Money talks!
 As part of the St Ambrose RE programme, a series of speakers from all walks of life talk to the pupils on a range of subjects.
This year, after a senior member of staff became aware of The Sunday Post’s campaign, the school invited a representative from the Children’s Hospice
Association Scotland along to speak.
Now the results speak for themselves.
Mrs Margaret Boyle, principal teacher of the school’s RE department, said, “We have a charities committee and each year the children get involved.
“In our senior school in particular, we are very focused on this and like to encourage citizenship among the pupils.
Extremely moving
“This year we asked someone from CHAS to come and speak. The pupils all found the talk extremely moving and were keen to do something to contribute.”
Since the boys and girls in every year group are involved in fund-raising activities at different times, the school came up with an idea that would make sure every pupil was in for a penny, in for a pound.
They decided to make use of money already raised from a multitude of events, including quizzes, staff dressing up, various sponsored events and cake and candy sales.
Mrs Boyle explained, “As our school has the biggest roll in North Lanarkshire, with 1404 pupils in total, we decided we would donate that amount.
“This way every pupil is making an equal contribution of £1 per head.”
Great stuff. But, while the credit goes to the St Ambrose pupils, credit must also go to a group of people who work tirelessly, but very effectively, for CHAS.
There is a small army of representatives who go out to schools, clubs, businesses or any organisation and tell people exactly what goes on at a children’s hospice.Very often, these talks inspire listeners to almost Herculean efforts to help.
CHAS spokeswoman Morag Rhodes said, “We have more than 80 volunteers who go out to raise awareness of the Association and they do a truly wonderful job.
“We give them training and have them back on a regular basis to update them on what’s happening at Rachel House and with the Association as a whole.
“The people who do it often have an interest in public speaking and, from time to time, we have speakers’ workshops for them.
“When schools or organisations get in touch, we arrange for one of our speakers to go and visit.
“They then explain what CHAS is all about, how we are funded and why we need a second hospice in Scotland. Their work is invaluable to us.
“It’s great when, as with St Ambrose High School, a talk has inspired such a wonderful effort.” |
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The St Ambrose pupils with some of the
