HELP FOR HAITI

Bolton St Catherine’s Academy’s School Council have raised a huge amount of money selling cakes in aid of the earthquake disaster in Haiti.

In Haiti, there has been a terrible earthquake, meaning deaths, injuries and heart breaking moments for children who have lost their parents.

The minute-long quake was felt all over the island and reached 7.0 on the Richter scale, which measures the strength of the tremors.

Lots of buildings, including the national palace and a hospital in capital Port-au-Prince, were destroyed.

Aid agency, the Red Cross, say that as many as three million people could have been affected by the quake. Saffron Clegg, year 5, came up with the idea to raise some money and send it over to Haiti to help them.

She approached Bethany and Tomiwa, her class representatives, who put the idea forward at the next meeting.

The school council members decided that it was a fantastic idea and that they would decorate and sell cakes for the appeal. The money will be used to replace water pipes, homes, shops, schools, hospitals and to make sure that the children who have lost their families have somewhere to stay and enough food to eat.

Mr Hill and Mrs Renshaw, who help the school council, have been busy getting cakes and decorating ingredients, which have been kindly donated and made by the teachers.

Everyone we interviewed about the cakes commented that they were really yummy. Mr Hill’s favourite cake was the “Marshmallow Mountain”, made by Mrs Hill, which Mrs Tinsley was heard saying, “That is the best cake I have ever tasted in my life!”.

Mrs Renshaw commented on how proud she was of the school council members for being so dedicated in taking action to help people on the other side of the world.

With donations from teachers, friends of the school, and money raised from selling cakes, the school council has managed to raise £360.00 in total and has sent it off to Haiti.

As a special thank-you for buying so many cakes and raising so much money in just one week, a fabulous platter of cakes was put together for one lucky winner. The names of people who had bought cakes during the week were put into a hat and one was drawn in the Friday Celebration assembly. Ashleigh, year 4, was the winner of the platter.