This is the first full week back to school for students in Cambridge Bay and for a few dozen of them there are no worries about having classroom supplies thanks to donations from community members.
photo courtesy of Tasha Tologanak
Tasha Tologanak organized a donation drive that resulted in 26 backpacks being turned over to the elementary and secondary schools to distribute to students in need.
鈥淚 was a drop out student and struggled in school. I went back to school and pursued post-secondary (culinary arts) so I know how it feels to struggle at school,鈥� Tologanak said. 鈥淚 hope these school supplies will motivate students to stay in school and be excited to have these supplies.鈥�
The elementary backpacks include two notebooks, a pencil case filled with pencils, erasers and pencil crayons. The high school backpacks contain a notebook, pencils, pens, a scientific calculator and binders.
Tologanak earned the Outstanding Young Woman鈥檚 Award through the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council earlier this year. She put school supplies donors鈥� names in a draw for a free birthday cake for each donation made. Debra Gray is the winner of that cake.
