Each of the four houses raises money for a charity for which the girls have voted. They get right behind them; often there’s a personal link which gives weight to the choice. We follow up what happens to the money raised. This year Bettany is supporting Nayuki Children’s Home, Clarke chose Crisis, Desenfans chose Laura Crane Trust and Holst chose Great Ormond Street. We love supporting the House annual charity events and getting involved in the purpose behind it.
Whole school fund-raising brings out the best in our JAGS community with a real excitement cascading from the sixth-form organisers to the youngest contributors. Olympia, the annual Multicultural Evening in February, 2011, raised £1700 for the international charity Make A Wish and local charity Whitgift SNAP, a special needs holiday scheme. Please click here for Olympia photos. The Geography Department organises a Drink Water Week for pupils and staff annually and this year raised a staggering £2,778.85 for the charity Water Aid. The JAGS community sent over £1800 to the Haiti appeal and £1300 to the Red Cross in Japan.
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