Youth Philanthropy Initiative
At the end of last term, our Upper Fourth girls held a big fundraising event for the four charities that they had selected in their YPI - Youth Philanthropy Initiative - project. They managed to raise almost £750 which will be divided equally between the four charities, Dreamz4U, CHAS, Glenfarg RDA, Perth Autism.
Funded and managed in Scotland by the Wood Family Trust, and supported by the Gannochy Trust, Scottish Hydro and Bank of Scotland, The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative aims to engage young people in social change and empower them to participate in the growing of compassionate communities. The initiative fit beautifully with this year’s Sacred Heart goal of ‘Social Awareness that Impels to Action’, and our U4 girls have certainly exemplified the Sacred Heart goals in their passionate support for their chosen charities.
As U4 Moncreiffe wrote in their letter to the beneficiary charities:
We started the day by having a home-clothes day, and nearly everyone in the senior school participated – giving us £1 per person. At break time there were two bake sales which were very popular and one at lunchtime. At lunchtime we had a sponge-throwing event. We had a line of teachers and people threw sponges at them. It was a terrific event and the girls (in Moncreiffe) even poured a bucket of water over one of the teachers! Besides the sponge-throwing event there was face painting, which turned out to be a great success as well. Each charity will receive £185 and we hope this will at least be able to help you a little bit. We had great fun raising this money and hopefully we will be able to raise some for you in the future.
Well done to U4, all the girls who participated, and our teachers who braved the sponge-throwing!
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