Love, hope, faith. That's the message surrounded by red and black handprints on a banner dedicated to Christchurch that hangs outside Community College in Blenheim.
Students at the college made the banner to show their support for the city, which was hit by a 6.3 earthquake on Tuesday last week.
Fifteen-year-old Teagan MacDonald, one of the organisers, said it was a way for the students to show they cared.
Most students had family or friends in the Christchurch area.
Shian King, 18, Sharmaine Thompson, 18, Logan McCartney, 17, Massey Rogers, 16, and Malcolm Crouch, 17, all helped design and paint the banner, but many others had covered their hands in Canterbury colours and left a sign of solidarity.
College manager Virginia Archer said they wanted people to write a small message of support on the banner, which hangs on the fence at the corner of Scott St and Francis St.
It will be sent to the North Canterbury Community College in Rangiora at the end of next week, she said. Hospitality students will also be making fudge in the college kitchen next week to sell to raise money for Christchurch.
Wayne Stretch, 16, a hospitality student, said the mood around the college since the earthquake had been "depressing, but we just have to carry on and get our work done". He drove to Christchurch at the weekend to help his aunt, uncle and cousin clean up liquefaction from their Worcester St home and would return this weekend.
Some students had taken leave to go to Christchurch to help their families.
- The Marlborough Express
Student banner a boost for quake victims
SIMON WONG
Reaching out: Students at Community College in Blenheim with the banner they created to show their support for Christchurch. People are encouraged to leave messages on the banner, which will be sent to the Community College in Rangiora.
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