It seems to trivialize the work we do with charities by putting them all under one heading, but as this blog is new and I am rapidly running out of time to submit, I am going to squash them into one post.
It also might give the reader a good idea of how may charities we support throughout the year.
our focused theme this year was COMMUNITY AND HERITAGE so we put a lot of effort into maintaining our original charities as well as adding more
Our regular charities that we have been supporting for awhile now are CHOC and Peas and Carrots as well as Slipper Day and Hero Day. We started with one and then added onto our list over the course of about 10 years. We have weekly collections on Thursdays and each term is dedicated to a specific charity.
But we thoughrally encourage our parents to bring new ideas to us and this year provided us with more then a few once off fundraising oppourtunities.
We collected clothing and household items for the Knysna Rd Informal Settlement through a group called the Love and Hope Project
We collected scarves at the end of autumn and distributed them in the Cato Manor community just adjacent to us and we are ending the year by supporting the Santa's Shoe Box project which requires us to fill a box with essential items that a child will need in the coming year
The children are very keen to support the charities that we put forward to them as they have interacted amongst our community more and more and are aware of how much need is out there.
Bi-annually we invite the children from the Open Air School to come and visit so that our children get the benefit of learning to play and assist those with difficulties and the Open Air children get the benefit of our facilities for the day (which have been modified to accommodate their needs). These visits are greatly anticipated by both schools.
The children are very keen to support the charities that we put forward to them as they have interacted amongst our community more and more and are aware of how much need is out there.
Bi-annually we invite the children from the Open Air School to come and visit so that our children get the benefit of learning to play and assist those with difficulties and the Open Air children get the benefit of our facilities for the day (which have been modified to accommodate their needs). These visits are greatly anticipated by both schools.
Of all the themes outlined by the eco-schools program, I think that community and heritage best describes Glenridge pre primary. Its the theme that we seem to rise up to time and time again.
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