Help Our Students (HOST) Program

Only ten more days until winter break! We are wishing all the students out there a great finish to their 2020 school year. Good luck on those exams! Photo credit: Joseph Pearson

Wonderful article about the HOST Program in today’s Ottawa Citizen. Online article is even better, with more photos. Link: https://ottawacitizen.com//social-scene-community-builders

Today is Giving Tuesday which is why The HOST Program is matching the first $20,000 in donations today. Please share this post to spread awarness and go to www.HelpOurStudentsProgram.com or click the link on our profiles about page to donate now!! Thank you.

I’m beyond thankful for this opportunity that you gave me and other students, I’m not the most gifted student academically but I try my best to do good wherever I go. It goes to show that what you put out there in the world comes back to you. Photo credit: Dries Augustyn

The money that was sent to me by HOST program was spent on mostly groceries since I live with my siblings, my parents are in Saudi Arabia so I always have to figure out the food situation since I’m alone in the house most of the time after school. Many times I pass by food basics on my way back from school to grab chicken, rice, bananas etc... that would feed me for the next 4-5 days (that includes my guilty pleasure snacks every now and then). I used to work at my family’s f...ood truck part time during the weekend which helped me save a lot of money, but we closed because it was hard for my siblings to run the food truck during winter so we only operate during summer time. The 100$/month from HOST program helped me get through the winter without a job and focus more on my school work since I had extra free time during the weekends. Photo credit: Nikko Osaka See more