SIXTEEN students from St Patrick’s Grammar School in Armagh have recently returned from a week long visit to the Brasov area in Romania. The students were accompanied by staff members Mrs Úna Lennon and Ms Nicola McCreesh. And as in previous years, they were joined by pupils from Holy Trinity and Cookstown High School, and their staff, Mrs Elaine McDonald, Ms Cara Quinn, Mr Paul Carson and Mr Kevin O’Boyle. The group was led by Mrs Mary Hogg and Mr Jim McQuaid and the total number of students amounted to 41.
It was a busy week for all concerned. On a few occasions large institutions were visited by the whole group but in the main the group subdivided into two or three groups to facilitate visits to smaller institutions. Before the visit students had engaged in many fundraising activities to provide aid for orphanages and the old people’s home visited in Sacele. Most of the aid was purchased in Romania, but some essential medical aid was purchased at home and taken out by students and staff.
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