By Colleen Flanagan, Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows News
The Ridge Meadows Child Development Centre is receiving an extra $5,000 thanks to the winners of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative contest at Thomas Haney secondary.
Grade 9 students, as part of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative or YPI, formed teams of between four and six people, and had to research a local charity and do a presentation on why their chosen one should receive the money.
YPI is an award-winning secondary school program that connects youth to social issues, local charities and philanthropy, “at a pivotal stage in their adolescence,” reads the website.