Bike-a-thon Silent Auction

For Scona's 2024 initiative, we are fundraising to help the Zebra Centre. The Zebra Centre's goal is to help children who have or are going through any form of abuse and advocate for them. 100% of the proceeds we make from this auction and the Bike-a-thon will be going towards the Zebra Centre in helping them relocate after they had an unfortunate fire last year and also provide more resources.

The Zebra Centre serves children and youth who have been impacted by abuse, supporting them through the investigative, justice and healing process with a continuum of multi-disciplinary resources. The Zebra Centre was the first Child Advocacy Centre in Canada and supported 4,272 children and youth in 2022.

Their approach has been considered innovative since day one – bringing diverse partners together in one child-friendly place to collaborate, ensuring no child falls through the cracks and that every child can receive a continuum of support. They often hear from community members and even other organizations how impactful it is to demonstrate that by partnering together, we can make a greater difference. Children and youth come to the Zebra Centre for a variety of reasons after experiencing abuse or harm such as to disclose their story of abuse, prepare for court or to receive mental health support. Because the Zebra Centre exists, children don't have to go to “scary”, grown up places such as police stations and cold administrative offices.

Since 2008, Strathcona High School has been raising funds every year for a different cause. This year, we are working with the Zebra Centre! On March 15, 2024 we will be doing a 24 hour bike-a-thon in order to try and raise $---. To help reach that goal, our community has been generous enough to donate items to auction!