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Showing posts with label donations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label donations. Show all posts

Monday, 2 April 2007

IT'S 'PIG' DAY!!


Today, at last, was 'PIG' Day!

All Lent, we have been donating money to PROJECT COMPASSION, to help families in Vietnam buy pigs. So that's why we had a 'PIG' Day.

We dressed up in pink or like pigs.


Each class paraded around so we could look at everyone's costumes.

Even the teachers had costumes.

Mrs M was all in pink, with 'pig' ears, and a 'pig' nose.






She even had a 'pig' tail!





Mrs R from CARITAS gave each class a certificate to thank us for all the money we have raised.
The whole school total was $3547.75!








That means 64 pigs and 16 families like Y Re's will get 4 pigs each. Then they can fatten them up, sell them and get money to buy fruit and vegetable seeds.


Flynn won the prize for the 'BEST' pig costume in 1M. He got a 'pig' toy to hang off his school bag.
Callum and Naomi got 'pig' stickers for coming 2nd and 3rd.




Mrs M won a 'pig' mug for having the BEST 'pig' costume by a TEACHER!

We really liked Mrs M's 'pig' nose and we wouldn't let her take it off until after snack!




We think 'PIG' Day was a good idea and we liked being able to help the poor people in a FUN way.

Monday, 19 March 2007

ANOTHER PROJECT COMPASSION UPDATE


Mrs M was right! Our whole school donation to Project Compassion so far is over $1000!
The Justice Team told us at Parade this morning, that the total is $1456.80!




Callum and Courtney placed pigs in the pigsty. Altogether there were 25 pigs!
That's 6 families in Vietnam we have helped. They get 4 pigs each!
We are going to work together as a team to bring in our iceblock money and pocket money so we can get to $2000!

Friday, 2 March 2007

PROJECT COMPASSION








Yesterday we went to the church for the PROJECT COMPASSION launch.
We listened to the 'JUSTICE TEAM' tell us about how we could help poor people in our world.
Each class was given a PROJECT COMPASSION BOX.
We put ours on our prayer table.
WE hope we can raise lots of money for the poor.
Some of us are going to give up our 'iceblock money' and others are going to do extra jobs at home.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?