Return to the Park

Yesterday, September the 8^{th 2015}, we completed our second Welcome Walk around the Beveridge Park to raise money for the Welcome School in South Africa. All of the pupils at Balwearie High School participated in this walk in order to fund money which will go to a good cause.

Two years ago Balwearie pupils completed their first 5k Welcome Walk around the park and managed to raise an amazing total of £12,000. This was raised by all the pupils donating money so the Welcome School could build a library for their pupils and also pay for teachers. This year’s walk started off by me and many others counting all the donations that had been brought in and also sorting out all the sponsor forms. After a good while doing this we reached £9,000, however this is not our total as more donations are still getting counted. The walk started in the afternoon with many people dressed up in fancy dress holding up banners and flags as they started the walk. The teachers were driving around on golf buggies making the walk much more exciting and fun. As we walked around the park many banners tied to trees were spotted. The banner that my global citizenship class made that was on a tree was one that had ‘We Can Make A Difference’ on it in bright South African colours. The pupils enjoyed the walk and were very enthusiastic about it and also felt proud of what they were doing to help out another school. It shows that we can make a difference for others by organising a walk around a park allowing people to get dressed up, being with friends and just having fun and enjoying what they are doing for a less fortunate school.