Read past articles of some of our awesome Streetfront alumni!
Meet the Runner Series highlights how marathon running produces great Street2Peak participants. The students profiled here are Harmony Santori, Cody Price, Abdi Ahmed, Emily Lloyd, and Sierra Sidwell.
Typhoid vaccine is now in our system! A big thanks for Dr. Tukker for working with London Drugs to obtain our Typhoid and Dukoral vaccines and to our fantastic health nurses, Tracey and Mairi, for coming to us to administer the shot! A huge shout-out to London Drugs for donating all our trip vaccine’s – a tremendous contribution to our Project indeed!
The staff and youth with the Street2Peak Project would love to give a huge thank you to the Lord Byng Parent Advisory Council (PAC) who generously donated $1,000 in support of our project and its youth!
A huge thanks to a S2P supporter Jenny Kwan (MLA Vancouver – Mount Pleasant) who made Vancouver Native Housing Society (VNHS) aware of our little project! Here Mt. Kilimanjaro participant Lonell Belcourt receives a $6,000 VNHS cheque from Jenny Kwan to cover his trip costs.
A very hearty thank you to Vancouver Native Housing Society for believing in Lonell’s dream to experience a very special place on earth!
We are very pleased to say that a local company, Stormtech Performance, has kindly sponsored our Kilimanjaro team with jackets! Given that we will be entering the rainy season in Tanzania this critical gear donation is greatly appreciated.
Today the Street2Peak Project received $400 in gift cards to be used to purchase electronic gear to help document the epic trip we call the Mt. Kilimanjaro Trek 2015! Thank you Best Buy Canada & Future Shop!
Mt. Kilimanjaro participants Segar Florence and Kaleb Edgar received a cheque for $1,000 from Britannia Seniors Committee member Linda Massaro today to help support the Street2Peak Project. We would like to thank the Britannia seniors and committee members for believing in our youth and project enough to donate such a generous amount!
On the US Black Friday weekend we did our annual trip down to Seattle to run their Marathon. We did our usual stop off at the outlet mall for clothing deals before volunteering at the racers expo. We had 7 youth run the Full-Marathon (42.2 km’s) and 11 run the Half-Marathon (21.1 km’s)! The youth were beasts hammering out their runs in one of the coldest runs we had. If you ever see these youth around be sure to give them a high-five!!
We thank Marc Kazimirski of Kazlaw for a full trip donation for one of our awesome students to summit Africa’s tallest peak – Mt. Kilimanjaro!!
Thank You Kazlaw!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the hot yoga fundraising event organized by our friend Ali Cloth and hosted by Bikram Yoga Vancouver. Thanks to Ken, Lisa, and Danny for your awesome instruction and support. This event raised $645.40 towards our goal to put East Van youth on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro!
The Street2Peak is very thankful to have received a $20,000 donation today from the Gencon Foundation! We cannot thank them enough for their huge contribution to the betterment of our worthy students as they work towards a life changing experience.
Gencon Foundation is a private family foundation started by Gordon and Heidi Reid in 2008. Gencon Foundation focuses on supporting organizations committed to environmental protection and sustainability as well as social justice.
Today we received $3,300 from the Britannia Support Society to help purchase team jackets or other necessary clothing needs to tackle the iconic Mt. Kilimanjaro! Thank you BSS for your generous support of our youth!
Back from hot yoga. It was an amazing experience! A huge thank you to Bikram Yoga Vancouver for the experience and fundraising support, our incredible instructor Danny and the ever wonderful Ali Cloth (UBC Assistant Professor) for organizing this opportunity!!
There is still two more sessions:
Wednesday, November 19th at 6:15 pm and
Sunday, November 23 at 12 noon
Come out, try hot yoga and support Street2Peak with half of your drop-in fee coming to us!!
BT co-host Jody Vance interviews Trevor and past Streetfront student and a Mt. Kilimanjaro Trek hopeful participant Alannah Wong about our Street2Peak Project.
Watch the interview here.
When Trevor was interviewed by the Vancouver Sun for an article on the teacher’s strike he makes mention of our Streetfront School and our goal to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro.
http://www.vancouversun.com/teachers+least+glad+back+school/10220001/story.html
On Aug. 9th we had our fifth of seven summer training hikes in our quest to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in March 2015. This time around we hiked the Elk-Thurston Trail outside the city of Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley.
Take a look at our Facebook page for pictures from this hike at https://www.facebook.com/street2peak
In the July/August issue of Impact Magazine there’s an article on how our Streetfront marathon running students are “Making the Grade” as they work towards another epic experience – standing on the top of Africa!
You already know our kids are pretty unique but check out the story online.
Mt. Kilimanjaro students have began their training hikes with hikes on the Diez Vistas Trail and part of the Baden Powell Trail. We are making these hikes available to interested individuals who would love to come out and support the youth on the hikes. For more detailed information please go our Kilimanjaro Training Hikes page.
We now have completed two of our seven training hikes for the summer. This time around we hiked the 13 km Diez Vistas Trail from Buntzen Lake recreation area. The weather was HOT and the trail steep but the Kili kids kicked butt! If you want to see these awesome kids in action on the trail check-out our video…
On Sunday, July 6th fifteen students attended their first Mt. Kilimanjaro training hike. We hiked the 13 km’s from Deep Cove to Lynn Canyon along the Baden Powell Trail.
Despite the rain falling the first half of our hike the temperature was warm and the spirits were high. Not only was it an opportunity to meet up as a Kilimanjaro team and hike together towards our common goal it was also a chance to get out on the trail and continue to build our excitement for our epic trip in 2015. Many students began to test out their mountain footwear for the first time and some foot care was required. The group worked together as a team, supported each other and while they were experiencing some first hike soreness all were happy to finally be training!
