I Love First Peoples organization holds shoebox charity drive – Queen’s Journal

Starting this month, Canada’s I Love First Peoples (ILFP) Kingston chapter is accepting gift-filled shoebox donations for Indigenous youth.

ILFP is a registered Canadian non-profit organization focused on empowering Indigenous youth to stay in school. Currently, ILFP’s projects reach remote communities and promote education through donations and awareness campaigns.

“This is our first ever shoebox drive,” Kingston chapter President Nilita Sood told The Journal in an interview.

Following a visit to Winnipeg where she witnessed the suffering of First Nations peoples who lived on the streets of the city, Josée Lusignan founded ILFP in 2013. She returned to Quebec and began her engagement with the community of Rapid Lake.

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