Today our whole school participated in a marathon run to raise funds for the Little Heroes Foundation.

Our SLEG group organised the fundraising event with Mrs Gillespie. Each student was given a sponsor sheet and asked to collect donations and sponsors for the laps they completed during our marathon run.

Today our class went our with their Buddy Class and completed as many laps as we could. We ran at 12.20pm and it was a very warm day for running laps in a marathon. Some of our class and our buddies chose to dress up as heroes or community heroes, for example – nurses, doctors, lots of runner wore capes. We ran laps of the oval and netball court for about half an hour, collecting pop sticks for each lap we finished. We had a sausage sizzle barbecue for lunch as the whole school sat together on the oval. Two people Tim and Amelia, talked to us about the Little Heroes Foundation and why they raise money and what they do with that money.

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From the Little Heroes Foundation website:

Children are the inspiration behind Little Heroes Foundation  and as a result we are constantly considering projects towards which we are able to direct our funding. Sporting champions are the driving force behind our fundraising activities; working tirelessly to provide time, signature memorabilia and personal appearances for each and every fundraising event on our calendar.

Our funding programs are directed primarily to urgently needed medical facilities and treatment equipment, and ‘Life After Diagnosis’ child and family support programs relative to childhood cancer and serious illness.

 
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the SLEG group and Mrs Gillespie for organising today.

What types of fundraising activities do you do in your school?