At Pinehurst, students work hard not just in the classroom; they also give their time to raise money and lead activities in the hope to make the world a better place for everyone. 

Charity begins at home

This year Pinehurst College students chose four charities to support. Each of the houses, Kauri, Matai, Totara and Rimu, picked a charity they felt aligned best to each of their houses’ colours and values. Amongst the hard work to enable them to donate to specific charities  were bake sales, sausage sizzles, full school mufti days and stalls at the school market day.

World Vision

During Famine Week this year, College students gave up food, shelter, technology and even talking for 40 hours. They raised over $20k sponsorship money which went to child friendly spaces where kids no different from themselves regain a sense of home and belonging. As a result of Pinehurst School’s commitment to fundraising for World Vision through Famine Week and other events such as a 40km walk, World Vision has for the third year running awarded them a World Vision and Sanitarium Senior Scholarship.

Pinehurst at work

The Pinehurst Interact Club’s work is never done. This year students collected donations of clothing and toys to give to Yendarra school in Otara. They also spent a day at Yendarra school helping their students to plant fruit trees and getting to know them better over a shared lunch.