Thanks to four young friends who took part in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative at school this term, each group chose a charity that they would like to support and put together a presentation to try and win £3000 for their chosen charity – the Perth and Kinross Music Foundation.
Proud mum, Joanne Robertson, said, “The four kids put together this video to explain what music means to them and most importantly recognised how privileged they are at their school. This presentation wasn’t about them, it was genuine and close to their hearts.”
“Although they made it through to the finals, they didn’t win BUT have come away thinking about how they can help in the future.”
On behalf of the Perth and Kinross Music Foundation, Mr Gordon Murch, thanked the youngsters for speaking up on behalf of the charity.
“Their efforts have gone far to demonstrate the wide public support for our work and to prove the huge values to be uncovered from learning to play a musical instrument.”
Credit to their young composer and his pal on guitar!.
Instrumental Music Tutors go “Gung Ho” for Perth &
Kinross Music Foundation
A team of 13 PKC Instrumental Music Instructors, Music
Foundation Trustees, and their families took part in the Edinburgh Gung Ho 5k
Challenge on Saturday 11 May 2019. Their
aim was to raise £2,000 for the Foundation.
By the time all the sponsorship money had been collected the final total
raised considerably overshot the target coming in at £2,300.
The challenge consisted of having to run round The Meadows
in Edinburgh over a 5k course – but it was filled with inflatable obstacles so
wasn’t simply a Saturday morning jog in
the park, as they had to climb up and over, or through some very challenging
inflatables.
The weather smiled kindly on the race participants, some of
whom had been in serious training for around 3 months, and all finished the
course in less than 50 minutes.
Thankfully, the PKC/PKMF team were allocated a mid morning start
timeslot when the obstacles were still quite dry, as later competitors reported
that by late morning and early afternoon some of the inflatables had become
very slippery, and therefore more of a challenge to get over safely.
After the event, the participants and their supporters spent
some time in the capital city enjoying the chance to recall and discuss how
they had coped with the build up to the race day, and the race itself. There were some interesting tales of how some
of the obstacles were dealt with! All
agreed that it had been great fun and for a very worthwhile cause.
The Foundation Trustees want to thank all who took part, and
those family members and friends who supported them both morally on the day and
financially through their generous donations, helping the team to smash through
their target figure.
The next fundraising event by the Music Foundation will be a Quiz night on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 7.30 in the Civil Service Club in St Leonard’s Bank, Perth. More details and arrangements on how to book your team in, will be available on the website nearer the time – www.pkmf.org.uk
