Robert Lalah, Staff ReporterIT IS said that a child shall lead them, and the children of the Red Cross Club of Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School are certainly leading the way as far as charity is concerned.
On the last Wednesday of each month, members of the club, who are between age 6 and 15, will be visiting the children of the Mustard Seed Communities located in the inner-city community of Olympic Gardens. In addition, they will be visiting a different charity home on the second Saturday of each month.
COMPANIONSHIP AND
ENTERTAINMENT
The programme got under way on June 12 when the Red Cross Club paid a visit to the children at the National Children's Home. A group of 56 students, six parents and four teachers, brought food, handed out gifts and provided companionship and entertainment for the children at the home.
Hollia Steadman, club co-ordinator, was ecstatic at the success of the visit. She told The Gleaner that at the end of the day, her students did not want to leave.
"The children sang and played together, and seemed to get along really well," she said.
She said that since then, she has been having trouble keeping the number of students in the club under control, as almost all the students in the school now want to become members of the Red Cross.
The programme is being funded by the students themselves who each contribute $100 per visit. To help the programme to grow, Mrs. Stead-man said they will be going out into the community to seek donations from people interested in helping out.
