In 2020, students helped raise money to protect a Canadian island from development; Chip Wilson’s family foundation later donated C$4 million to protect three islands

In 2020, a small British Columbia charity gave itself an almost impossible deadline: it had to raise enough money to buy a private island before its owner sold it to developers. What began as a modest local campaign, boosted in part by a group of high school students, eventually led to a major conservation gift after Lululemon founder Chip Wilson agreed to match every dollar raised.

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