Camp Persausive

This is a letter to the school board of trustees to let us fundraise for camp because we don't have enough for activities.

To the Board of Trustees

How would you like it if you went on a camp in Wellington with enough money for accommodation and food, and not having enough for activities? That just throws all the purposes of going to camp out the window. The whole point in camp is to develop social skills; leadership; teamwork; etc. And of course to have fun! If I went on camp that didn’t include activities I would be disgusted and never go on camp again! That’s why I strongly believe that us Year 7 and 8’s should be able to fundraise for our camp this year. Did you know that one of purposes for camp is to assist children to develop an attitude of responsibility for their own safety and that of others. At the moment we have only about 3000 dollars to spend on activities but since we have 30 kids in our class we only have about 90 to spend on each child. That's a very little amount of money for each child isn't it?

Our idea is minivans and trailers, since a bus will cost a lot because we also have to pay for the bus driver's accommodation and food, where in minivans the parents who where coming can drive them. Since we have a lot of kids in our class then we have to take 3 minivans and about two trailers.

Over the years costs have gone up quite a bit, a few years ago the Year 7 and 8’s have done lots of activities, but now even if we go to the same place (SilverStream) that the Year 7 and 8’s have been going to every time they go to Wellington it would cost a lot more.

Fundraising. Just a little bit could make us go far, even if it’s just a raffle; a bake sale; etc; we could save enough for us to do more activities to meet the Ministry of Education’s purposes for camp. There are several reasons why we need to fundraise; number one is the diesel for the minivans otherwise they won’t go very far; number two food, if we want a barbecue we would have to buy the sausages and bread; number three, any other expenses we come across.

In conclusion I think we should be able to fundraise for our camp to meet the purposes of going to camp, otherwise what is the point of even going. We are not pulling a thousand dollars out of your pocket, we will do all the hard work. All you have to do is say a yes to fundraising so we can have fun and learn at the same time while on camp.

Sincerely Isabel