"Promoting Personal Excellence"
COPE AWARD 2011
CHRISTMAS SHOE BOX APPEAL
Diane Rathfield, General Manager of Roe Valley Community Education Forum, presenting the ‘Making a Difference’ award for contribution to community work in the Limavady Borough, to Year 12 pupils from St. Patrick’s College, Dungiven. The pupils, who are studying for the ASDAN ‘CoPE’ award, have raised money for local charities and have recently organised a shoebox appeal on behalf of Operation Christmas Child.
Included in the photograph are Brogan O’Kane, Selina Moore, Ms Diane Rathfield, Siobhan Murphy, Naomi Peoples, Shannen Cahir, Stephanie Irwin and Shannon Irwin.
Pupils from St. Patrick’s College, Dungiven who recently donated gift-filled shoeboxes to the appeal ‘Operation Christmas Child’ organised by international relief charity Samaritan’s Purse. Included in the photograph are Year 12 ‘CoPE Award’ pupils who co-ordinated the appeal within the school. Also included are Diane Rathfield, General Manager of Roe Valley Community Education Forum and Deirdre Kelpie, teacher.
Students from our Year 12 ‘CoPE’ group recently organised a ‘shoebox appeal’, involving pupils from years 8, 9 and 10.
The appeal, ‘Operation Christmas Child’ is the largest children’s Christmas project in the world, run by the international relief charity Samaritan’s Purse. The charity has been sending gift-filled shoeboxes to disadvantaged children around the world since 1990 and has brought joy to the lives of over 80 million children.
On behalf of Samaritan’s Purse we would like to say thank you to all who donated a shoebox over the last few weeks. We very much appreciate the effort and expense involved. Because of you, children living in difficult circumstances will experience the joy of receiving a gift at Christmas.
