Throughout Saltus' history, the school has made huge efforts to support both local and international charities. However, this year, Saltus has demonstrated a higher level of generosity and caring during an economic downturn.

In the school year 2009-2010, Saltus has donated both money and goods to more than 10 local and international charities. The Saltus Family has gotten together during times of need in the past to donate to those suffering; after the Indian Ocean Tsunamis in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and after the Chinese Earthquakes in 2008, for example. In the past, we have also supported local charities such as PALS, the Sunshine League, and the Salvation Army.

Annually, through fun events, bake sales and, of course, grub days, Saltus raises thousands of dollars for local and international charities. RAG week, a yearly tradition started 10 years ago by Mrs. Hucker, a former teacher, has raised around $40,000 in its lifetime. We donate canned and other non-perishable goods to the Salvation Army every year around Christmas time, and, more recently, we have begun to donate to the St. Baldrick's Day charity in March.

Most notably, this year, Saltus has made huge fund raising efforts for relief in Haiti, St. Baldrick's Day, RAG week, Kiddie Academy, Denim for Diabetes, Bermuda Cancer and Health, Mental Health Awareness, and TWLOHA. Together, these charities and others, throughout the year have received more than $70,000 from Saltus students and staff together with the Bermudian public.

In early October, after a series of break-ins at Kiddie Academy, the Saltus family, with close ties to the nursery, got together with a fund raising effort and managed to donate around $2,400 to aid in their swift recovery from the experience. It showed how close the ties were throughout, not only Saltus, but the community in Bermuda as a whole. Later that month, members of the Saltus family were personally affected by major flooding in the Philippines brought on by a series of hurricanes and tropical storms. Again, Saltus, mainly the upper primary department, pulled together to donate items such as clothes, and canned goods.

In October, November and December, we got together multiple times, raising money through grub days, for diabetes, cancer, and the Salvation Army. Our grub days produced, collectively, almost $5,000, and the canned food drive for the Salvation Army was a huge success this year. A donation collection at Carols for All in December raised a further $1,714 for the Sunshine League through Saltus' music department.

In January, after a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti, the Saltus family raised huge amounts of money in a short period of time. This fundraising effort, including 'Helping Hands for Haiti' organised by the Upper Primary School staff, brought out the better qualities of not only Saltus students and staff, but Bermudians as a whole. In total, we as a community raised a remarkable $15,771.88 to donate to Haiti.

However, Saltus' charitable efforts did not end with Haiti! In March, both St. Baldrick's Day (with events spanning a week), which aids in the search for a cure of cancer in children, and RAG week raised another huge sum of money. St. Baldrick's week, organised largely by Mr. Totten, an Information and Communication Technology teacher, was the most successful it has ever been – raising about $40,000. The highlight of the week, and its namesake, was the head shaving. Donations were given to see eight students and two teachers get their heads shaved for the cause.

RAG week, now run by Mrs. Millar and Miss. Crabb, was very successful, raising almost $4,000. Of this $500 was donated to Maikel Macias, the child that Saltus has been sponsoring in Ecuador. And, in keeping with tradition, we split the remaining money in half: half to a local charity, the National Trust, and half to an international charity, the Red Cross.

In the past Saltus has been an active body in raising money and awareness for charities and this year is by no means an exception. After raising tens of thousands of dollars for charity with two months left before the end of the school year, it has been proven, once again, how tightly knit the Saltus family truly is, and will continue to be in the future.