Pupils name preserve after rocker set to play gig next door to school
Published Date: 22 June 2011
By LAURA CUMMINGS
IT'S probably not the kind of fan mail he was expecting to receive as his band kicks off the UK leg of their 2011 world tour in the Capital.
But American rocker Jon Bon Jovi, who will take to the stage at a packed Murrayfield Stadium tonight, will receive a special sticky delivery from pupils at nearby Roseburn Primary School today - a jam named after him.
He's even been invited along to the school to meet the pupils who made the Jam Bon Jovi - and sample some of the tasty preserve.
More than 40 children in primary one to three made the apple and strawberry jam from scratch in the school kitchen. They managed to sell the majority of the 90 jars, each priced £1.50, to parents at the school yesterday afternoon. But they kept a few jars back for the man himself, which they plan to take along to Murrayfield.
Active schools co-ordinator Lewis Patience, 29, who is based at Roseburn Primary, said: "I'm sure Jon Bon Jovi has got a sweet tooth so I'm sure he'd love the jam.
"We will definitely try and get some jam to him. He's also invited along to the school today to try the jam and see how hard the pupils have worked.
"We heard about Johnny Depp going into a primary school in England so we thought Jon might pop in to Roseburn Primary - fingers crossed."
Funds raised from the school jam sale will be donated to Edinburgh-based charity Yes Tanzania. Mr Patience will leave the Capital next month to spend six weeks working for the charity in Tanzania, where he will deliver sports training for teachers and run sports sessions at a number of primary and secondary schools.
He added: "The jam is extremely tasty, it's low sugar but it is really nice.
"We decided to call it Jam Bon Jovi because the dates coincided with the concert and Bon Jovi is right next to us at Murrayfield."
The 44 children involved in the jam making and selling came from the composite primary 1/2 and primary 2/3 classes. They set up a stall yesterday from which they sold the jam.
They also sold homemade flapjacks, chocolate crispies and millionaire shortbread, and had a shoe shine stall where parents could have their shoes polished for just 50p. A total of around £185 was raised.
Primary 2/3 teacher Lesley Lamond said: "The children were asked as part of their homework to think of a way to raise money in the school for the charity - it was part of their enterprise project.
One of the children, Jake Miller, suggested making jam.
"A group of parents came in and helped, and the children basically made the jam from scratch."
The jars were donated by parents while Waitrose at Comely Bank kindly donated the strawberries for the jam.
Ms Lamond said: "The pupils absolutely loved making the jam."
I guess they never heard of MiJovi
In case you forgot that saga:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/nyregion/11jovi.html
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