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INTERACT Tiverton High School produces a monthly video
THN highlighting what the school does. This video
Bunfight OK in Tiverton refers to the funds raised last year for Tiverton’s
A rare old bunfight organised by Tiverton High link with Sundarban in Bangladesh
School’s Interact Club proved quite a success in
raising almost £2,000 for the Exeter Leukaemia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Fund. FEDVbPdpOT4
It was a Teachers v Food event, staged at the
school and was the latest in a long line of such More information from Tiverton RC:
events they have put on. Last term, activities Secretary Andrea Rowe on
included a non-uniform day, co-ordinating adults roweandrea@me.com
to sell mulled wine at the annual school musical
and meeting a £5 challenge to raise as much A message from Penryn
money as possible, starting with just £5.
Penryn College Interact club have praised
As the picture shows, food, as much as charity, Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow Jim Henderson for
was the winner against the teachers (12 brave the sterling work he has done with the club.
volunteer staff). This particular event drew a
crowd of 200 young people and raised £200 for Sammie Burley, who helps run the club, writes:
Amnesty International. “Jim is selfless in the hours he puts into
supporting and teaching our young people the
pleasure of helping others and the skills set to do
this Service Above Self”.
One of the club’s members, Daisy, aged 14: “We
are a group of mixed age, mixed gender students
striving to raise as much money as possible for a
given charity. Every year, we organise events
using as little as possible to make as much money
as humanly possible. This year, we have done a
lot. You may have heard or even participated in
some of our events: we started off by choosing
two charities to raise money for. This year, they
are the Little Harbour Children’s Hospice and
Literacy in a Box. First, we held a tombola and
raised a total of £106 towards our charities. Then,
in December, we held a Penryn College first: a
