{"id":138114,"date":"2025-09-06T23:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138114\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:07:06","slug":"pay-it-forward-saanich-donates-computers-to-wsanec-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138114\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay it forward: Saanich donates computers to WSANEC school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The district donated nearly 50 desktop computers, along with 60 new mice and keyboards<\/p>\n<p>Saanich has donated nearly 50 desktop computers, along with 60 new mice and keyboards, to WSANEC LAUWELNEW Elementary School ahead of the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>Saanich chief information officer Trevor Hurst said the district was inspired to act after joining the WSANEC Leadership Council in a recent naming ceremony at PKOLS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is more important than a good education, so it\u2019s important that as a district we take every opportunity to support students in their pursuit of knowledge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>WSANEC school board chair Chief Don Tom welcomed the donation, calling it an important step in reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is the first of many to reconcile our histories,\u201d Tom said. \u201cThis will serve our students and the modern demand for technology in education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The donation stems from a 2021 memorandum of understanding between Saanich and the WSANEC Leadership Council, which formalized collaboration on areas including land, economic development, protection of ancestral sites and public education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The district donated nearly 50 desktop computers, along with 60 new mice and keyboards Saanich has donated nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,86265,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-138114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-donationindigenoussaanich","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}