Upcycling Free Dress Day

This year in the Senior School, the Service Council has put an emphasis on service activities that try to engage the students in the issues that they are helping, with this in mind, we are running events that do not solely involve the donation of money. Take for example the upcycling free dress day on the 25 June.

Scotch has a free dress day roughly every term, however this time, the Service Council wanted to try something a little bit different.

Normally, students would themed free dress and donate a gold coin, which would go towards a specific charity. With this free dress, instead of donating a gold coin, students had to bring in an item of old clothing which would be donated to the Salvation Army.

The Service Council felt that, by getting boys to donate something other than money, they would think about the sorts of clothes they were wearing and hopefully become more appreciative for the clothes that they have. All in all, it the slight change in the donation system paid off, with hundreds of items of clothing being donated.

The Service Council was very happy with this outcome and looks forward to implementing more service activities that don’t just revolve around fundraising.

Ronnie Fellows-Smith
Year 12, Service Council