The SPJN program’s favourite worthy cause

Adrienne South, SPJN class of 2010, with former NHL and WHA goalie Dave Dryden, at the Memorial Cup Fan Forum in May 2011. Dryden, whose brother Ken Dryden also was an NHL goaltender, is the chair of the Sleeping Children Around the World board of directors.

            Since we launched the post-grad Sports Journalism program at Loyalist in 2008, our students have generated over $1,200 for our favourite charity, Sleeping Children Around the World.

      SCAW was founded in 1970 by the late Murray and Margaret Dryden and continues to be operated out of the Dryden family home in Toronto. It receives no government funding, relies solely on donations, and every dollar donated is spent on bed kits for children around the world.

      A travelling team of SCAW volunteers recently visited Pune, India, where 5,000 bed kits were distributed.

      Every December, an “anonymous” donation is made to SCAW based on SPJN students’ scores in the weekly current events quizzes.

      If you’d like to learn more about SCAW, or make a donation, you can do so on-line at www.scaw.org or by mailing a cheque to: Sleeping Children Around the World, 28 Pinehurst Crescent, Toronto, Ont., M9A 3A5.