Many students in Iqaluit will start the coming school year with brand new backpacks and supplies thanks to the charitable efforts of the citySA国际影视传媒檚 only Mosque.
The Mosque, which overlooks Imiqtarviminiq Lake along the Road to Nowhere, held its annual backpack donation under an sunny sky on Saturday, Aug. 19.
SA国际影视传媒淗undredsSA国际影视传媒� of backpacks were distributed over the course of the morning and afternoon, according to Muhammad Wani, one of the eventSA国际影视传媒檚 organizers and the vice president of the Islamic Society of Nunavut.
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The Mosque, which also operates popular food bank every second Saturday, has been donating backpacks since it opened in 2018. However, its donation efforts have ramped up over the last three years thanks to a partnership with Toronto-based organization Muslim Welfare Canada.
The donation programSA国际影视传媒攎uch like the food bankSA国际影视传媒攚as created in response to the high cost of living in Nunavut.
SA国际影视传媒淓verything is expensive,SA国际影视传媒� Wani said. SA国际影视传媒淪ome families I know, they cannot afford new backpacks for the kids. Kids, when they have these new things, they have inspiration to learn more, to go to school. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 why we thought we should be giving away something.SA国际影视传媒�
SA国际影视传媒淓very kid should have a new bag to take to school.SA国际影视传媒�
The backpacks the mosque donates are distributed based on grade and gender, with unisex options available. Each one comes full of school supplies which, depending on the age of the student, range from notebooks and writing tools to geometry kits and scientific calculators.
Marion Fogan, who is starting kindergarten, was one of the first children to receive a new backpack and supplies from the Mosque this year.
She was all smiles in the buildingSA国际影视传媒檚 parking lot, and seemed to be particularly enthused about the colour of her new bag.
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Marion was accompanied by her parents, Michael Fogan and Eena Laisa, who agreed that outfitting their three school-aged children with new backpacks and supplies would be a SA国际影视传媒渟truggle.SA国际影视传媒�
SA国际影视传媒淲e came here because we regularly use the food bank,SA国际影视传媒� said Fogan. SA国际影视传媒淥ur kids got brand new backpacksSA国际影视传媒攖op of the line.
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Several other parents, who asked to remain anonymous, had similarly high praise for the MosqueSA国际影视传媒檚 backpack donation program.
SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 hard to get school stuff,SA国际影视传媒� one man with three school-aged children said, showing off a new blue backpack for his seven-year-old.
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Wani, who is originally from Pakistan, is thrilled that the MosqueSA国际影视传媒檚 backpack donation program has such a positive impact on local parents and children.
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