Our first Café in 2024, held on Monday 27th May, was again very well attended by members of our Whalsay community.
S3 pupils set up a classroom as a café, welcomed guests, took orders, made hot drinks, and prepared food, whilst S1 pupils contributed baked items made during their Home Economics lessons.
Thanks to very generous donations from customers, pupils will be able to meet the school’s contribution towards the £3000 which was given to the winning charity at the recent Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) event, as well as a small donation to each of the other two charities involved.
This year, the S3 group who won our YPI event were representing MacMillan Cancer Support (Shetland), who hope to use the donation to help set up a weekend phone helpline for people living with cancer in Shetland.
The other two groups of pupils were representing the Fisherman’s Mission and Shetland Woman’s Aid.
Many thanks to everyone who supported the café.
