2014 School Magazine

ECUMENICAL COFFEE BRIGADE CATHERINE CHAN (12R)

The Ecumenical Coffee Brigade (ECB) is a voluntary organisation dedicated to aiding Brisbane’s homeless men and women. At BGGS, girls in their senior year can volunteer to aid this worthwhile organisation. The girls assist in making all varieties of sandwiches — from vegemite to ham and cheese. Every girl who volunteers not only betters their buttering skills, but more importantly, also makes an intangible difference to our wider community. In Term I, a food drive was held to collect basic food items such as milo and packaged soup. The generosity of the entire School community was overwhelming; we managed to donate over seventy boxes of muesli bars alone! Everyone who contributed must be congratulated; your efforts have made the lives of these men and women just that little bit brighter and easier. I hope that with the School’s continued support of ECB, we can keep on advocating for this wonderful organisation, whilst helping to both raise attention and combat the issue of homelessness. ■

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART ISABELLA BERLESE (8O) AND HELENA GANDHI (8O)

On June 19 all Year 8s participated in Jump Rope for Heart. It was a great afternoon full of music, fun, ropes, sweat and one big giant heart for skipping. Two weeks prior to this activity we started getting sponsors to help raise money for children with heart problems. To start the afternoon we were teamed up with a partner and started skipping, swapping every couple of minutes, showing off our skills to everyone, learning how to do new tricks and dancing with our class mates. It was a great afternoon and to finish it off we had a skip off between one girl from each House. It was a fantastic way to bond with our classmates, show off our skipping and get our hearts pumping. ■

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