On Pay it Forward Day Students in St. Louis Rathmines prepared slips of paper with ‘good deeds’ written on them and handed them out in the school foyer as students came in to school leading to a day of great excitement and positivity throughout the school. As it happened, Christina Noble from the Christina Noble Foundation was visiting the school on the same day where she spoke to a large cohort of students about the work the foundation does with abandoned children in Vietnam and in Mongolia. The 6th Year Social education class and the Student Representative Council raised €950 for the organisation and they presented the cheque to Christina – a real ‘pay it forward’ gesture. This all happened as a result of the 6th Years attending the film on the life of Christina Noble last Christmas. A student ‘tweeted’ that she was very inspired by the film. The ‘tweet’ was picked up by the Christina Noble foundation who enquired as to what school had brought students to see the film and made contact offering to visit the school. The extreme warmth and loving personality of Christian Noble made the visit a special occasion and the girls really engaged with her making the first Pay it Forward Day a memorable one in St. Louis Rathmines.
