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The Sun
Wednesday July 3, 2019
Hidden treasures
Hidden Treasures organiser, Olivia Cooke (left) with MGC Enviroment Club leader, Sophia Wills.
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By Aimee O’Hagan Walking into Marlborough Girls’ College’s former school library, a flash of colour catches the eye. Investigating it further – following the bright array until she reaches a small room on the right side of the building – a student will find she has stumbled upon the brand new MGC thrift shop; aka, Hidden Treasures. Items cost as little as 50c and as much as $15.00. Anybody within the MGC community – teachers, students, senior management, and more – can shop there. All money made is set to go towards future environmentally-friendly projects at the school. Such projects will hopefully include beehives, tree-planting, and a recycling system. The idea for the thrift shop was born 10 months ago, when then MGC year 11
students, Olivia Cooke and Hillary Stuart (along with teacher, Michelle Dawson), went for a visit to Nelson College for Girls. The three were inspired when they discovered that the Nelson college had a thrift shop. “We thought to ourselves, wow, this is amazing, we’ve never thought of this,” Olivia says,” and is it possible to get it done here at MGC? “We were curious as to how we could improve our school and become more environmentally-friendly by creating the first ever MGC thrift shop – so that students and staff could sell and buy pre-loved clothing, shoes, and accessories.” Since then, Olivia, Hillary, a nd a g roup of ot her thrift-loving MGC students have been working on making the dream come to life. “We went through the
principal, etc... and they said, ‘Yeah, sure!’ Olivia explains. “The only problem we had was finding a room that was appropriate for it.” She is certain theirs is a thrift shop with an important difference in aesthetic. “I walk into lots of thrift shops and they’re quite messy... We’ve tried to make ours funky and colourful, to lighten it up a bit.” According to Olivia, many students “believe thrift shopping is cool and more sustainable” than buying clothes brand new or online. “At school we’re going to have a box where students and staff can donate clothes... We’ll constantly have clothes coming in.” If members of the community want to donate items, Olivia recommends getting in contact with an MGC student.
Joshua Guillemot-Roderson and Caroline Perry (pictured) have travelled all the way from the U.S. to be in Blenheim for DANCE On Grove's production of Don Quixote. Both are professional dancers who are members of the Corps de Ballet and attended world-renowned Houston Ballet Academy. A "one-off opportunity" to see the two perform together in Blenheim's ASB Theatre, Don Quixote promises to be a colourful and "highpaced" ballet. There is still one more night to go, so get your tickets for tonight's final performance of Don Quixote. (Tickets are available online at Ticketek or at the ASB Theatre.) Photo supplied by Mark Grammer.