KNS Walkathon 2011 - Friday 25 February at Ben Burn Park

 

Walkathon

We have now counted the money and are very excited to announce that we have made over $13,000 from the walkathon!  Well done everyone!  We will announce our final profit once our expenses have been finalised.  Many thanks to our counters - Julia Forsyth, Kathryn Snook, Heather Baldwin, Helen Buchan, Linda McIver, Netty Heppard-Burgess, Trudy Dalziel and Helen McQueen.  Thank you very much for your hard work.

 

A special mention must go to Ronin  of Room 21 who raised $550!  Well done Ronin, you will receive a $50 book voucher for your fantastic effort.

 

And congratulations to all those children who raised $100 or more:

 

Timothy , Flynn, Olivia, Millicent, Sydney, James, Amelia, Jacinta, Hamish, Fergus, Mya, Charles, Nicholas, Bridget, Benjamin, Munro, Isabella, Clare, George, Helena, August, Charlotte, Stacey, Pippa, Finley, Henry, Monty, Max, Julia, Lucy, Sarah, Olivia, Dominique, Mariya, and Barnaby.

 

These children and Ronin will all receive a KNS certificate to acknowledge their efforts for the walkathon.

 

And the winners of our prize draw are:

Digital camera - Olivia R6 Spiral draw set - Fletcher R8

iPod shuffle - Kara R13 Lego pirate set - Michael R15

Smiggle set - Charlotte R12 Rubik's cube game - James R9

Smiggle set - Max R22 Turbine set - William R15

Chemistry set - Lucy R27 Tote bag set - Sarah R27

Art set - Iris R18 Forbidden Island game - Finlay R24

 

Congratulations everyone, your prizes will be distributed next week.  We have also ordered the badges, and will distribute these once they arrive.

 

Our winning classes for the free swim are Room 6 which raised the most money per student, and Rooms 12 and 22 which each had over 70% of their classes participate in the walkathon.  Many thanks to Royce Williams and Karori Pool for generously donating a free swim for all three classes.

 

Diana Feary and Fleur Nicholas

on behalf of the Walkathon Committee

We had a fantastic time at Ben Burn Park last Friday and thanks so much to everyone for coming along and making the most of the beautiful weather.  Well done to all the children who took part and made a tremendous effort during a very hot half hour.  It was great to see so many people there, and thanks to all those who gave so generously to the collection for the Salvation Army for Christchurch.  We raised $700.40 which is a great total.

 

The Walkathon could not have happened without the generous support of many people and organisations, so a huge thank you to the following:

 

All the KNS teaching staff that came along on Friday afternoon to encourage their classes and for their help with the tug of war and the relay races.  Special mention goes to Justin Potter for stepping in at the last minute and being a great MC;

The fabulous sausage sizzle and iceblock team who had a very hot job on Friday afternoon - Kay Webster, Heather Baldwin, Phil Conroy, Ali and Frank Prskawetz, Jo Bruce, Christine Mutch, Jan Cullen, Anne-Marie Nimmo, Kathryn Snook, Netty Heppard-Burgess and Lisa Hobbs. The sausages made a profit of $404 and the iceblocks raised $193.50;

Helen Buchan and Phil Conroy of Metro Productions for supplying the sound system;

New World Thorndon and New World Karori for their support with the sausage sizzle and iceblocks;

Karori Junior Cricket Club for accommodating us at Ben Burn Park;

Karori Amateur Athletics Club and Rhys and Anne-Marie Nimmo for the use of their bbqs;

Selwyn Cubis and Julie Crengle for the loan of their chilly bin; and
The fabulous office team of Jenny, Vicki and Amy together with Anne Harbutt for all their help with the newsletters, forms and posters.

 

Thank you once again to Chris Jones of Graphetti for designing our fantastic Walkathon logo, and also to Clare and Brendan O'Connor of Hopscotch for supplying prizes at a generously discounted rate.

 

To be eligible for a walkathon badge and to be in the draw for our fantastic prizes, please return all forms and funds raised to the office by Friday 11 March.  Please pay by way of a cheque made out to KNS PTA, as it will make our counting so much easier. The funds raised will be counted at school from 10.30am on Wednesday 16 March.  If you are able to help with this, please email me on nicholas.hogg@paradise.net.nz .

 

A pair of Prada sunglasses were left behind at the Walkathon.  If these are yours they can be claimed from the school office.

 

Many thanks for your support.

 

Fleur Nicholas on behalf of the Walkathon Committee

We are very excited to announce some more prizes for next week's walkathon. As well as a digital camera, an Ipod shuffle and two Smiggle stationery sets, we also have some fantastic prizes from Hopscotch at Marsden Village.  Our new prizes are an art pack, a Star Wars lego set, a Forbidden Island game, a chemistry set, a make your own tote bag set, a wind power machine set, a Rubiks cube game and a spiral draw book.  KNS PTA would like to acknowledge the very generous support of Clare and Brendan O'Connor of Hopscotch.  Thank you very much!
 
Remember, every $20 raised gives one chance to go into the prize draw, eg. $20 = 1 chance, $40 = 2 chances, $60 = 3 chances, etc. There is no limit to the number of entries a child can have in the draw.
 
And our prizes for the class that has the highest number of participants (on a percentage basis) and the class that raises the most money (pro-rata) have now been confirmed. Both classes will win a trip to Karori Pool for a free swim for the entire class.
 
Remember that all participants who raise money will also receive a KNS Walkathon 2011 badge, featuring our great logo designed by Chris Jones of Graphetti.
 
So get out busy with your sponsorship forms and keep raising money to help KNS.  Further information is in the sponsorship forms and newsletter.  Spare forms are at the office if required

See notices below for more information.