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Oakley Charity Support - Summer 2010 Round-Up

Boaris Thirteen green or charitable ideas were discussed, promoted and acted upon during the summer Oakley Holiday – each involving all those present either directly or indirectly.

The Charity Collection for three good causes suggested by members of the Holiday, amounted to £676,

The first of these was suggested by Ed Bury who on his way up Kilimanjaro during the Oakley week, arriving at the top on August 3rd. Lucy and Will Blundell read a message from Ed and Laura Bury explaining that Ed was collecting for Cancer Research UK as several members of their family had been affected by the illness. www.cancerresearchuk.org

Jenny Whitehead spoke of the work of the Strokes R Us charity which helps young people afflicted by strokes. Her mother, a physiotherapist, has first hand experience of the important and excellent work done by this charity. www.strokesr-us.tiscali.co.uk

OlympicsJosh Sambrook and Pat Green asked for support for the Teenage Cancer Trust telling members of the struggle against the illness of a girl in their year group at Linton Village College and the way she has been helped to recovery by the charity. www.teenagecancertrust.org

Julian Wilde coordinated the charity activities spread through the week and also gave members a chance to view a picture show of the 61 pages which make up the Making A Difference directory on the Oakley website, as well as Ed Bury’s Kilimanjaro expedition.

Spare five pence pieces ( a total of 647 this year ) at the daily tuck shop were again donated to the work of the St Luke's Leprosy Hospital in Southern India www.neemtrust.org.uk. This was visited by Oakley member Ed Nussey in 2008 and we watched a special picture show of his time there. (see MAD page 26)
The Tuck Shop itself ‘went green’ with only sweets without wrappers on sale which purchasers put into their own paper bag. Tap water replaced fizzy drinks !

The five pences were stored in the Oakley piggy bank, named Boaris Johnson

Twenty members signed up to receive a Junior Boaris, a piggy bank in which they and their family can collect for their favourite charity.

RecycleThe five members who were leaders for the first time celebrated their new role by choosing gifts for communities in the developing world from the Oxfam Unwrapped catalogue worth £100 www.oxfam.org.uk

The London Olympics 2012 flag was flown on the school’s highest flagpole to mark the two-year-to-go day and Russel Bailey told everyone of volunteering opportunities www.London2012.com.

Members had the chance to recycle their waste paper and cardboard in a special bin – the green skip in the photograph was completely filled - and to avoid waste by using recycled envelopes to order their photographs of the week.

GlassesThe leaders at both the Oakley Holidays this year have been making a collection of spectacles, will be sent to Vision Aid Overseas www.vao.org.uk for renovation prior to distribution in developing countries (see MAD page 47 )

Lamps Solar Lamps were used in one or two of the dormitories each evening instead of electric lights and en route to the bonfire. Dormitories took it in turn to take on the responsibility to charge up the lamps via solar panels each day and some technical difficulties during the week only emphasized how dependent developing countries are on reliable power sources www.sollatek.com

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