COMMUNITY & SERVICE Harper House supports its charity
In spite of all the disruptions of the year, Harper House has managed two activities to advance its charity, the Child Cancer Foundation. Each House works and supports a charity in accordance with the tenets of the College Graduate, Round Square and College virtues, and Harper started off in fine style in Term 1 taking part in the street corner bucket collections for the annual appeal. Ballantynes corner on Colombo Street and Cashel Mall proved a good location. And Condell’s and Harper also collected outside the new Riverside Market, the combined totals reaching $800 a day. Then on 9 September the annual much anticipated Wig Wednesday was held, with each boy getting sponsorship individually, and wearing a colourful wig at school for the day. “The boys did a great job on the day wearing their wigs, with a number of the Year 12 students also putting on a sausage sizzle to raise some extra coin,” says Harper Housemaster Matt Cortesi. “Year 13, Connor Graham kept up his tradition of being the highest individual collector with $294, while the whole House, through
Andrew Gray, Business Development Manager for the CCF came and spoke to the Harper House boys in August just prior to Wig Wednesday. He said the organisation currently supports more than 300 families across New Zealand with around three children a week being diagnosed with some form of cancer. CCF receives no government funding, but relies entirely on donations, sponsorship and fundraising.
“I want to thank you for what you guys do. It’s because of people like you that we are able to go out and support families in need.” Largely invisible, CCF worked behind the scenes, one on one, while families were going through one of the most difficult journeys of their lives, he said. “CCF comes on board at the time of diagnosis, and assigns a family
“ The boys did a great job on the day wearing their wigs, with a number of the Year 12s also putting on a sausage sizzle to raise some extra coin. ” Matt Cortesi
online and cash donations, surpassed last year’s total by
collecting $3414.74. It was a great effort and much appreciated by the Child Cancer Foundation.”
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