The IBSH UNICEF Carnival
　

Sheryl MacLeod
　

October was Unicef month at IBSH. Students participated in a number of different activities to try and raise money for this wonderful charity. We donated NT$51,895 to Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF.
The two main events that the students hosted were the annual walk-a-thon and the Unicef Halloween Carnival.
The walk-a-thon took place on a Friday afternoon and other high school students were invited to join the event. Students raised money by getting people to sponsor them for an amount per lap walked. The students left the basketball court and headed around the lake. At the end of each lap they are given a rubber band to count their laps. When they have finished their laps they returned to the basketball court, turned in their rubber bands, and got their sponsor sheets to go and collect the sponsored money.
The other major fundraising event was the Halloween Carnival. The day started off with the younger students going around the school to trick-or-treat and then all going to the gym for the carnival. The carnival had games, food, a costume contest, a haunted house, and toys and books for the students to buy. The booths at the Halloween Carnival were run and organized by either classroom parents or students, and they were responsible for setting up, selling, and cleaning-up once all the fun had finished.
　

Yearly UNICEF Walkathon for 2017

Ethan Chien 　(Vice President of InterAct club)
　

IBSH InterAct Club has been established for 13 years now and the initial inspiration for us to help those in need has not strayed from our sight. For the past seven years, InterAct has hosted the Walkathon event annually to raise money for UNICEF International and a local center for the mentally delayed, Lux Mundi.
Walkathon promotes physical health while contributing to local and global charities. Participants find sponsors to back them for walking or jogging around the Jin Shin Lake behind our school. The number of laps would indicate how much money they would collect from their sponsors. Ultimately, the participants would collect their money from their sponsors give the money to InterAct Club, who serves as a medium for donation to the mentioned organizations.
This year, Walkathon took place on a Friday, October 20th. Like previous years we invited Guangwu and Hsinke Junior High Schools to the event, and made the addition of inviting Pacific American School and Keyuan Elementary School. Despite the inclement weather that day -- cloudy with a slight drizzle -- the turnout rate was still high. We were moved by the sincerity of the participants and touched that our motto of “service above self” has extended beyond our club members and to the general community. We hope that all the participants enjoyed Walkathon and we look forward to seeing them again next year!

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