On January 9, 2015 Ogden Junior School completed our
fundraising drive for PlanCanada. Our “Gift of Hope” was a clean-water well for
a classroom in an underprivileged country. Ms. Kwan-Kirton's Homeroom Classroom
completed research projects, made posters, collected and counted spare change
and did mini-fundraising drives. In one short month, we exceeded our goal and
raised enough money to build not one, but two wells at $175 each. As each well
costs $700, our gift of $350 was matched 3:1.
This is only one
of Ogden’s many “think outside the box” projects. With a population of approximately
200 students, this “little school with a big heart” does not hesitate to
generously dig into its pockets to help others.
In 2005, we raised $300 to buy
fruit trees, chickens, and school supplies for Worldvision. In 2009, we
completed our brick-by-brick campaign to build a school in rural China through
Free the Children. It took us 1 ½ years to raise $6000 through pizza sales,
bake sales, and fun fairs. In 2011, our fund-raising project raised $200 for
the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami Relief fund. Locally, it has become an annual
winter tradition since 2005, for Ogden to collect non-perishable food items for
our Local Food Banks.
We are very proud of our
students, our staff, and our community for their limitless compassion and
generosity in helping those in need wherever that need may be.
