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CANADA PROJECT
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Empowering the children
What's it all about?
Salish Sea Stones project began in 2020, when the Founder, Pete Shepherd, started collecting sea stones from the Salish shore on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. He then hand decorated each one individually and sold them on to raise awareness, money and support for First Nations children.
His long term vision is to empower the local First Nation youth to create their own stone art and take over the project for themselves.
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The stones that the children create are sold by local outlets partnered with the charity. Funds generated are initially used to purchase materials required to create the stones, with all remaining donated funds being allocated to First Nations educational and sports programs, then to our partners in hospitals, paediatric units and transition houses.
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You can make your donation to our cause today, here:
Who's it for?
We are now approaching local Vancouver Island First Nations schools to bring our vision to life.
Pete Shepherd teaches the teachers and students the whole process of how to create his unique form of stone art, so that they can produce the stones themselves.
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Then we sell the stone art that the children produce by approaching outlets in their local communities. All of the money made goes back to the children or helps local children in need.”
Most of these schools are a mix of First Nations and non-First Nations students, which allows for collaboration between these groups of students and further understanding of each other’s cultures in a more in depth way. This is all in keeping with the principles of Salish Sea Stones trying to empower First Nations children.
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If you would like to get your school involved, please Contact Us
What are the benefits?
This project aims to empower the children, seeing their confidence grow. Each student will have different strengths to bring to the project, so we would like to give them a chance to shine and also encourage them to learn new skills.
There are many parts to the stone art process:
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The stone collection
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The painting and assembly processes
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The intricate, personalisation of the stones
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The marketing of the stones to find homes for them
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Therefore the students can choose which part of the process they would like to be involved in to nurture their confidence, learn new skills, work as a team and grow business skills.
We will also be encouraging the students to create their own art to put on the stones.
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If you would like to get your school involved, please Contact Us