by Liam McKinnon | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
Volunteer trip 2023: upcoming info session! We’re very excited to announce that the Foundation will, at last, be able to resume our long-awaited volunteer trips to the Hub of Hope, with our next departure currently scheduled for February 2023.If you would like to join...
by admin | Aug 1, 2017 | All, Blog, News, The STOP Program
We’d never seen the Hub of Hope so busy, so bustling. It was a humid morning in March, 2017, and a major medical campaign was underway, treating over 460 children for intestinal worm infections. Doctors, nurses, smiling children and infants being weighed on scales...
by admin | Mar 9, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, H20: Health to Offer, News, Peru 2015, The CAST Initiative
I began the first stretch of my journey, with an oversized piece of luggage, flying Montreal -> Miami -> Lima. 24 hours later I was boarding a plane to Pucallpa, with 18 of our 22 volunteers, after what had felt like a long trek from Montreal. Before I continue,...
by admin | Nov 18, 2014 | All, Fundraising events, News, One School for All
On Thursday November 13th, Pure Art Co-Founders Brigitte & Robert McKinnon travelled to Kingston, Ontario to visit some of our youngest supporters at École Secondaire Marie-Rivier. For the past 5 years, these high school students have been committed to selling the...
by admin | Apr 11, 2014 | All, News, Peru 2014
What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been! Returning from our 2014 trip to Peru in the last week of March, Co-Founder Brigitte and the rest of the Pure Art team were thrilled to discover that, through the incredible support of all our voters, Brigitte had been...