STAND 4 PEACE 2007/ 08
STAND 4 PEACE is a club dedicated to raising awareness throughout the school and the community of injustice towards children everywhere.
MAJOR PROJECTS
STAND 4 PEACE’s first major project, the “Brick by Brick” campaign, was completed in the spring of 2005. Working with the “Free The Children” organization, we raised $5,000 to have a school built in the Kono region of the country of Sierra Leone, one of the poorest places on earth.
We are currently working with the “Bruce Peru” organization to build a school/ shelter for the children of Peru, the country with the highest rate of child labour in South America. We are calling the campaign “Peace 4 Peru”. Check out the website.
http://bruceperu.com/huanchaquito/
Upon completion of the “Peace 4 Peru” campaign, a number of teachers and students are planning to travel to Trujillo, Peru during the summer volunteering at “our” school teaching English, arts and crafts, playing soccer and sightseeing.
Last year we became the sister school of TIGITHI SECONDARY SCHOOL in the city of Nanyuki, Kenya. We have already begun to fundraise to provide for the students of our sister school, and part of the money raised will go towards the country’s OL PEJETA reserve, which protects chimpanzees and rhinos. Spectrum students will be given the opportunity to correspond with Kenyan students in the hopes of developing pen-pal relationships
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
-sponsorship of Monica from Ecuador (through World Vision)
-T-shirt drive for the children of Zambia
-teddy bear drive for the children of Malawi
-participating in the CANADA LOVES ME campaign (T-shirt drive for the victims of Hurricane Katrina)
-Mr. Gordon & Mr. Marchi presenting at the World Peace Forum (Spring 2006)
-hosting World Vision’s “1,500 Campaign” (Winter 2006)
-creating the “Spectrum 4 Africa” CD (featuring original music by staff, students & friends of Spectrum—released Spring 2007)
-PERFORM 4 PEACE concerts, last year’s featuring rising star Shawn Hlookoff
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-SPECTRUM IDOL, SEASON 4 begins Monday, October 8…students interested in performing and possibly becoming the next Spectrum Idol should sign up in the office by the end of next week (September 14)
-Students interested in performing original material for the upcoming “Spectrum 4 South America” CD should see Mr. Gordon or Mr. Marchi ASAP or leave their names with S4P members at the Welcome Back BBQ on Friday, September 14