SENIOR SCHOOL
Freeth House – Muscular
Dystrophy Western Australia
The boys of Freeth House have put their
support behind Muscular Dystrophy Western
Australia for the past eight years. The boys
are proactive in their desire to hold one key
activity each term for the students, staff
members and families from within Freeth
House, to raise funds or awareness to support
the valuable work of this organisation.
Together we can all make a difference.
This year the House held the Street Appeal
on the School campus and raised over $500.
They are also now exploring links to the
Duke of Edinburgh Award so that a student
with Muscular Dystrophy can be supported
financially as he / she completes the Duke of
Edinburgh Award.
In previous years, we have run awareness
campaigns by being in a wheelchair for a day
and then discussing the challenges of this
experience with the school community. In
2011 and 2012 a group of students, families,
staff and some Old Freethians ran in the City
to Surf. A total of $6000 was raised in these
two years.
While all of the boys did their part for the
cause in some way or another, I would like to
make particular mention of a few boys who
went above and beyond the cause last term.
A big thank you to Sam Carter, the Captain
of Charity for all of his hard work promoting
and support our House Charity, and to Griffin
Court and Harrison Hobson who raised $300
and $160 respectively in the raffle.
Lucy Felstead
Acting Head of House
Henn’s House –
Jeans for Genes day
Henn’s House supports the ongoing work of
the charity Jeans for Genes every year to raise
much needed funds for research into birth
defects and diseases such as cancer, epilepsy,
and a range of genetic disorders. This
money goes directly to the Children’s Medical
Institute to help with finding treatments and
cures for the children affected. Money is
necessary to achieve results with as little as
two dollars being able to buy enough of a
crucial enzyme to test a patient for cancer,
five dollars can treat epilepsy, and five
hundred can help to treat liver disease.
Every year Henn’s House promotes the
annual Jeans for Genes day, where students
are encouraged to wear jeans instead of their
usual school pants for a gold coin donation.
Henn’s House boys also volunteer to give up
their lunch and recess to collect money in
the days leading up to the event. On Friday
1 August boys wore their jeans to school
resulting in $783 being donated to the
charity. This money could ha ٔ