The radio marathon that took place last weekend and aimed at raising $150,000 dollars for the schools of Greater Montreal’s Greek community, turned out to be an enormous financial success with many willing participants. Money generated wil be donated to both the daily schools “Socrates” and “Demosthenes” and those which are open only on Saturdays (“Aristotle”, “Plato-Homer”, and “Saint Nicholas”). The appeal from the fundraising committee under the presidency of Orpheus Vosniadis was realized through radio stations CFMB and Radio–Centre Ville. The purpose of this action was to financially support the Greek schools of the area, the funding of which the Canadian government had a 40% decrease during the past years.
First Vice Chairman of the Inter-parliamentary Committee for Hellenes Abroad, federal MPs Thomas Mulcair and Greek Niki Ashton, Quebec Assembly member Gerry Sklavounos, Montreal city councilor Mary Deros and other important Greeks and citizens mentioned that there must be support for Greek schools by the community and also the governments of Greece, Canada and Quebec. The schools of the Greek community of Montreal face serious financial problems, but there is also a deficiency of Greek language teachers. That’s why they call for the Education Ministry of Greece to continue sending educational personnel.
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