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By Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Laval commuters dug into their pockets, Christmas Eve and New Year\u2019s Eve, to help buy breakfasts for underprivileged children.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir generosity was astounding,\u201d said Laval transit authority spokeswoman Marie-C\u00e9line Bourgault, of the nearly $9,000 in cash collected aboard city buses during those two nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Laval<\/i> (STL) offers free fares to whomever wants to take the bus Dec. 24 and 31,\u201d she explained. \u201cThe aim is to discourage residents from driving after they have consumed too much alcohol during the festivities\u2014but we invite people instead to donate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money is given to Centre de b\u00e9n\u00e9volat de Laval, which helps young pupils who don\u2019t have a chance to have breakfast in the morning,\u201d Bourgault told The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cThey provide breakfast each morning at Laval schools to help them start their day out right so that they can concentrate better on their studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collection was the brainchild of STL\u2019s Boomerang committee, founded in 2002 by transit authority staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Boomerang committee organizes various employee activities,\u201d Bourgault said. \u201cWe donate whatever surplus is left over from conducting those activities to Centre b\u00e9n\u00e9volat de Laval.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe money is distributed to English and French schools all over \u00cele J\u00e9sus where they know that there are underprivileged children,\u201d she concluded.
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