Stifford Clays pupils bake fundraising cakes for St Luke's

THREE Year Five pupils at Stifford Clays Junior School raised £62 for St Luke’s Hospice by organising a cake sale.

Brooke Willets, Leah Hinds and Megan Dennis came up with the idea in memory of Megan’s grandfather who recently passed away and who received support from the hospice.

Leah’s grandmother also passed away from cancer.

The girls and their parents along with some staff spent their weekend baking as many cakes as possible.

Megan spent five hours in the kitchen.

The cakes were sold during a break-time with more than 300 sales in 15 minutes.

On Wednesday November 19 Allison Jones, the area fundraiser for St Luke’s Hospice came to the Whitmore Avenue-based school to receive the cheque.

Allison Jones said that what the girls had done was marvellous and that they were ”fundraisers of the future.”

She said: “Their money will be put to good use and we hope that some children from Stifford Clays will come to St Luke’s to see the work being done there.”