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HOPE IN THE NEWS CBC Metro Morning - Hope for Education
Listen to Mary Bowyer, Hope for Children Foundation Executive Director on CBC Metro Morning.
Adopt-a-Family shows someone cares at Christmas
December 9th, 2009 Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
Mary Hatch is comfortably retired from a career in banking that saw her take on various managerial roles. Her kids are in university and starting careers. She lives in one of Toronto’s leafy old neighbourhoods where the houses sell for un-godly sums. More... Newstalk 1010 CFRB Interview with CCAS former Crown Wards
August 27th, 2009 Listen to radio interview with Nevena Seke and David Horvath, CCAS former Crown Wards who received Scholarships from the Hope for Children Foundation on August 24, 2009.
Eighty-four former Crown wards get $180,000 in scholarships
August 28th, 2008 Written by Jasminee Sahoye, The Caribbean Camera
The Hope for Children Foundation is giving more hope to 84 youth who were under the care of the Catholic Children's Aid Society to further their education. On Wednesday, the former Crown wards received scholarships valued at more than $180,000. Most of these youth are now living independently, and unlike their peers, many do not have family to help them pay for post-secondary education. For many, these scholarships provide their only opportunity for an education. More... Ex-Crown Wards Land Scholarships
August 27th, 2008 Written by Natalie Alcoba, National Post
TORONTO - Chavenne Stamp looks back on the past few volatile years of her young life and marvels at her transformation. A Jamaican immigrant at 10 years old, she was placed in the care of the Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto not long after, shuffled from foster family to foster family and was pregnant with her second child by the age of 16. Parenthood acted as a wake-up call for the young woman, who once considered herself an adolescent rebel. More... Children's Aid Scholarships Offer Hope for Children
September 10th, 2007 Written by Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Lucy Anacleto was abused by her parents as a child. To escape the abuse, her two older sisters left home, leaving the then seven-year-old alone with her parents. “I became the only outlet for anger my parents had,” said Anacleto, 22. “I always wanted to go university... but during the hardest times I lost sight of that.” Anacleto shared her story with 82 Hope for Children Foundation scholarship recipients at an awards dinner Aug. 29 at the University of Toronto’s Hart House. More... CFRB Interviews Scholarship Recipients
August 30th, 2007 Yesterday, we were talking about the need for mentorship and we talked about a program here in Toronto that was sort of launching, and you know, sort of getting kids used to the idea of being integrated into the school system. New students and so on. But the importance of offering mentorship and support for kids that are new to the system and certainly we talked about the Breakfast Club and so on. Well today, some of the youths in the GTA will be among those receiving scholarships worth more than $150,000 from the Hope for Children foundation. And essentially, it is offering support for those who were formerly in the care of the Catholic Children's Aid Society here in Toronto and they have been accepted into college, university or training programs but they need the cash to keep going and it's kind of, you know, it's a sort of a no-brainer, when you figure that some of these kids might not have the support they should otherwise have. What it means to attend post-secondary education.
CBC’s Metro Morning Interviews Scholarship Recipients
August 30th, 2007 A program at the Catholic Children's Aid Society, Hope for Children Scholarship program, is helping Crown wards enter university. We were describing this rosy picture a few minutes ago of parents dropping their kids off at university. This is a ritual being repeated thousands of times across the country and across the city. Well the two people who've just taken their seat across from me, well, they had a somewhat different picture as they began university. They've taken a very special path to get there. They were both Crown wards, children whose parents are essentially the state. Kids who grow up in that situation we're told are less likely to enter university than their peers, but a program at the Catholic Children's Aid Society is helping more than make this happen. It's called The Hope for Children Scholarship Program. Lucy Anna ANACLETO became a ward of the state when she was 14. She's now 22 going into her third year of poli-sci at Concordia in Montreal.
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