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Saltus Students Raise over $10,000 for Bermuda Red Cross 1/22/2010
Saltus students and staff from all three departments responded to the needs of earthquake victims in Haiti with a Grub Day on January 15th for the Bermuda Red Cross Haitian Earthquake Appeal. The response was amazing! When all the donations were counted the incredible total was just over $10,000! ($10,027.33 to be exact.)
This fantastic total included some individual efforts over the weekend. Seven-year old Jack Monaghan in S3 held a bake sale with his father selling goodies (which Jack helped bake) to Southampton golfers raising $500 for the Haitian Relief fund. Jack came up with this idea and was out there from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; he was helped by younger sister Sydney (S1), and friends Alexis Richard (S1) and Robert Bart (FY). Another Saltus Upper Primary student, S5 Tucker Paris, helped pick and sell grapefruit on the weekend (with his father matching what he raised) collecting $120 for Haitian Relief, and, as there are still more grapefruit available, he is sure to raise additional funds. Lower Primary student Morgan Rossiter (S2) dug deep and gave $20 from her “piggy bank” for her contribution to Friday’s Grub Day.
For the remainder of January, the Saltus Upper Primary Department has launched a “Helping Hands for Haiti” initiative with parents sponsoring their children to “…do a chore or keep a New Year’s resolution and earn a dollar.” All sponsorship money for this project is due in to the School by January 29th.
At the cheque presentation, Bermuda Red Cross Director Mrs. Ann Spencer-Arscott described what international Red Cross humanitarian workers are doing in Haiti: “They are on the ground carrying out a variety of activities: search and rescue operations; providing first aid care to survivors; distribution of water, family and medical kits plus tent and shelter kits; psychological-social care; communications and logistical support; and the building of latrines. Various Red Cross Societies from around the world have brought in Emergency Relief Units which are mini field hospitals from which they can treat people.” In terms of what will be required over the long term: “The assessment made by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent has determined that US$ 103 million will be needed to assist 300,000 people over a three year period. In the first 6 to 9 months the activities outlined above will be carried out, and then moving forward the goal is to provide assistance to the victims of disaster in rebuilding their homes and livelihoods.”
Presenting the Saltus cheque to Mrs. Ann Spencer-Arscott, Director of the Bermuda Red Cross, were: Secondary Year 11 students Kelsey Pichery and Brandon Morris; Upper Primary students Head Girl Megan Zimmerer (S6) and Head Boy Thomas Allkins (S6), Jack Monaghan (bake sale) and Tucker Paris (sold grapefruit); along with Lower Primary S2 students Morgan Rossiter and Matthew Ingelman.
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