Christmas was from funding we received through Northern Manitoba Food, Culture and Community Collaborative,” said MBCI Principal Trevor Lane. “The organization reached out to us again, because they were so happy with the project that we did and they had some remaining funding left. They wanted to know if we had any projects we wanted to do, so I was thinking how can I encourage and entice more parents to come to parent teacher evening?