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Children's
Efforts Spelled Money
The Standard, 5 October 1990
I was privileged on Saturday, 22 September to officially open the
UNICEF Week in Chester by welcoming 75 young people to the first day
of a Sponsored Spell to raise money. I was humbled to see six to
fifteen year olds who at 8am on a rather cold Saturday morning had
turned out of bed, not to take part in a picnic or a visit to the
seaside, or to play their favourite sport, but to spend a day
learning spellings, so that they could have all the words correct to
raise lots of money. Their reason for being there? – because other
children are much worse off then they are and need help.
Whole families were involved, like the mother and two daughters I
met. On the Monday, students from European, Asian, American and
African nationalities were engaged in the same activity – though
these were all students on a year long EFL course at West Cheshire
College.
The Sponsored Spell was the brain-child of Alan Davies, a lecturer
at West Cheshire College, who has devised a new system of teaching
literacy, particularly for foreign students. It was a major
organisational task, and I am sure UNICEF owe him a lot. Of course,
I am delighted to add my name to the thanks, and hope that business
people all over Chester will sponsor these spellers.
Councillor Pamela Hayward
Chairman of Cheshire County Council
County Hall, Chester.
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