MORE than 200 students from All Hallows’ School took time out from their busy exam schedule recently to raise money for charity.
The girls commandeered prime footpath locations throughout the Brisbane CBD in their annual support of people with muscular dystrophy and for research into the condition.
All Hallows’, a Sisters of Mercy school, has been supporting the charity for a number of years with each year’s effort challenged to beat the year before.
All Hallows’ head of mission Angela O’Malley said this year there was a change of date which put the annual Red Bow collection right in the middle of the mid-semester exam block.
“Despite that we still had over 200 Year 11 girls turn out for two hours on (March 19) to honour their commitment to this cause,” Ms O’Malley said.
She said students spent two hours from 7am collecting from city workers and, while the collection was down on the previous year’s total of $15,000, the girls still managed to collect more than $10,000 before returning to school by 9am for classes and exams.
“Congratulations to our Year 11s for their wonderful support of the annual Bow Tie Day Appeal for (the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Queensland),” she said.
“It was a special effort by our girls this year.”
Monies raised will go towards funding the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Queensland’s services and providing vital equipment for Queenslanders living with muscular dystrophy.
