Save your pennies —
and raise millions
Interesting shapes
 These can be laid end to end, they can meander down corridors and around classrooms, or they can be organised into interesting shapes and sizes in the school gym or playground.
The aim is to collect 2800 miles of coins. That’s 220 million pennies in all, enough to reach from Scotland to beyond the pyramids in Egypt!
And all those pennies would boost our appeal by a whopping £2.2 million.
John Rea, CHAS’s Director of Fundraising, said, “Every child in Scotland will have a chance to play their part in helping to establish our desperately-needed new children’s hospice for Scotland.
“We hope as many schools as possible will take part and that parents and relatives will help by digging out their small change.
“It’s such an easy and fun way to support our appeal. And thanks to sponsorship from Sprints, a schools mobile phone and printer cartridge recycling scheme, literally every penny raised will go directly to the appeal.”
Each school taking part will receive a certificate showing how much money they raise and every month, until June, the school which raises the most money per pupil will win £100 worth of educational equipment from the Sprints website.
Each month’s winning school will also be featured in The Sunday Post and on the CHAS website.
Pupils from Vale of Leven Academy and Renton Primary were on hand to launch the campaign last week. Vale of Leven headmaster Terry Lanagan, said, “The pupils at our school have already been raising money for The Sunday Post CHAS appeal by organising collections, fund-raising events and a bric-a-brac sale.
Good thing
“Anything that helps raise awareness of the campaign has to be a good thing and I think the Penny Mile Challenge is an excellent idea.”
Karen Docherty, headmistress at Renton Primary, echoed those thoughts. She said, “Our school has already featured in The Sunday Post CHAS pages after we raised £1500 for the appeal. The Penny Mile Challenge is certainly an exciting and innovative idea.” |
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From left, Kevin McAdam, Rachael Kydd, 
