Month: March 2011

Back in high school, I took a course on entrepreneurship in which we created and ran our own company. At the beginning our goal was to make and keep as much money as possible. However, our teacher strongly suggested that we donate a fracture of profits to a charity. Therefore we chose the Suneeta Bains Foundation which was established by suneeta(our friend and classmate)’s parents after she passed away from leukemia . The purpose of the foundation is to help families in Surrey that are fighting against cancer. Suneeta’s father came in one day and talked about what their family have gone through and how the society helped them to surpass the tragedy. The pain that they have gone through is more than we could imagine. He thanked us over and over again for putting in the time and efforts to help other families. The talk was so heartbreaking that we agreed to donate all of our profits to the foundation. At the end of the course when we presented the cheque to Suneeta’s father, we felt so proud and satisfied about our accomplishment. We all want money to satisfy our own needs because it feels good. However, I learned that helping others can be more satisfying than anything else in the world.

The following is an article from School District No.36 website about our cheque presentation to Suneeta’s father

Cynthia Su, president of Johnston Heights’ entrepreneurship class and button business called Just-Us League, presents a cheque for $740 to Suneeta Bains father Avtar Bains. The money raised and donated by Just-Us League will be used for the Suneeta Bains Trust, established to aid families dealing with cancer.

Johnston Heights grads remember former classmate with trust fund

When 21 students were brainstorming ways to use funds earned through their Grade 12 entrepreneurship class business, they thought of former classmate Suneeta Bains who succumbed to leukemia at the beginning of Grade 10.

Suneeta was a classmate of many of the graduating students for many years, beginning in Surrey’s Berkshire Park elementary. Despite her illness, Suneeta was always smiling and had a way of making those around her feel important.

The students raised $740 from their button business called Just-Us League, and donated the money to the Suneeta Bains Trust, established to aid families dealing with cancer. The cheque was formally given to Suneeta’s father Avtar Bains on June 2, with Surrey Memorial Hospital head of oncology Dr. Derek Prevost also in attendance.

One of my weaknesses is that I am never confident about what I do. Over the past few months I have been constantly doubting myself. “Can I pass this course?”or”am I good enough to stay at Sauder.” All of these doubts made my first semester at Sauder very difficult. In the second semester, we were told to prepare for an interview which brought back the memories from my grade 10 planing class where I had my very first interview. I was so nervous and scared that I could not open my mouth at the beginning. In order to do better on this one, I paid extra attention in class and went through my interview with one of the TAs. Finally, it was my turn to do the actual interview. Just like what happened in grade 10, I kept blanking out and repeating words like eh or um at the beginning. After a few minutes I realized that I cannot let the history repeat itself again. So I took a few seconds to collect my thoughts and reminded myself to just relax and be confident like what the TA had told me to do. I noticed a dramatic change about the way I talk after that. I was more confident and it was actually the first time that I felt like an business woman. It is not the matter of what I can or cannot do. I am capable of doing anything (but nothing bad…) if I believe in myself. I am glad that this course elicited the confidence within in me.