Students fundraising for remembrance trip
Oct 08, 2008 - 10:14 AM
AJAX -- Pickering High School students are fundraising Italian style.
To help students get to Ortona, Italy, for the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Ortona, Pickering High School is having 'An Evening in Italy'.
"Our really big event, our toast of the town, is going to be our evening in Italy," said Sarah Leaney, a geography teacher at the school.
On Oct. 25, the Pickering Legion is donating and preparing three different types of pasta, as well as Caesar salad and garlic bread for the high school fundraiser, while the Ajax Legion Ladies Auxiliary is providing sweets.
The Italian evening features a guest speaker, music and silent auction. Tickets are $20 each and available at the main office of Pickering High School. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. in the McLean Community Centre's Optimist's Room.
Available in the silent auction are items including two sets of Buffalo Bills tickets, Class Act Dinner Theatre tickets, CN Tower passes, a coffee machine, gift certificates and baskets and mini vacation packages. A 50/50 draw and door prizes are also part of the festivities.
Money raised will help the 10 Pickering High School students going on the trip come up with its approximate $4,300 cost per person.
It's important for students to see the sacrifice young Canadians made in battle, Ms. Leaney said.
"It's the forgotten battle, nobody knows about it," she said. "It's important to remember all the battles."
Seeing the Ortona site will probably give students a sense of pride and sense of place in Canada, she said.
"It's important for them to experience history first hand," Ms. Leaney said. "You're living education; you're living the experience."
Students have also held bake sales, garage sales and a walk-a-thon to raise money.
In November, students can buy out of class to watch hypnotist Casey St. John perform at Pickering High School.
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