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By Tracey Arial<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In honour of its 35th anniversary, Toujours Ensemble will hold its first ever Open House on Saturday, May 3 from 1-4 p.m.. The celebration honours its many programs that help students stay in school. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be homework help, crafts, cooking, board games and even a bicycle repair workshop,\u201d said executive director Rachel Renaud. \u201cWe want to show the community what goes on behind closed doors.\u201d <\/p>\n

Activities will take place in two buildings: the Marcelle and Jean Coutu Academic Perseverance Centre at 601 Second Avenue and the Carolyn Hayes Renaud building at 4926 Verdun. <\/p>\n

Renaud says she hopes that the celebration will attract more volunteers who can work with the teens who seek out its help. <\/p>\n

She really wants to expand Toujours Ensemble\u2019s reach so that Verdun\u2019s dropout figures will be lower than they\u2019ve been in the past. According to the Centre local de d\u00e9veloppement de Verdun, <\/i>56.2 per cent of boys and 43.2 per cent of girls registered at Monseigneur Richard for the 2006-2007 school year dropped out of school. At Beurling Academy, the rates were 35.7 per cent for boys and 24.1 percent for girls. <\/p>\n

Renaud is confident that things are changing, in part because more than 50 students will graduate with their help this year. The figure is a landmark in the organization\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time ever, we\u2019ll be holding our graduation at Verdun\u2019s Borough Hall,\u201d said Renaud. \u201cWe want everyone in Verdun to celebrate this success with us.\u201d <\/p>\n

Toujours Ensemble has also just launched a pilot program to teach literacy to younger students in Grades 1-3. By creating a love for reading in younger children, perhaps the same children won\u2019t need homework help when they become teens. <\/p>\n

To do all this, the organization needs more donors, so Renaud has created a \u201c$36 for 35 years\u201d campaign that she says is already gaining momentum. Her team is also beginning to explore social media. <\/p>\n

\u201cHave you liked our Facebook page yet?\u201d said Renaud. \u201cWe\u2019re up to more than a thousand people.\u201d
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