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Benevolent Walk for Education 善心助學行 2023

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Dear Friends and Members :

Benevolent Walk for Education 善心助學行 2023 is coming soon, here are the details :

Intermediate Level –  August 05, 2023 (Saturday)
A group – The Great Trail – Whyte Lake Trail – Whyte Lake – Baden Powell Trail (Intermediate) Michael Li
B group – The Great Trail – Whyte Lake Trail – Horseshoe Bay Village (Easy) John Lee
Time : 9:30AM – 13:00PM
Assembly Place : Gleneagles Community Centre Parking Lot
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VSSE Virtual 10K Run 2022 April 17 – 30

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Dear VSSE Members and Friends:

As some of the health restrictions may be lifted up soon by the government, the variants of the pandemic (COVID 19) is still taken up a large numbers of people being infected.
Every year, Vancouver Sun Run is one of the iconic events before summer, thousands of people are gathering at down town for a 10K run.  For years, Vancouver Sowers Society of Education (VSSE ) always form a team to participate the event. Those team members also took the opportunity of the 10K run to raise fund to support VSSE’s works in educational programs. This year, VSSE would like to take a prudent measure for the gathering event.
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Winter Jackets 2021 – Pledge for Donation

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Dear Members and friends,

As winter is approaching, it’s time to think about the poor students who need to endure the harsh weather in the mountainous areas of China. This year VSSE would like to sponsor 200 winter jackets to the students of 2 schools in the province YunNan (雲南省 昭通市魯甸縣樂紅鎮施初村完小、梭山鎮趙家梁子小學) to keep them warm. The jackets are $22 each. We hope to receive your generous donations just like the last few years.

Please refer to our Donation and Payment page for instructions how to donate to us. Please be reminded to provide your full name and physical address if you need a tax receipt. It will also be appreciated if you can give us your email address so that we can send the tax receipt electronically.

VSSE Challenge 12 Hours 2021

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Dear Friends and Members,

As the vaccination being administrated, the rate of the pandemic ( COVID 19) became to have significant diminishing scale. Now, the provincial government has relaxed the restriction for all activities. Vancouver Sower Society of Education ( VSSE ) would like to carry out the Challenge – 12 hours hiking fund raising event. Last year, the event went virtual but not for this year. We can meet up again.

This year, the event would be held at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. We are going to have two teams and start at 09:00 Continue reading →

VSSE Virtual 10K Run 2021 April 18-30

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Dear VSSE Members and Friends:

During the pandemic (COVID 19), most of the activities and events are forced to stop until the authorities to say so. Every year, Vancouver Sun Run is one of the iconic events before summer, thousands of people are gathering at down town for a 10K run. For years, Vancouver Sowers Society of Education (VSSE ) always form a team to participate the event. Those team members also took the opportunity of the 10K run to raise fund to support VSSE’s works in educational programs.

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Virtual Polar Bear 2021

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With the current pandemic restrictions, the official annual Polar Bear event had been cancelled. Yet VSSE still want to assist students in need, and decided to do a Virtual Polar Bear fund-raising. 3 VSSE members challenged the cold weather and did their Virtual Polar Bear Swimming on Jan 1, 2021. Continue reading →