Summerfields Primary School teachers who participated in the Relay 4 Life are back (from left): Tyler Holgate, Colleen Barron, Kevin Schrenk, Shantal Abbotts, Pat Halse, Terryn Sweetman, Melonie Myburgh, Ruth Greyling and Judy Mong. Front, Erik Skjoldhammer, Candice Menezes, Heather Simpson, Nadyne Langford and Janet Thornton.
To date the school has raised over R72 000, which was handed over to Cansa during the Relay 4 Life on March 10 and 11, held at the Boksburg Stadium.
Summerfields was the only government school in Boksburg to participate in such a fundraiser, and a team of 87 teachers along with parents, grandparents, children and cancer survivors took part.
As a fundraising incentive, principal Joe Bantich agreed to a Shavathon, where the teachers were allowed to dye their hair a bright colour or shave their head.
Partaking in the Summerfields Primary Shavathon are Kevin Schrenk, Gavin Towsen and Erik Skjoldhammer.
The school set certain targets for each teacher. Once their target was reached, they had to dye their hair a bright colour.
At the Cansa Relay 4 Life the school won the trophy for best team spirit the trophy for best health slogan.
Summerfields Primary School educator Candice Menezes shaving educator Gavin Towsen’s head during the Shavathon held at the school.
They also won the trophy for overall best team and the trophy for the team that raised the most money.
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