Undercurrent Seeking Donations

by Dave DesveauxJuly 20, 2017

The director of two local youth centres is asking people to sponsor a child as his organization tries to get enough food to feed the children they see.

Dave Sawler runs the Undercurrent Youth Centre in Glace Bay and Sydney.

He says many of the kids who show up at both facilities have been on the streets all day and are hungry, but he adds stable funding is needed to be able to feed them.

Sawler goes on to say they’re starting a sponsorship program where people can adopt a child for 35 dollars a month, and 90 dollars a month will be able to support a family of children.

Sawler estimates the centre in Glace Bay sees about 400 kids a week, while about 200 use the centre in Sydney that opened in February.

Dave Desveaux

Dave Desveaux, a native of New Waterford leverages his experience and passion for research in The Coast 89.7 Newsroom where as the Weekday Newscaster. His foray into radio began with a research position at The Coast, which led to the production of a radio documentary on the music of the Mi’kmaq people. The program, entitled “First Nations, First Music” was co-produced with fellow Coast personality Ron Neville and released in early 2011. A graduate of Breton Education Centre, Dave went on to get a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Cape Breton University, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Dalhousie, and in various short-term customer service and research positions.

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