What a difference a day made! Gordon’s School’s Make a Difference Day saw over 600 students working for others and producing some fantastic results.
They cleared graves, gardened, painted, set up a new 400 metre mountain bike track at school and delighted elderly residents in local care homes as well as one near neighbour whose wooden fence they replaced, along with transforming his garden.
They sifted through donations at for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice (around 50 bin bags of items and 200kg of books), helped at the Woking Foodbank, produced toys for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, played balloon volleyball with residents of the Greenview Hall Care Home and litter-picked in the Surrey Hills and West Wittering Beach.
The Pipes and Drums took their music to Horsell Lodge Care Home where as well as explaining the history of the school and its music, they shared recent highlights such as playing at Windsor Castle and St James’s Palace for His Majesty the King and in the London Tattoo and Tartan Parade in New York. The group also helped prepare lunch for the residents.
For the green-fingered among them, they put their gardening skills to the test at Holy Trinity School; Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot Town Football Club and for the school’s new Eco Loop garden.
At the Bagshot Gardens Care Home, as well as tidying up the garden, students spent time talking to the residents. A spokesman for the home said afterwards: “It was a truly special day filled with smiles, conversations, and connection. Our residents haven’t stopped talking about how much they enjoyed the visit and appreciated the kindness and enthusiasm of your students.”
Make a Difference Day is an annual event at Gordon’s in Surrey Heath where students aim to put back into the community and beyond.
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