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Rising to the Occasion
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Rising to the Occasion
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Every year the P&F looks forward to delivering several events for the school community, as well as raising funds for the College.
The P&F events allow us all to get together in different ways, seminars, the Welcome Cocktail Party and the Trivia Night. Of course, like everything else, we had to reimagine some of our offerings, whilst some we were able to hold with slight modifications. The annual Cocktail Party was delayed and then went ‘underground’, with Covid space limitations moving the event to the basement car park which provided the perfect setting for a 1920’s underground Jazz Club theme. The dedicated team transformed the space, creating an atmosphere that ensured everyone had a wonderful evening. Delicious food cooked by Barbette’s Feast was served by our very own Hospitality students and we were entertained by our Alumni Band and Bruce Allan and his band with some great jazz sounds. Most importantly, it was terrific to finally bring everyone together again after such uncertain times, providing an opportunity for the community to relax and look forward to the year ahead.
At the beginning of the year the P&F committed to raising money for bursaries at the College. The bursaries provide a safety net for those families who are struggling for various reasons – a worthy cause for the P&F to support and put our fundraising efforts behind. And so, planning began for the traditional Trivia Night held in August, our major fundraising event for the year. It soon became obvious however, for the second year in a row, that the Trivia Night was not going to be possible. The committee was determined to find a way to honour our pledge of support to the bursaries. As a group the P&F needed to think outside the box to come up with a new way to raise money – a way to raise money in a time of uncertainty. The P&F had to consider ways that would not only reach everyone during lockdown but would also provide everyone an opportunity to be part of the fundraiser and offer involvement in a manner that was appropriate to their individual circumstances. Despite these obstacles, the P&F was driven to reach our goal and to ensure our support to such a worthy cause would be realised.
One thing we were certain of was that those within our community who could help would rise to the occasion. And so, the ‘Change Her Life’ Raffle was born. With the ongoing help and support from the Director Development and Community Relations, Di Lawrence, Alumni and Community Relations Coordinator, Pip Inman and the College’s Finance team, a new Brigidine fundraiser was developed. This took the form of an online raffle that not only raised money for bursaries at the College but also had pretty good odds at winning an amazing prize. It was a fundraiser we are hoping will become an annual event. Who wouldn’t want the chance to win $15,000?
The P&F are so thankful the whole Brigidine community supported the initiative – current parents, staff, alumni and sponsors dug deep and supported our efforts. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets in the raffle (either for the cash prize or the community raffle), as well as those who made generous donations. Thank you to our amazing Gold Sponsors, ACER, providers of our College laptops and Exetel, College internet providers and to our Silver Sponsors, BRASV Group, the College’s cleaning contractors. And thank you for the support of the College.
Huge congratulations to the winners of our raffles: David Chant, winner of the $15,000 Cash Prize Draw and Grant Scott, Angela Oppen, David Heal, Li Rong, Rory Nyssen and Monique Darcy, all winners in our Community Raffle.
Along with the funds that were raised at the Welcome Cocktail Party, the P&F is overjoyed to report in these extraordinary times our community came together allowing us to donate an extraordinary $35,000 in support of bursaries at the College, helping to ensure that no Brigidine girl is left behind.
KATRINA TUCKER P&F PRESIDENT
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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