The Great Guide Dog Tea Party
On Friday 10th November, our key group MEAMSH (Megan, Ella, Abbie, Mia, Scarlett, and Hannah) held a tea party as well as a nightline, raffle, name the guide dog competition and a keyring stall. Last lesson pupils and teachers came down to the hall to enjoy cake and have fun. It took us over a year to plan the event, with hard work and the taking of lots of responsibility. We received lots of help and support from teachers and students. We are happy to tell you that, as a result of this event, we raised approximately £790.
On Friday 10th November, our key group MEAMSH (Megan, Ella, Abbie, Mia, Scarlett, and Hannah) held a tea party as well as a nightline, raffle, name the guide dog competition and a keyring stall. Last lesson pupils and teachers came down to the hall to enjoy cake and have fun. It took us over a year to plan the event, with hard work and the taking of lots of responsibility. We received lots of help and support from teachers and students. We are happy to tell you that, as a result of this event, we raised approximately £790.
To achieve our goal of raising money for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity, we first had to brainstorm ideas within our group. Then with our final ideas decided on, we had to prepare a presentation that we had to pitch to the Key panel to see if they would accept them. We were successful and were given £250 to carry out our plans. We are delighted that we managed to pull off a successful guide dog event!
Follow up: The visit
On Tuesday 5th December, we went to an official Guide Dog Tea Party at the Guide Dog Mobility Centre in Four Lane Ends. As well as attending the Tea Party, we got a tour of the centre. We met a lot of guide dogs and their owners.
Guide Dogs for the Blind and how they Rock
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a charity that helps people who have lost their sight by giving them a highly trained guide dog. Guide dogs transform the lives of people who are blind or partially blind. In the UK today, almost two million people are living with sight loss and of those, around 180,000 rarely leave their homes alone and many suffer from depression and struggle with feelings of isolation. Thanks to a guide dog these people can finally be free sometimes for the first time in their life.
Picking Guide Dogs
People who work at Guide Dogs for the Blind choose dogs they think are suitable. They also breed from previous guide dogs. Guide dogs go through intense training and often do not manage to pass the standard required. The guide dogs who complete their training are highly intelligent, reliable, docile and calm.
How YOU can help
You can sponsor a guide dog and help to transform the life of one person with sight loss. The money you donate also helps with the upkeep of the center and the amazing guide dogs as well as giving the helpful staff their pay.
By Megan, Ella, Abbie, Mia, Scarlett, and Hannah Year 8
