
Wanted — 1,000 big hearts for our kids
CLICK was $60,000 short of a million dollars directed to programs. A thousand people giving $60 each would close the gap.

CLICK was $60,000 short of a million dollars directed to programs. A thousand people giving $60 each would close the gap.

An inner city teacher and a Vancouver lawyer on why they give: people supported them throughout their lives, and one in five children in this city lives in poverty.

Eight sites across Vancouver, 120 kids a week, and for many of them the snack is the main meal of the day. CLICK's support goes to the food.

With their season halted by COVID-19, Vancouver's Traffic Ultimate spent the off-field time on anti-racism work — then turned it into an event with Chief Lara Mussell Savage that raised over $2,000 for CLICK.

CLICK's first year disbursed $6,000. In 2021 the running total is closing on $1 million — from a $5-a-month anonymous donor to five-figure sustaining gifts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit working poor families the hardest – and the one in five children living in poverty in Vancouver need your help more than ever.

Brenda Penton, a long-time east Vancouver advocate and CLICK board member since 2010, takes over from Jaclyn Tsang — with a million-dollar milestone in her first year.

In 2004, CLICK's first year, seven programs shared $9,000. By 2020 the running total stood at $825,000 across 530 programs — all on volunteer power.

"In these challenging times, all kids need our help more than ever" — CLICK's Spring 2020 newsletter, available as a PDF.

Physical distancing cancelled the kick-off, the tug of war and Definitely Not a Gala. CLICK spent the week instead on the families the pandemic hit hardest.