College joins Olympic stadium event

Students and staff from National Star College, part of National Star Foundation, joined the Gold Challenge Olympic Stadium Event on Sunday 1 April with four local schools. They were among the first to experience the Olympic track as a reward for their fundraising efforts.

The National Star College and schools involved – Rendcomb College Junior School, Soudley Primary School, Newent Community School and All Saints Academy – are taking part in the Gold Challenge Initiative to celebrate the 2012 Olympics and raise funds for National Star Foundation. The Olympic initiative is a charity challenge in which people take on Olympic and Paralympic sports to raise money for their chosen charity.

 The event included charities, businesses and celebrities enjoying 100 metre races, a parade, and musical entertainment from Dionne Bromfield, Angel and Britain’s got Talent winners, Spellbound. Celebrities included Katie Price, international rugby players Austin Healy and Gareth Edwards, Team GB ambassadors Tessa Sanderson, Steve Backley and Mary Peters, and Olympic medal winners Fatima Whitbread and Dalton Grant.

Rendcomb College Junior School were honoured with their own running lane in the 100 metre race to reward them for raising an impressive £2,500 for the foundation so far.

 Holly Plummer an events fundraiser from National Star Foundation said: “We were delighted to share this once in a lifetime opportunity with the schools supporting National Star Foundation with Gold Challenge; a huge thank-you to them for their commitment and amazing fundraising efforts. We are looking forward to working with them all up until the end of the summer term with more exciting Gold Challenge events.”