A time for giving

..................And maybe having a bit of a laugh!

Lent starts today. The time of yearwhen christians "give up" something. Now some people "give up" cos they havae to, some people "give up " and donate their money to a charity, or a good cause. Over the years at school, we've had the Lenten Charities and the giving.

But this year, Paul decided to do something a little different. He's giving up sweets. Ok - not too bad a thing, but given that sweeties are often bought as part of a weekly shop, he's not actually buying said goodies, so therefore he has no money saved to donate.
There was one4 year at primary where they were making up backpacks to send to people and small sweeties were allowed - so sometimes he would take something from the house, others i would give him some money to buy a small thing at the tuck shop. Just bear with us - i think God understood what we were doing!

But this year, Paul has decided to shave off half his beard to raise money for CHAS - the Children's hospice association. This is a cause dear to us. we know several people who have used/ are still using the hospice and its services. It has brought joy and comfort to our friends and their families.

Sooooo - this is what i'm asking.
Can you at least go to Paul's just giving page and have a look.
If you are able and want to, can you donate a few pennies, cents, sheckles?? It all adds up.
If you can't give - that's ok - i apreciate that people have calls on money and they have charities that mean a lot to them - so i don't mind the pennies being given to them. But at least have a look at the page

http://www.justgiving.com/Paul-Johnston1

So far, he's raised about £60 between the page and sponsor sheets.
So i'm really proud of him.

Here's a link to the CHas website

http://www.chas.org.uk/

Nice places, lovely food i'm told and a lot of fun.

Ok - fun may not be the 1st thing you think off with a hospice, but this is kids - even tho they may be ill and not live to a ripe old age, many of them will pack more into an hour, a day, a week than most of us will in to a lifetime!!

Oh - and one last thing - Paul has asked if you can pass the link on to others who may be able to help.
Thank you