Denman vigil raises $630 for residential-school healing
About 60 people gathered at the Arts Centre on June 2 to remember children who did not return from the Kamloops residential school.
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About 60 people attended a vigil at the Arts Centre on June 2 for the 215 children who did not return from the Kamloops Residential School, organizers wrote.[1]
Participants lit candles and observed 215 seconds of silence.[1]
The event raised $630, which organizers said would be donated to the Tsow Tun Le Lum Indigenous Healing Centre and the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Nation.[1]
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The Islands Grapevine, June 10, 2021
$630 was raised and will be donated to the Tsow Tun Le Lum Indigenous Healing Centre for survivors of residential schools in Qualicum and to the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc Nation.
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