Red Cross Gymnasium
Red Cross Gymnasium
BG is proud to be one of the first Red Cross schools in Denmark
Red Cross' annual collection
The start of school year at Birkerød Gymnasium is always closely connected with the Red Cross' annual collection.
At Birkerød Gymnasium it is only natural that the school puts in the effort to attract as many collectors as possible, just as it is naturally Birkerød Gymnasium that opens its doors and acts as a gathering place for the collection in Birkerød town.
The Red Cross group is working hard to do PR for the collection both at our school and in Birkerød town. This is done via an effective communication strategy that ensures that posters are put up in Birkerød city and at BG. Furthermore, all BG students are well informed via social media, morning meetings and visits to all classes by the recruitment team.
The big draw is the many cake sales and the principal's awarding of party tickets to the class with the most collectors.
Every year a representative from the Red Cross head office visits BG and gives a presentation to all 2nd year students. Here the students get an in-depth insight into the work of the Red Cross and every year the importance of supporting the work of the Red Cross becomes very clear to our students.
Birkerød Gymnasium Red Cross Collection
The Red Cross and the Global Goals
Every year in October, a Red Cross and the World Goals day is held. Based on World Goal No. 12 Responsible consumption and production, the students develop projects within recycling and products are made from apples donated by the schools’s teachers, 2nd sorting tree from BYGMA, waste, textiles and clothes from the local Red Cross shop and discarded books.All products are sold and bought at the school and the profit is donated to the Red Cross.
Voluntary work in Birkerød Red Cross Shop
BG has a close collaboration with the local Red Cross shop in Birkerød Hovedgade. The store recruits volunteers to work in the store's warehouse and a group of the school's students work with the store's social media, on which they post weekly pictures of selected pieces of clothing.
In addition, an annual flea market is held at BG with clothes from the store, just as the store donates clothes that are upcycled in the school's "Sustainable Fashion Club" and then resold to the school's students.
Give a box
Red Cross club
BG's Red Cross club has a good collaboration with Center Sandholm – the country's largest asylum centre. Prompted by our student Jasmin's initiative, BG's students collect games, toys, and other items that the children at Center Sandholm can enjoy. The project has been named "Give a Box".
Donations
Everything is reviewed and sorted by the members of the Red Cross society, who divide the items into age groups. Christmas gifts are then made targeting children of all ages and finally the donations are neatly wrapped.
Christmas market
BG's Red Cross society has been allowed to participate in Center Sandholm's Christmas market and hand out the gift to the residents of Center Sandholm. The meeting with the center’s staff and residents always makes a big impression.
Student representation on the Red Cross' board in Birkerød
Student representation