Sacred Heart Mission located in the heart of St Kilda is dedicated to providing three meals a day to the homeless at no cost. They aim to conquer hunger for the homeless and provide an environment where disadvantaged people can feel a sense of safety, family and love. The amount of food they provide the community however is not cheap, as shown in their total project cost of 2.9 million dollars. We were informed that each meal cost the foundation approximately 4 dollars to cook, and the cost of meat was outside their normal available resources. This foundation receives quite a lot of donations from external sources; however foods high in protein are not abundant. Thus, the $5,000 we would provide would significantly help to increase the quality and nutritional value of meals provided to the public, especially in the winter months.
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11 01 Elliot Eyres meets Hectorjayjay’s brother at the stables in Cranbourne 02 Cameron Berry, Max Freeman and Ethan O’Brien debate sentencing with Firbank students in the Justice Philosophy Colloquium 03 Mind boggle at the complexity of the synchrotron 04 the mathematics behind the Synchrotron is explained 05 Paddy Inglis enjoys posing with Hectorjayjay 06 Nick Semmens, Zak Brighton-Knight, Ian Tongs, Raymond Li, Michael Chang, Kai-Yee Hall, Jamie Watson, Darren McConnell, Jack Coleman, Kevin Sun 07 Julie Trethowen from Firbank Grammar School directing the group discussion at the Philosophy colloquium 08 Benjamin Cruse, Max Freeman and Cameron Berry debate sentencing with Firbank students in the Justice Philosophy Colloquium 09 Will Feng captures the moment at the Synchrotron during the Year 9 Extension Maths excusrion 10 Electromagnetic motors used to accelerate particles at the synchrotron 11 Paris Sitzoukis enjoys posing with Hectorjayjay 12 Tom Zegir, Michael Sigal, Jamie Tzimas experimenting with Liquid Nitrogen in Science Extension activity
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The Alternative Technology Association requested a grant of $9,538, which would go towards their webinars sessions aimed to educate users of the “Sunulator” application, released very recently. We felt that although their intentions were very important to society and the future of sustainable energy use, our money would not have as much of an influence compared to the other two charities. However, our grant of $2,500 would still provide a considerable proportion of their required fund. Throughout the 2014 Youth in Philanthropy program, all of our members experienced a development in maturity and responsibility, as well as recognising the importance of charity. Being able to have such responsibility during this program that affects the lives of so many people has really brought out the best in us. This program exceeded our expectations on so many levels. Jamie Watson, Teacher in Charge Extension Studies
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