Superpower Your School Contest winners announced
TORONTO, April 22, 2015 /CNW/ - Staples Canada today announced the winners of
the 2015 Staples Canada Superpower Your School Contest. The
contest, held in collaboration with Earth
Day Canada, was open to publicly-funded elementary and
secondary schools across Canada
and ran from January 5, 2015 to
January 31, 2015. Close to 600
schools submitted entries detailing their environmental
initiatives. Ten schools, two from each region, have been selected
to receive $25,000 each towards the
purchase of new technology from Staples
Canada.
Ontario
- Elementary: St. Agatha Catholic School, Scarborough, ON
- Secondary : Saunders Secondary School, London, ON
Western Region
- Elementary: Beaverlodge School, Winnipeg, MB
- Secondary: Argyle Alternative High School, Winnipeg, MB
British Columbia
- Elementary: Kinnaird Elementary School, Castlegar, BC
- Secondary : Smithers Secondary School, Smithers, BC
Quebec
- Elementary: École Notre-Dame-des-Rapides, Lasalle, QC
- Secondary: École Arthur Pigeon,
Huntingdon, QC
Atlantic Region
- Elementary: Immaculate Heart of Mary
School, Corner Brook,
NL
- Secondary : Sussex Regional High School, Sussex NB
Each school was told they won during surprise assemblies held in
March and early April.
"The ten winning schools are as passionate about innovating to
make a difference as we are," said Steve
Matyas, president of Staples
Canada. "By giving them the power to learn using the latest
technology, the schools now have the ability to make an even
greater impact."
"We congratulate these outstanding winners for their commitment
to making Earth Day Every Day in
their schools and local communities," said Deborah Doncaster, president of Earth Day Canada. "We were particularly inspired
by their highly innovative initiatives, which have had positive
environmental impacts far beyond the individual school grounds. We
are excited to learn about how the schools will use the new
technology to further their environmental efforts."
Staples Canada and Bullfrog
Power will also bullfrogpower® the new technology at each school
with 100% clean, pollution-free energy for one year.
The contest, previously known as the Staples Canada Recycle for
Education Computer Lab Contest, is now in its fifth year and has
previously awarded 40 environmentally conscious schools the latest
technology to empower students to learn and nurture their passion
for the environment.
For more information, including the winning schools' entry
summaries, visit staples.ca/powereco.
About Staples
Staples makes it easy to make more happen with
more products and more ways to shop. Through its world-class
retail, online and delivery capabilities, Staples lets customers shop however and
whenever they want, whether it's in-store, online, on mobile
devices, or through the company's innovative buy online, pick-up in
store option. Staples offers more
products than ever, such as technology, facilities and breakroom
supplies, furniture, safety supplies, medical supplies, and Copy
and Print services. Headquartered outside of Boston in the United
States with offices in Toronto,
Canada, Staples operates
throughout North and South
America, Europe,
Asia, Australia and New Zealand. More
information about Staples (Nasdaq:
SPLS) is available at www.staples.com and
www.staples.ca.
About Earth Day Canada
Earth Day Canada's mission is to
foster and celebrate environmental respect, action and behaviour
change that lessens our impact on the earth. The national
environmental charity does this through year-round campaigns that
culminate in an international day of environmental action -
April 22nd - that touches the lives
of millions of Canadians, including virtually every school-aged
child. April 22nd, 2015 marks the
launch of 'Earth Day Every Day', a
national framework helping Canadians reduce their carbon footprint
20% by 2020 via an online, mobile friendly platform. Commit to
green acts, share your profile and achievements, and be recognized
for making good green choices! www.earthday2015.ca
SOURCE Staples Canada Inc.