This year the week before winter break the students at the Alexander Dawson School once again participated in the hunger banquet. The hunger banquet is a tradition at the Alexander Dawson School that has been celebrated for a long time. It is our way of appreciating and being grateful for what we have and trying to experience a small piece of what it is like for those who do not have enough to eat. This year a few of the students from our SLAM group volunteered to help raise money to buy mosquito nets for families in Botswana. The students sat at a table to collected donations and spread the work about Malaria and our SLAM group. For a donation of five dollars the donors were given a blue ribbon. At the hunger banquet we collected a total of $160 dollars to donate towards buying mosquito nets. We will be doing more fund-raising this coming spring and hopefully it will be as successful as last year.
Sincerely, Riley
3 comments:
Hi Dawson students,
I wish to sincerely thank you for the sense of humour you have for Botswana children whom you are fundraising for for bednets. Be assured that we are with you in this crusade and thank you thank you for this gesture.
We look foward to a great campaign during the week of July 20th in northwest Botswana called Maun.
Hi in dawson
last year you humbled us and this year we are again waiting for you in june. you are the best friends to work with
Thank you Benson,
What school and country are you from. We enjoy SLAM very much but unfortunately we did not use the blog as often this year. Maybe we can use it more frequently with you and your school in the future.
All the best,
Bill Meyers
Teacher and SLAM Leader
Alexander Dawson School
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