1976 School Magazine

EF{€ESAACT RE P@ffi.g' Oraee agaim the B.G.G.S. {{iteraet Cluh draws to tlne cAose of another sr,JccessfrJl yean w{'lere the three aints of Treteract - service to ttie sclaool, conua-lureity and on the anternational nevel laave treen foremost in our minds. Tlae new comrnittee l'lad no sooner finled their posts im Noveneber X 975, wlaeaa tlaey laad to onganlze the Chnistrnas par$ fon tlae chiidren at the R.oyan tsrisbane C'hildreir's F{ospital - a cormbimed vesl- ture with the E.G.S. Interact Club. Our first ma.jor activity this year was to be hosts for the ,Annual District 260 Interact Conference held on Sunday 9th fufarch. Represemtatives ofcXubs carne from as far nonth as N{aryboroteghr/tsurndaberg and a.n enjoyable day was had by atrl witll ai-r ex- change of ideas for fund raising and service pro.iects. We were sad to have to farewenl our Japanese ex- change student, Yoko Matsumoto, in k{arcir as she lead become an integral part of our school life. She is now studying at the univensity in Tokyo. However, on ,A,ugllst 23 we were happy to welcorne Katlay fu{c}damana ftom Conneticutt {.J.S.A., who will be spending the corning year witli us. We are also glad to report that oun past-hesident, Sue Thompson, is having a fantastic time and being a wonderful arn- bassadress for ,{ustralia in her year in U.S.A. as a Rotary exchange student. Before the weather becarne too cold the Interact organized a Marathon Swimathon where we con- tinually had someone swirnming up and down the school pool from 4.00 pm on the Friday afternoon to 4.00 pm on Saturday. nt was a jubilant but weary group of girls who clambered out of the water on the Saturday afternoon after hours of keeping at least 3 pmple awake to ensure that we did not miss our target, So complete were some people's exhaustion that they resorted to sleeping on the beaml! As fruit of our Xabour we raised $270 of which we donated $150 to SCF and the remainder with other funds raised during the year bought a much needed stereo- system for the music department. Our specific community project for the year was to raise funds in order that we might allow aborig- inal children to attend the OFAL holiday camp this coming.Ianuary. We were also fortunate enough to have a speaker from OFAX- who told us of its op- eration and as a result of this hopefully some of our Interactors will be leaders at the coming camp Our activities of community service include helping with the Keep Australia Beautiful Council, assisting the S.A. Red Shield Appeal, the Lifeline Door Knock and the Cancer Fund Door knock. Through the year the club has been active in fund raising. We have had various cake-stalls, raffled a food-hamper, organized the child-minding centre on School Day, and ran a film evening which was enjoyed by those who attended despite reels dropping off the projector, warped spools, bulbs being blown and other various mishaps. In Novem- ber we have planned to have a combined walk- athonlcyclathon with the SRC. We have also worked in conjunction with the Boys'Club in our various activities and ventures.

The club would like to thank Mr. Logan who tras always come along to meetings with bright new suggestions and various pro.jects, Mn. T'homas, or.lr staff rep., Miss Skiaw, ottrer staff rnembers and parents - aXl who trave supported our various activities throughout tr 976. My personal thanks go to the committee who trave worked along with me and girtrs within the school who have given their assistance. Finally, good luck to the incorning office bearers for 1976fi7 and to ttre school public, consider becorning a member of the club for - "it is in giving that we receive."

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