School Talk and Fund-Raiser at Qifa Primary School

On 6th February 2003, HRSS was invited back to Qifa Primary School by one of their teachers, Mrs Chung, to set up an education/ merchandise booth. This was a follow up to a successful talk to their students last year.

When the recess bell rang at 9.30am, our booth was swarmed with students, all eagerly and excitedly eyeing our merchandise. Despite the small selection of items that we had on sale, our bookmarks, postcards, greeting cards and t-shirts obviously had massive kids appeal for some of the enthusiastic exclamations overheard were "I want this one!" and "This is so cute!". Every little face lit up when they got the item they wanted. Some even went all out to get their parents to patronise our booth.

Bunnies were also played up in the faces of a group of P2 students when Mrs Chung and her assistant turned the gamely little faces into animated bunnies. We admired their boundless zeal as they zipped around the school to help us spread the message.

The students, who visited our booth, also took part in a Rabbity Quiz, designed by Janice Lim, our Education Officer. They all eagerly gathered in front of our two banners to digest the information and jotted the answers away. The winners were announced at the end of the day. In this way, we hope the kids learnt something new and responsibility for animals.

Without the help and enthusiasm of Mrs Chung & the students, this fund raising event at Qifa Primary School would not have been such a success.

We left with a happy heart and were inspired by their eagerness and devotion to help the rabbits.