Students pledge to help needy children

Youngsters raise nearly $15,000 for missionary efforts through the Holy Childhood Association

Students recite the Mission Pledge, a commitment to pray for, to donate to, and to love poor children in other parts of the world, at an annual Mission Day Mass May 6. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

Toy sales, walkathons, and saved allowances paid off for hundreds of students, who raised $14,964.30 for children in developing countries. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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