Working for their keep

Press, 20 April 1981, Page 9

Working for their keep

r Rebecca Hill, aged seven ' (left) and her sister, Alicia, aged nine, are earning money for their school, Addington Primary, the hard way. They are working- for it. The two girls are taking part in a school fund-raising project, with other pupils ; offering to help or work foi rpeople in their neighbour- ! hood; They are shown here

cleaning the caravan of Mr and Mrs E. S. Willetts, of Selwyn Street. The school’s principal, Mr M. R. Bell, has little time for “-aton gimmicks” and the like as means of making money. Inviting the childrer to clean a window, wasl potatoes, pick up fruit, rak< leaves, or any other smal job that does not take longe. than half an hour, not only

helps people, he says, but teaches children to do something worth, while for their money. • ,

t Clutching an explanatory sheet, small' children hav< converged on houses in the area. The children are era joined to work for peopk they know, neighbours, friends, relatives, parents; Ko work in daylight hours only, and to keep parents in-

formed of their whereabouts. The money-earned will go towards sportsgear, books, and equipment of every kind. The children, as an added incentive, are competing fbr a book voucher, which will be awarded to the child who earns the most for his or her age. The project will end next week.