By Staff
December 9, 2014
BURLINGTON, ON.
This is the time of year when there are all those people to buy gifts for. If there are really young ones in the family it can be fun to imagine how the child will react to the gift.
For those that are older the gifts tend to be practical or something expensive that the son or daughter really, really wants – probably something you don’t fully understand but they certainly do.
There are some young people out there who aren’t going to get much in the way of gifts which makes most of us feel sad for them and when we can find ways to help out we do.
The Halton Learning Foundation is committed to ensuring that students get the best education possible – and that includes what they learn outside the classroom.
With approximately 10% of school-aged children in Halton living at or below the poverty line (approximately 6,000 with the Halton District School Board), the Learning Foundation receives goes 
towards providing some of the basic necessities they need to stay in school – from hot lunches for the year, to coats and boots, from needed clothing/hygiene items to school supplies.
We read about those troubled young people who do not adjust as well as most and need support from social welfare or become part of the youth justice services or we read about them in a drug bust.
One doesn’t have to dig all that deeply into the lives of those that get arrested for selling drugs to learn that they came from poor families where there was seldom enough to go around.
Help at the early stages of their lives is both a kind thing to do and a solid investment; its cheaper to spend $50 rather than find the police asking for more of your money as taxes to pay for the services they provide protecting you.
The Halton Learning Foundation goal is to help 1,000 students during our 2014 Light the Way Gift campaign. The last day of school is December 19 however the need to support these students through Light the Way carries on throughout the year.
This season the HAlton Learning Foundation is asking individuals and organizations alike across Halton to consider including a student-in-need on their holiday gift list this year. Just add one more to the gift list.
The Halton Learning Foundation hopes that many of their neighbours will join us in reaching this goal by visiting and clicking on the Light the Way image.
