School Holiday Fun With Our Creating Opportunities Fund
Children enrolled in the Horizons OSCAR Holiday programmes enjoying a dip in the hot pools.
During the July school holidays, children enrolled in the Horizons OSCAR Holiday programmes enjoyed a variety of fun activities. They bounced around on the trampolines and went gliding on the ice skating rink at MoveX. They also had a dip at the He Puna Taimoana hot pools in New Brighton, and spent a day building lego into awesome creations with House of Bricks.
At Horizons OSCAR, we believe all children deserve to play and have fun with their peers to build positive memories as they grow up. For many families struggling financially, it can be very difficult to give their children the opportunities that others take for granted.
Through our Horizons OSCAR Creating Opportunities Fund, we have been able to support families so their children can participate in our programme. We love to find ways to help everyone to be a part of the fun as our mission is to bring hope in our local community.
Gilberthorpe School’s Penny Osborne nominated two children for the July school holiday programme. With the help of our Creating Opportunities Fund, they were able to spend their school holidays having new experiences and trying out lots of fun activities.
“[T]hey are lovely children, always wanting to help when and how they can. [These two children] don’t have a privileged home life, as some students do and I know mum struggles but she absolutely does her best (...) Through school outings we have had or events within the school, they are always so excited to be a part of them. I also liked the idea of [the children] mixing with other students and having the chance to establish friendships [which] would be invaluable for them as well.”
On attending the Holiday programme, one of the children expressed, “I liked that they had lots of different activities for us to do. My favourite was making icicles.” Horizons OSCAR is very glad they were able to come and be a part of the fun!