聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥淟earn a fact; be a lifesaver鈥� is a tag line promoted by a new student-led group at the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute called GLOW, which stands for 鈥済ay, lesbian or whoever.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A gay-straight alliance club, it began in the spring and immediately focused on coming up with a name and figuring out what it wanted to be about, said a release from the club.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭his year we have about eight students who are part of the group,鈥� the release said. 鈥淲e meet once every six-day cycle.鈥�
The group has decided that it wants to focus on awareness and promote a positive way of thinking towards all people, it said. 鈥淪o far this year we held a bake sale to fundraise, and some of the proceeds from our bake sale went towards purchasing a banner that was used in the Santa Claus parade and we use it at school during our events.鈥�
On December 1, the GLOW club held an AIDS awareness activity to support World AIDS day. Students made posters of different facts about HIV/AIDS and hung them up around the school. During the lunch break students were encouraged to seek out a poster, learn a fact and come present their knowledge to the GLOW club.
When a fact was stated by a student to the club, he or she would then receive a Lifesaver candy in step with the club鈥檚 tag line of: "learn a fact; be a lifesaver."
鈥淎s a group we are hoping to do some more awareness activities throughout the year,鈥� the release said.
The advisors for this club are Julie Gareau and Michelle Guillet.
