Books for Fort Langley

December 4, 2015

Fort Langley Elementary participated in the Indigo Adopt-a-School campaign this year and was lucky enough to have Coles Books adopt the school for the program.

The giving began this past summer when Coles gave the students of Fort Langley Elementary 4 boxes of brand new books – sets of 6 of some of their most popular books – mostly novels. Fort Langley then participated in the Adopt-a-School campaign which allows people to ‘adopt’ the school and donate to the fund. Coles also advertised on behalf of Fort Langley and between what was raised in the store and what parents contributed in monetary donations and “adopts”, almost $3000 was raised.

(From left) Brittany Leith (Coles), Sarah McNeil (Fort Langley Library Tech), Tia Henrikson (Fort Langley Principal), Lori Jarman (Coles Manager)

But that was not the end! Last week, Fort Langley Principal Tia Henriksen received a call from Coles Books in Willowbrook to see if she would be free to come to the store some because they had more gifts for the school in addition to the $3000 already raised to spend on the library! Not knowing what to expect Ms. Henriksen visited the store when it opened on Tuesday only to be presented with a large gift bag full of books, each chosen by a Coles staff person for students to enjoy. As if that wasn’t enough, Ms. Henriksen was also presented a cheque for $5000!

With the first campaign that raised $3000 and the additional $5000, Fort Langley Elementary now has nearly $8000.00 in Indigo gift cards to spend on books for the library. All in addition to the many books provided by Coles and donations. Fort Langley Elementary is very pleased to have been a part of the Indigo Adopt-a-School Campaign, Giving Day from Indigo and very grateful to the wonderful people at Coles Books in WIllowbrook Mall. In the words of Ms. Henriksen, “we are feeling very fortunate!!”