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Jack Waterworth, Head Boy at Trinity Catholic College presenting a cheque for $2,241,80
Jack set up a social justice project called Move For More.
He explained "Move For More was a fun run/walk event supported by pupils at the College to raise money for kids who don't have the same opportunities many of us take for granted." He went on to say "This was inspired by a serious knee injury I suffered last year that forced me to reflect on how lucky many of us are to have opportunities."
The money was presented to members of the Nano Nagle Charitable Trust at a Trinity Catholic College Assembly on Wednesday 26th August.
The Nano Nagle Charitable Trust supports children unable to attend a Catholic School because of financial hardship and is totally reliant on donations and on fundraising. This year has been very challenging for parents and the Trust is grateful to be able to assist especially in situations where families are faced with unexpected financial stresses such as unemployment, sickness, bereavement, etc.
Jack's initiative is so greatly appreciated and enables us to continue this work: it will assist one child for 4 years or 4 children for one year. We are so grateful to these young people.
Jack set up a social justice project called Move For More.
He explained "Move For More was a fun run/walk event supported by pupils at the College to raise money for kids who don't have the same opportunities many of us take for granted." He went on to say "This was inspired by a serious knee injury I suffered last year that forced me to reflect on how lucky many of us are to have opportunities."
The money was presented to members of the Nano Nagle Charitable Trust at a Trinity Catholic College Assembly on Wednesday 26th August.
The Nano Nagle Charitable Trust supports children unable to attend a Catholic School because of financial hardship and is totally reliant on donations and on fundraising. This year has been very challenging for parents and the Trust is grateful to be able to assist especially in situations where families are faced with unexpected financial stresses such as unemployment, sickness, bereavement, etc.
Jack's initiative is so greatly appreciated and enables us to continue this work: it will assist one child for 4 years or 4 children for one year. We are so grateful to these young people.
The Nano Nagle Charitable Trust was formed by the Presentation Sisters www.presentationsistersnz.com and Friends of Nano in 2009 to support children who are unable to attend a Catholic School because of financial hardship.
Over 285,000 children in New Zealand are living in poverty: that is they live in households earning less than 60% of the median New Zealand house-hold income.
Children attending Catholic Schools are not exempt from this deprivation and many parents are finding that they have to choose between buying food and paying for electricity or sending their children to a Catholic School.
The costs for a child to attend a Catholic School are significant: Some families are faced with considering having to withdraw their children from a Catholic school for financial reasons.
This impacts adversely on the child, the family and schools.
Over the past four years the Nano Nagle Trust has paid approximately $100,000 dollars to support children to attend Catholic Schools.
What we fundAny education costs to support individual children to attend a Catholic School.
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How are we fundedWe are totally reliant on fundraising and donations.
We pay approximately $30,000 annually to meet the demands of applications and we can do this only because of the generosity of our donors |
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