Gifted Education Centre's Scrabbleathon

The Gifted Education Centre

Rodney Hide plays Scrabble with kids from Owairaka One Day School

Awareness Week 15-21st June

Scrabbleathon

Thanks for visiting our fundraising page.

The children of the Gifted Education Centre's One Day Schools (tm) are looking to raise much needed funds. The nice people from Mattel have assisted us by providing Scrabble sets - so we are going to play sponsored Scrabble during our Awareness Week (15th-21st June).

'Giftedness' conjures up pictures of talented, happy children; in reality, gifted kids have higher levels than others of depression and under-achievement. Gifted children, when they reach adulthood, are over-represented in the prison population, and in the suicide statistics. Unrecognised gifted children are often labelled as trouble makers.

If you know someone at a One Day School you can sponsor them individually but if not you can sponsor us collectively. The child who raises the most will receive a prize, so if you name the child and class (ie John Smith, Owairaka) in the message below then the amount you donate will be added to their total.

Select the "Make a donation" button below. It's simple, fast and totally secure.

If you live in New Zealand your donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be issued.

$600 will provide a term's worth of One Day Schooling for one child; $2400 will provide a scholarship for one child for a whole year. But every dollar donated will go towards making a difference.

Many thanks for your support