On Friday, December 12, students at École secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury (ESCRH) were collecting to help victims of a recent fire.
On November 29, a fire at a United Counties of Prescott and Russell public housing apartment complex on Portelance Avenue in Hawkesbury left the residents of 31 apartments without homes.
Noémie Crete, Veronique Lemieux, and Madison Pépin are students in the Grade 9 and 10 leadership class at ESCRH and were collecting cash donations for items to assist the fire victims at the entrance to the caisse populaire in Hawkesbury on Friday.
