In October 2012 we were delighted to support a Special Olympics fundraising initiative to collect old Irish coin and other foreign currencies no longer in circulation such as Francs, Lira, Pesetas, etc. Students were asked to bring in any old coin they might have at home that can no longer be used. Coin Collection International then counted and valued the coins and converted them into a Euro value. Each school was issued with a coded bag to make sure that the amount collected in each school could be tracked. The amount raised was then divided on an agreed percentage basis between Special Olympics and the school. The children from St Luke’s collected coins from no less than 34 different countries around the world: Australia Bermuda Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Germany Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Kenya Latvia Lithuania Mauritius Nigeria Philippines Poland Romania Russia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States In total €238.28 was raised by St Luke’s. Special Olympics Ireland received a donation from the school of €124.97 with the remainder of €113.31 being donated to back to the school. Thanks to all the teachers and students for getting involved in this project. Special Olympics Ireland have expressed their appreciation to all of you. All funds donated to Special Olympics will help them continue to provide sports training to over 11,000 people with an intellectual disability throughout Ireland. Claire Clifford has just contacted the school with this update on the coin collection!
"We now have the full breakdown list of what was raised all over the country and most schools who took part are getting back amounts of between €20 and €60 so St Lukes did exceptionally well in raising over €100 for the school plus the donation to Special Olympics. Thanks so much for the support. |
