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Graduating Côte St-Luc high school students rally to help seniors in their community

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Graduating students at Bialik High School in Côte St-Luc took a break from studying Friday morning to team up with parents and teachers to give back to the community.

They converged at the IGA supermarket at the Côte St-Luc Shopping Centre at 8:30 to pack and deliver groceries for seniors. Students say they have been looking forward to it. “I think everybody really wants to help in this pandemic,” said student Jacqueline Lisbona. “We want to do something.

We all want to do something.” It was organized in partnership with Nellie Philanthropy Foundation which, for weeks, has been helping out seniors who are shut in because of COVID-19 restrictions. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “We mobilized our

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