A winning donation from hard-working students
Written by Mrs Vasu from Carey Baptist College Forrestdale
As part of the Pastoral Care program in Secondary at Carey Baptist College Forrestdale, the school launched a new initiative called Social Clubs. This new program allowed students to choose a Social Club to participate in, once a week, for four weeks in Term 3.
Students got to choose from basketball to candle making, to a community kitchen and French food club, horticulture, Minecraft, strategy games and a science club.
Mrs Vasu ran a Money Challenge club. Each student was given $10 and needed to multiply their money. Some chose to work on their own, in pairs, or small groups of 3. Whatever money each group made was donated to their chosen charity and the person/group that made the most money won a prize.
Over the last four weeks, the winning group worked extremely hard to fundraise for the Child Cancer Research Foundation. Jamie Leejo-George (Year 8), Jayden Hockey (Year 7) and Aimee Gordon (Year 10) had a number of different ideas. They started with a stall selling jelly and icy-poles. They then used the profits from that stall to purchase sponges, soap and polish for a car wash.
They made an excel booking sheet and wrote up contracts to give to the staff at school. They gave up their lunch times and committed to staying back after school to wash as many cars as possible. They also gave up their time to sorting and cleaning bookshelves and the fish tank in the Science room for a fee.
We have some very clever entrepreneurs at Carey Baptist College Forrestdale. This group turned their original $30 into $441.15. Their determination and commitment during this challenge was commendable and inspiring. The group chose this foundation because of friends and family members affected by cancer and wanting to do it in support of them.