Several groups focused on ways to help in their local, or national, community with projects such as:
- raising money to buy colouring books and pencils for the children's ward at our local hospital
- rejuvenating our vegetable garden at school
- organising suitable games to include our supported learning students in some special PE sessions
My group was keen to raise money to send to Nepal. We made a valiant effort selling hotdogs and garlic bread (out of the leftover hotdog buns), and a "lolly-lottery", and tried desperately to get donations of goods. We were pleased with the positive responses from the businesses we approached - although they did not work out well in terms of helping with our fund-raising, in almost all cases they explained that they choose to support one charity themselves. It is good to know that so many people are doing something.
As a school where many families are struggling financially themselves, it was very difficult to sell our goods and we decided that the amount of effort required for a minimal return was probably not worth it. We then thought about other ways we could help. We heard about another school who have been knitting for knit-a-square.com and decided we could have a go. Although it wasn't for Nepal, we decided that the most important thing is that we all do something to help those less fortunate. This project appealed to the students as it directly assists orphaned children. More about this soon.
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