Task description
Over the last year your school has been
raising money in support of a local charity. You have been asked to
write a report for staff and students on the past year of fundraising
activities for the charity.
In your report you should briefly
describe the chosen charity and its aims, evaluate the overall success
of the fundraising and explain which activities were the most
successful.
Raising Funds For Our Local Animal Shelter.
Introduction
For the last year our college has been running its own charity events to raise funds for our local animal shelter. This report will remind students and staff about the aims of the charity chosen, and explain how successful the (1)______________ (PIONEER) initiative has been so far.
The charity
The charity chosen by the college is the local animal shelter. Its aims are not only to give abandoned pets the best possible care at the shelter, but also
to find every pet a new home. They use donations for (2)_____________
(SUPPLY) and to employ staff to check that adopted pets are treated well
and are happy.
Overall success
On the whole,
the school's (3)______________ (FUND) efforts have been (4)___________
(EXTREME) successful. We raised $5000 in 12 months, which the charity
told us represents 20% of their (5)_____________ (OVER) donations this
year. They were (6)____________ (ELATION) and have sent us many pictures
of (7)___________ (JOY) pets that have been adopted thanks to our hard
work.
Most successful activities
Coffee mornings and
the sports events were the activities which helped raise the majority of
the (8)____________ (SUBSTANCE) amount mentioned above. In particular, the
'man's best friend' 5km race, where students, teachers and many
(9)____________ (WILL) members of the public participated with their
dogs, succeeded in promoting the shelter. (10)______________ (INTEREST),
we are told that several adoptions took place the following week.
Conclusion
As can be seen in this report, the (11)______________ (CHARITY) events organised by the schools have been (12)____________ (REMARKABLE) successful on the whole. Moreover, the
charity chosen is (13)______________ (IMMENSE) pleased to have the
school's (14)_____________ (VALUE) help and we are not at all
(15)_____________ (SATISFACTION) with how the funds raised are being
used.
KEY
1. pioneering
2. supplies
supplies: (pl) provisions: food, equipment. The things such as food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, for example an army or expedition. Sp.
suministro. E.g. Our backpacks held all of our supplies for the 7-day
hike. Sp. Nuestras mochilas contenían todos nuestros suministros para la
excursión de siete días.
3. fundraising
4. extremely
5. overall
overall: considering or including everything. Total.
E.g.
The overall cost of the exhibition was £400,000.
The overall result is an increase in population.
An overall winner and a runner-up were chosen.
We don’t want all the details now, just the overall picture.
6. elated
elated: extremely happy and excited, especially because of something that has happened or is going to happen. OPP depressed.
E.g.
He felt elated.
elated at/by She was elated at the prospect of a holiday.
7. joyful
8. substantial
9. willing
10. Interestingly,
11. charitable
12. remarkably
13. immensely
14.invaluable/ valuable
15. dissatisfied / unsatisfied
