Students rewarded for fundraising efforts

LINTON Primary School has been rewarded for their financial support of the Deafness Foundation.

Six-year-old Sienna Ackland led the campaign, raising $450 with the support of the school, her mum, and the Linton Takeaway. Approximately $140 from the total was her own pocket money.

A SoundBites family picnic, and the sale of butterfly pins generated the funds to support the Foundation which assists Sienna’s brothers, two-year-old Carlo and one-year-old Max. They are profoundly and partially deaf respectively.

“I wanted to do something to help my brothers,” she said.

“The Deafness Foundation help them and other people who are deaf with cochlear implants.

“I saved my pocket money which I got helping mum do jobs at home, and in birthday cards my nan sent me. I sold lots of colourful butterfly pins for $5 each. They are the symbol for the deaf because butterflies can’t hear.”

Because of this initiative, Linton Primary’s acting principal Jennifer Dyer said two certificates were sent to the school from the Foundation, for the student body and Sienna.

The school is also receiving a prize from the organisation to help the whole community in their learning, especially Carlo and Max once they reach school age.

“We won the inaugural prize of a $3000 sound system for our school,” Ms Dyer said.

The school has been offered either a Phonak Digimaster 5000 Soundfield system or a FrontRow Juno Soundfield system to assist students in need of hearing assistance during classroom learning.

Linton Primary are deciding which technology will be the right one for their pupils now and in the future.