Pre-Apprentice Students Charity Walk| 04.02.10

On Thursday 4 February 2010, South Lanarkshire College Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Craft students participated in a sponsored walk around Strathclyde Country Park to raise Funds for Yorkhill Children’s Hospital, Ward 2B. The Apprentices organised this as part of the course involving Citizenship skills.  The entire organisation of the event was managed by the students themselves. They chose the charity as their lecturer in construction Derek Brown’s son has had 4 major operations connected to ward 2B. The group managed to raise a fantastic sum of £805 which will be put to good use at the hospital. Two of the group John Murphy and Gary Noble attended Yorkhill along with Derek Brown and his son Derek to present the cheque to Mr Davis the surgeon who operated on Derek and the staff nurse on the Ward.  Mr Davis was overwhelmed by the college’s kind donation and thanked the students personally as he showed them around the ward explaining where the money would be used.  Mr Davis also pointed out that Derek Brown’s son is a testament to all the equipment that is needed on the ward and without donations, children across Scotland would be greater disadvantaged.