Sacred Heart School kit out Kricket 4 Kenya
5 February 2007
EMPLOYEES from Preston law firm, MWR, have gone back to school to receive the latest donation of sports equipment for its charity appeal, Kricket 4 Kenya.
Anne Pickles, an administration manager at MWR, visited her former school, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Ashton, to collect cricket bats, footballs, hoops, rounders bats and balls, and table tennis equipment.
The school’s headmaster, Martin Gee, contacted MWR about the appeal after learning about the campaign through the Lancashire Evening Post.
The equipment will be stored in Preston and eventually taken personally to deprived areas of Kenya and handed to children.
Martin Gee said: “We have collected many things that are not used by the school and are simply locked away in a store room. So when I heard about the campaign I immediately contacted MWR who have taken the sports kit and also passed on a number of books, tables and computers to an associate charity working in Kenya and Uganda.”
The campaign was launched in summer 2006 by MWR and is appealing to schools, sports clubs, businesses and individuals to donate any unused sports equipment, including cricket stumps, helmets, pads, footballs, goal-posts, football and cricket shirts, old training kits, volleyballs or lost property.
Anne Pickles from MWR Solicitors said: “The response to the campaign from local schools, businesses and people has been fantastic. The appeal is really gathering pace and we are collecting more and more donations each day.
“It was a trip down memory lane and great to see that the school is still thriving. We are hoping that other schools will follow the example set by Scared Heart Primary School and support Kricket 4 Kenya.”
Kenya is one of the world’s poorest nations and at the start of 2006 suffered one of its worst droughts. This has threatened the lives of thousands of children across the country.
The firm has set up a drop off centre at its offices on Cannon Street, Preston, for people to make donations. There is also a guest book, which will be taken over to Kenya with the kit, for people to sign and leave messages for the children.
