A winning Olympic themed evening raised a pot of gold for Happy House.We were privileged to be a part of a superb evening of fine dining presented by catering and hospitality students from St Aidan's CE HigH school, Preesall, on Friday.
The students, under the guidance of teacher Joanne Rossall, have, for several years now, taken over the kitchen at the beautiful Villa Hotel, Wrea Green, for an evening to cook and present every element of a three course dinner for 100 guests.
This year they designed an Olympic themed menu with a choice of starters and main and a trio of deserts. Rounded off with coffee.It's a huge undertaking for GCSE student, embarked upon with the help and encouragement of Villa professionals.
Mrs Rossall's K7 year group sponsors Stevie Safari and youngsters throughout the school do much to help us. So it was a real joy to us when Mrs Rossall said the GCSE studets had chosen the Happy House to benefit from a raffle on their big night.
Our coordinator Elizabeth Gomm was delighted to to say a few words about the work of Happy House to the gathering of relatives, friends and staff..
 |
| Kory sells raffle tickets |
Students in Form 2 will study 13 subjects and we have had to buy all the books required by the curriculum for every subject, plus the teachers' books.
 |
| Congratulation from head Andy Smith. |
Also going towards books is £520 received from stalls at Inner Wheel District 19 when Elizabeth attended a meeting recently (the district made a donation of £240 to fund a scholarship for a year on the day) and £100 from Kirkham United Reformed Church Ladies.
Our huge thanks to St Aidan's for an amazing evening. Congratulations,Mrs Rossall, to you and to all your very talented and kind-hearted students and to everyone who contributed to making the evening so enjoyable.
The food and service were superb.
Our thanks also Inner Wheel District 19 and to Kirkham URC.
The three donations total £927 which is a huge amount to kickstart our appeal.
Donate to buy a book at:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/childrenofwatamu/buyabook
Please vote for Children of Watamu in the documentaries category of the Charity Film Awards to highlight our work with children from despair at our at the Happy House and our founder Sue Hayward's inspiring story told in the beautiful film made for us, free of charge, by Massimiliano Zeuli Please vote for Children of Watamu and ask your friends to do the same. http://www.charityfilmawards.com/videos/children-of-watamu
If you would like to make a gift to Happy House for Christmas, here's how.
Make a Christmas gift
If you would like to make a gift to Happy House for Christmas, here's how.
We are keeping our Festive Holiday Fund appeal open so that anyone who would like to make a Christmas gift to our family can do so there - every penny will directly benefit our children.Every penny will make a difference to children's lives. Thank you.
