| Good News Story: October 2009 |
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Dianne Lehy, appears on the Local East London GO Express Newspaper. Dianne Lehy, appeared on the GO Express Newspaper. Dianne Runs an Orphanage in Gonubie East London. The orphanage started when Dianne and Ian Lehy opened up their home to two orphaned boys. Although Dianne never planned to run an orphanage, she loves the work, takes on the challenges and enjoys the rewards it brings. Dianne also involved in the MySchool Programme, which aids schools, and recently collected R5 000 from Woolworths, Hemingway's, for Sinempumulelo Primary School in Beacon Bay.
JOHANNESBURG New Woolworths store-opening Grey Owl.
The store handed R5'000 cheque over to Bright Star Nursery and Primary School. Some of the Gr R and Gr 1 children that attended sang and danced.
Trinity House- supports Kingsway School with their MySchool funds Smiley Kids Glenvista- used their MySchool funds to help towards various schools with purchasing face cloths. Die Fakkel- Hamlet School makes use of Die Fakkel's sports grounds for their sporting activities, because the school does not have their own sport grounds. St Teresa's Mercy- used their MySchool funds towards buying promethean interactive boards (more commonly know as Smart boards) for their classrooms. Edenglen Primary and Eastleigh Primary- Together the learners from these two schools set a new Guinness World Record with 1802 children all washing hands simultaneously. Beaulieu College is involved in the following Twinning programmes: Laerskool Rietfontein Noord wins R10'000 from Woolworths in a monthly Lucky Draw Mondeor Community School- will be throwing a big party for their students at the end of the year, with the money that they raise from MySchool, as their children will be graduating for primary school. Park Junior- made use of their MySchool funds by fixing windows that are broken at their school and doing general maintenance at the school. Smiley Kids Naturena- managed to put extra food into the kid's lunch and breakfast with the funds they get from MySchool.
KWAZULU NATAL Spearman Primary School- Planted the vegetables at the school. The learners did a cultural song and song. Snacks were provided for all involved and parents from Woolworths Westwood.
Umhlanga College- are in the process of spending their MySchool funds on upgrading their own junior primary computer lab (they are in the process of buying a smart board for that room) and they have also spend money on installing a computer lab at the under privileged school Blackburn that they support. Maris Stella School- Used their MySchool funds for a bursary every year for a special girl. They found an underprivileged girl and paid for her schooling for the duration at the school. St. Dominic's School for Girls- in Boksburg sends their used uniforms to their sister school in Newcastle. They also reach out to a school in Daveyton by providing learners with sandwiches on Wednesdays.
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Fairlands Laerskool- used their MySchool funds to give back 50% return of spend to the parents off their school fees









