This year we were able to gift an Acer Chromebook to a deserving Abbotsford student at Fraser Middle School in honour of marking our 9th Annual Every Girl Matters Day.
Many thanks to the school and Principal Johnston, from William Fraser Middle School, we are so glad to have been able to do this.
This year we mark our 9th Annual Every Girl Matters Day in a quieter manner. Due to current health restrictions, we planned to mark this day individually yet collectively but not with an
in-person event.
The health and safety of our community members is of utmost importance to us. We do look forward to bringing back our free in person community event when health restrictions have been lifted and we have moved past this pandemic.
The provincial health authority imposed further restrictions on the Fraser East health delivery area on Sept 28, stating that COVID patients were putting a strain on local hospitals.
The rules include strict restrictions on unvaccinated individuals attending both social and organized gatherings in Abbotsford, Agassiz, Harrison, Hope, Chilliwack, and Mission.
For the safety of our attendees and volunteers we decided it would be best to mark this day in this manner. We hope that you take the time to reflect in your own way on how better to create more equitable societies for all.
We do anticipate gifting a Chromebook this year to a deserving Abbotsford youth, stay tuned for that. In addition, we will be working with local and abroad organizations to help provide useful care packs for women and girls.
If you would like to get involved or contribute, please reach out. Thank you so much to our community members that have been dedicated supporters to allow us to work towards creating more equal societies and making a difference in our own way.
This year we celebrated our Every Girl Matters Day a little differently. This pandemic has made us do things in an altered fashion and without the large gatherings. We turned our event into a “virtual one,” rather than gathering folks in a closed space. We streamed our event online via The Reach’s Facebook page and marked the official day at The Reach with a small group of individuals.
We ran an online Kindness Matters contest where we encouraged individuals to share their stories of kindness during this pandemic. Thank you to everyone that took part and congrats to all the winners: Elliotte won the Samsung Tablet and June & Sofia were awarded secondary prizes for their stories.
As we get through Covid 19, we encourage you all to spread kindness wherever and whenever. We hope that 2021 will be brighter and we look forward to continuing to help build up our community and look forward to connecting with you during better times. Thank you all again!
It just takes one girl to make a difference. What are you waiting for? Get involved, join the movement!
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