OCGA Community Support Program

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Congratulations to everyone involved in the Steer North Bike Ride. We are thrilled to be involved! Check out the Steer North page for more information on the ride! 🚲

A report from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on the success of the sewing room at All Angels.
What a fantastic project and publicity.
Please like and share.
http://www.unfpa.org/news/periods-not-problem-thanks-pad-making-club-malawi

Periods not a problem thanks to pad-making club in Malawi | UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund SENGA BAY, Malawi – After finishing class for the day, Fatima Muhammed and Deborah Chavula head to their school’s sewing room to make sanitary napkins. It is an unusual after-school activity, but a vital one: They distribute the pads to their fellow female students, helping to keep girls from missin...

Tomorrow morning, the STEER NORTH BIKE RIDE will commence the 4,000km Steer North bike ride across 45 days from Melbourne to Cairns during December and January. If you would like to see the riders head off, meet them at Argyle Square in Carlton at 8:00am.

NIC HAMLEY (2007) has been a played a large role in the organisation of the event. The OCGA Community Support Program is proud to announce sponsorship of 2 days of the ride, as well as an extra donation.

Steer North is a community health promotion organisation, in which they aim to inspire people to live more active and healthy lives and improve community health through cycling.

Their aim is for this to become an annual event in which we visit rural and regional communities, which have some of the highest rates of obesity and non-communicable disease (such as diabetes and heart disease) in Australia, delivering health promotion programs and working with local communities to improve access to facilities in order to live a healthier lifestyle. This will help build the foundations of a nationwide community of cyclists we are trying to inspire.

They are also raising funds to donate to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, which will be used in research into cures for cancer and patient care.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL INVOLVED!

https://www.facebook.com/steernorthau/?fref=ts

The OCGA Community Support Program are thrilled to sponsor the Pink Ribbon Breakfast, to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. For more information on attending the breakfast or how to donate, please click on the link below.

http://enewsletter.carey.com.au/all_school/pink-ribbon-breakfast-080916/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Carey+Newsletter+6+October+2016&utm_campaign=all_news+-+Whole+School+Newsletter+Term+4%2C+Week+1+-+6+October+2016

Pink Ribbon Breakfast - Carey EDM Carey Baptist Grammar School

HELP YOUNG STUDENTS IN ROB RIVER - A message from current year 9 students, Tiana and Laura:

If you are able to help, please email [email protected]

Dear Old Carey Grammarians,
Our names are Tiana and Laura and we are year 9 students at Carey involved in the C-change Program. We are working on a project which will benefit indigenous children and students from Robinson River, a remote indigenous community located in the Northern Territory.

As many of you would know, our school participates in an exchange program with the community and we have developed many close connections with the people in their community.
Due to their financial circumstances, they have limited resources and money and very limited schooling options, with all the children of their community overcrowded into only two classes. Often as the students grow older, they receive indigenous scholarships and are sent off to boarding schools to be able to further their education.
It has come to our attention that amongst other things, they have a lack of toiletries during their transition to boarding school, and this is where we want to help out.

So the reason we are writing to you today is to ask for your assistance in supporting our project of creating 50 Essentials packs which we can give to the indigenous students to take with them to start boarding school. This would mean they have one less thing to worry about at a time which will be full of stress and anxiety. We have previously contacted organizations about providing the following, however, all of them have indicated prior commitments to other charity groups. This is where we need your help. We would love to hear from anyone who has a connection to an organization which may be able to help us source the following items which we would love to make up into packs and donate to the Rob River school kids.
- Deodorant
- Body soap/shower gel
- Hand soap
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Shaving cream
- Razors
- Sanitary products
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Hair-ties
- Hair brushes

Your assistance with any of the above items would be immensely appreciated, and if you are able to assist, please contact us so we can organize the pick-up of any items.
Your kind support for this cause will make such a big difference to 50 boys’ and girls’ health and self-esteem.

Great to see so many year 12 students signing up to the OCGA Community Support Program at this morning's breakfast! Thank you for your support. All the best for the last week at school and upcoming exams.

The footy is over, and now it is time to look to the next big sporting event of the year - The 2016 Melbourne Marathon! The JMB Foundation is still looking for 20 more volunteers to help out on Sunday 16th October. If you are able to assist or know someone that can, please email [email protected] .

Valuable Student Volunteers Available

Carey Baptist Grammar School has a long tradition of community service following in the footsteps of William Carey and his commitment to service to others. The benefits of service have been known since the early ages and there is a resurgence in popularity with the benefits being reinforced by a volume of recent psychological research.

In order to explore their own skills and the rewards of service, Year 7 at Carey are asked to engage in 3 hours of community service; Year 8 are asked to engage in 6 hours; and Year 9 are tasked with creating and implementing their own community focussed project aimed at enacting change in the world.

If you are involved with a charitable program or community organisation who would benefit from the dedicated and committed involvement of the students we would love to hear from you. We are always seeking out opportunities to provide the students and scaffold their success and positive experiences in this area.

Please contact Chris Higgins, Coordinator of Community and Religious Education, on [email protected] .

Thank you to everyone who has entered our promotion.

Congratulations to our winners - Bec Graham and Rachael Szumski. You have each won a double pass to Gold Class!

Please email [email protected] within 7 days to collect your tickets.

JUST OVER 12 HOURS TO GO! The chance to win one of two, double GOLD CLASS vouchers is very high. It takes less than 30 seconds to fill in your name and email address, for us to contact you if you win.

Click on the link below for more information. Competition ends 11pm tonight. Thank you for your support!
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