2015 School Magazine

have volunteered to help out with a number of events, including the selling of ANZAC merchandise in the city for the ANZAC Day Commemorative Council. A new service group was established this year. Time for Change meet once a term to organise events for each term, and communicate through a series of newsletters. In order to encourage service participation and junior membership, in Term II, we initiated the Service Expo, where we had displays for all of the service opportunities on the pool lawn. Girls could sign their name up or talk to the leaders. Another highlight of Term II was White Blouse Day, where we worked to raise both funds and awareness for ovarian cancer. The Junior Executive Force (JEF) has also contributed greatly to fundraising efforts this year. They started off their year by raising money for the Vanuatu cyclone victims in Term I, as well as helping to facilitate Steptember, an annual event raising money for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, our 2013 school charity. The Year 7 students joined the Year 8s in supporting the World Vision child sponsorship programme. The Year 7 and 8s also enjoyed participating and fundraising in the annual Jump Rope For Heart Jump-Off, continuing our twenty-year relationship with the Heart Foundation. The Service is in our DNA forum hosted by the Old Girls Association provided an opportunity for girls to hear from recent graduates and their experiences with service outside of school. Overall, 2015 has been another exceptional year for BGGS Service, and everyone who participated should be commended for their efforts. We would like to send our gratitude to all the service coordinators, Service Crew and their corresponding service clubs, as well as the Student Council, for their continuing support throughout the year. The Mothers Group has also contributed both time and funds to our service endeavours this year, for which we are extremely grateful. A particular thanks to the Director of Service, Mrs Mungomery, whose tireless work allowed our ideas to become a reality. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time as Service Captains, and were honoured to have the opportunity to inspire our sisters in service this year.

FROM THE SERVICE CAPTAINS JOSEFINE GANKO (12R) AND ANNA MCARTHUR-DOWTY (12R) This year’s school charity project aimed to reduce Girls Grammar’s effect on the environment by considering our impact and raising funds. We encouraged girls to not only donate their money, but also their precious time. Specifically, we asked students to assist with the Days for Girls packaging of sanitary kits to minimise the amount of school missed by girls in developing countries who don’t have access to sanitary supplies. This contributed to our goal of assisting at an international level. Our support on a national level extended to the Rainforest Rescue Big Scrub rehabilitation programme, which seeks to restore the Big Scrub Rainforest located in New South Wales between Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore. At Grammar Goes Green working bees, we have continued to replenish the creek side of Cubberla Creek and enhance the surroundings of our local sport fields with trees and shrubs that will attract birds and butterflies. As the major fundraiser for our school charity, the Student Council and the Service Crew came together to host Greening the Blue in August. Over two days, we sold seedlings, kindly donated by the Lund family, taught girls about recycling through our recycling game, sold punny environment badges and made grass heads. All while enjoying our beautiful school environment, eating our lunches on the pool lawn and listening to a live performance by the Percussion Ensemble. This year, we wanted to increase the profile of the House Service Leaders and Service Club Leaders roles within the school through the formation of the Service Crew. The House Service Leaders have taken on the organisation of Year 10 service in their houses as well as successfully organising their house charities. The Service Crew has been a fundamental part of keeping service running so smoothly this year. They

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