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In March, St. Bernadette unveiled its fundraising calendar which showed $4,500 raised to date. Four months later, St. Bernadette has achieved its $8,500 fundraising goal. The money will go towards building a school in Africa. From left: Principal Denise Fraser; Liam Morgan; Emily Gibel; Alec Jadon; Jonathan Giordano; Staff-Advisor Justina Ciccarelli. African school becomes Grade 8 students’ lasting legacy Alec Jadon, Grade 8 Craig Kielburger was only 12 when he started his Free the Children network after reading about a Pakistani boy who was murdered for speaking out against child labour. Craig is older now but is just as passionate about protecting children’s rights. Last year at a Diversity Day, Craig challenged grade 7 students to make the world a better place. The seed of an idea was planted. Last September, when my classmates and I started grade 8, the seed was able to bloom. With the encouragement of our teachers and principal, we began a fundraising campaign through the Sunbeam Project to build a school in Africa. Our resolve to raise $8,500 for our African school was deepened after participating in a 10-kilometer pilgrimage last October to raise money for charities overseas. Ten kilometers is what children in Third World countries walk every day to get clean drinking water when they should be in school. Nearly ten months after we began our school building project, we have achieved our goal. The funds have been raised through raffles, civvies days, popcorn sales, athletic events, donations, and a pasta dinner and silent auction. Our African school – which will bear St. Bernadette’s name – will be built next to an orphanage in Uganda where children will not only learn to read and write, but will learn vocational skills so they can find employment when they graduate. The school will be our lasting legacy – a way of saying thanks for the wonderful education we have received at St. Bernadette.

In March, St. Bernadette unveiled its fundraising calendar which showed $4,500 raised to date. Four months later, St. Bernadette has achieved its $8,500 fundraising goal. The money will go towards building a school in Africa. From left: Principal Denise Fraser; Liam Morgan; Emily Gibel; Alec Jadon; Jonathan Giordano; Staff-Advisor Justina Ciccarelli.

African school becomes Grade 8 students’ lasting legacy

Alec Jadon, Grade 8

Craig Kielburger was only 12 when he started his Free the Children network after reading about a Pakistani boy who was murdered for speaking out against child labour. Craig is older now but is just as passionate about protecting children’s rights. Last year at a Diversity Day, Craig challenged grade 7 students to make the world a better place. The seed of an idea was planted.

Last September, when my classmates and I started grade 8, the seed was able to bloom. With the encouragement of our teachers and principal, we began a fundraising campaign through the Sunbeam Project to build a school in Africa. Our resolve to raise $8,500 for our African school was deepened after participating in a 10-kilometer pilgrimage last October to raise money for charities overseas. Ten kilometers is what children in Third World countries walk every day to get clean drinking water when they should be in school.

Nearly ten months after we began our school building project, we have achieved our goal. The funds have been raised through raffles, civvies days, popcorn sales, athletic events, donations, and a pasta dinner and silent auction. Our African school – which will bear St. Bernadette’s name – will be built next to an orphanage in Uganda where children will not only learn to read and write, but will learn vocational skills so they can find employment when they graduate.

The school will be our lasting legacy – a way of saying thanks for the wonderful education we have received at St. Bernadette.

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