2014 School Magazine

KIRSTEN JACK MEMORIAL LEUKAEMIA COMMITTEE (KJMLC) MARGARET SCHUBERT (12G), KAITLIN WHITAKER (12G) AND SHAN (SHELLEY) XING (12B) CO-CAPTAINS

For Mother’s Day, members created beautiful hand-crafted cards. Making origami shirt cards for Father’s Day also kept us busy. On Open Day, our face painting, rocky road and amazing raffle drew a constant stream of customers. Our Daffodil Day bathed the School in golden daffodils, generously donated by Mrs Hanlon, and raised over $1000 for leukaemia research. A final bake stall and the colourful Bandana Day drew our year’s activity to a close. Thanks to our members for their commitment and our many supporters for making 2014 a great year for KJMLC. ■

The Kirsten Jack Memorial Leukaemia Committee (KJMLC), formed over forty years ago in memory of Kirsten who passed away from the disease, has had a successful fundraising and awareness-raising year for leukaemia research. The club’s first events for the year were a tasty bake stall and a raffle. George, an enormous toy bear, raised over $800 and inspired our creation of colouring and picture books about George’s school ‘adventures’ for children in oncology wards. In Term II, we hosted the annual formal fashion parade starring our Year 12 models in their beautiful gowns. This popular event drew a large audience for the seniors reliving their Formal magic.

SECOND CHANCE SARA BURKE (12E) AND SANGTEAN GOLLAGHER (12L)

Second Chance is a Service group for students in Years 11 and 12, which aims to raise awareness of women’s homelessness and help support local women’s homeless shelters. Second Chance supports a variety of different projects to help homeless women secure a home and return to independent living. As more than one in fifty-seven females in the fifteen to nineteen age group in Australia are homeless, Second Chance focuses on the issues directly impacting our community. We meet once a week with other like-minded senior students to discuss ideas for raising awareness and fundraising. We held several fundraisers this year, including bake stalls, clothing drives, lunchtime movies, selling cards, a teacher fashion parade and our christmas tree gift donations. Second Chance provides girls with the opportunity to have a greater understanding of the issues facing young women in our local area. Students have experienced this first-hand through their visit to the Bahloo Women’s Youth Shelter. Also, by participating in Second Chance, students have been able to attend empowering events, such as the International Women’s Day Breakfast and Lunch. ■

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