Fundraising for this year’s ‘Habitat for Humanity’ house
building project is well under way. The twenty pupils and five staff travelling
to Zambia next June need to fund-raise an ambitious €75,000 and are coming up
with some imaginative ways to reach their personal target. Some of the
fundraising activities this term have included: making and selling Christmas
cards; a garden opening; a jumbo bake sale; coffee mornings; busking; selling
traditional Kenyan trousers; a “mufti” day (no uniform day); a gala dinner
& auction; a comedy night; selling candy canes and a car wash. We are also
very grateful for a huge number of personal and corporate donations to the
cause. A particular note to team members
Arthur Moffit, who raised nearly €3000 at a recently held garden opening,
Charlotte Cooper, who raised over €1000 at a comedy night, Sadhbh Sheeran, who
raised over €2500 at a coffee morning and to John & Sam Clarke who
fundraised over €8000 recently by organising a gala dinner and auction. To date
the team have reached just over €23,000 altogether.
Of course, there is still a long way to go but we are
confident we can reach our target. More fundraising activities are planned for
the holiday period and for next term, including an ambitious 300 kilometre
cycle from St. Columba’s in Dublin to our name sake in Donegal. Stay tuned to
the SCC Habitat twitter account or visit the
SCC Habitat Blog (which admittedly has
been a little quiet of late) for more information. You can donate to the SCC Habitat project online here.
