EF Academy Oxford raise money for Children in Need
Recently a group of students organized a number of very successful fundraising activities to support Children in Need, making a grand total 0f £322. Here, first year Cassy Le describes how they did this:
The Children In Need (CIN) 2015 committee put together a series of fun activities during a week for students as well as teachers to raise money for the national charity BBC Children in Need.
We organized these activities to attempt to get as many students involved as possible and keep it interesting for everyone but most importantly to raise awareness on the issue.
Our main event was Pajamas Day on Friday the 20th of November. Every student was asked to come in pajamas at school for the day and those who didn’t were required to make a donation. The activity had a great reception and many donated either way which is amazing!
But it doesn’t stop there! On the same day, we got teachers to volunteer to another fun activity. Students were able to buy some plates with whipped cream on and throw it on their teachers. We all found it hilarious and it was really fun to see so many have a good time whilst helping us by donating!
Along with these activities, we had several other things. Some of us were selling snacks, making and selling bracelets, organizing movie and pizza nights as well as having a table tennis competition with a special betting system. All the money obviously went to the charity.
As a dare, two boys from second year were appointed the CIN 2015 mascots, which meant that if we managed to raise over £150, they would have to dress up as Ana and Elsa (from Disney’s Frozen), makeup and dresses on and walk around the school for the day. And guess what? We did it! Thanks to everyone who participated, we managed to collect well over that sum and there were two princesses walking around the school for the day!
All in all, the activities were very successful and we would like to thank everyone who made a donation and helped us make this possible!
Originally published December 4, 2015.