[Y]ear 7 students at Penrith’s Queen Elizabeth Grammar School have raised over £350 for Save the Children through a sponsored read.
Ella McClure, who lives in Brampton, was inspired after coming across a stash of old collection boxes in the attic of her great-grandmother, who received the MBE for her voluntary work on behalf of the charity. Ella made a new year’s resolution to raise some funds for Save the Children herself, and persuaded 17 of her friends to join her. The students undertook a 12-hour sponsored read, which took place over 24 days earlier this year. All the students chose their own books to read; Ella’s selection included the popular Geek Girl series by Holly Smale, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Ella said: “Save the Children helps and supports children all over the world have a better future by giving education, food and water. It means that children have a healthier start in life and if there is an emergency Save the Children is there to help out.”
“I’m happy to have carried on something from my family and glad that the money is going to help children in Syria.”
Ella would like to thank all those who took the challenge and for friends, family and staff for sponsoring the students.
The students who took up the reading challenge were – Ella McClure, Carys Ilett, Daria Nik, Thomas Connell, Samuel Antoine, Grace Monkhouse, Finn Logue, Ellen Watson, Charis Pattimore, Henry Yang, Seamus Barker, Rama Moukarram, Yuke Lin, Amber Fletcher, Ella Kirkton, Josh Stevens, Emily Hetherington and Anna Mawson.
