SOCIAL JUSTICE

WINTER SLEEP OUT OUR BIG KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS

On a chilly August night, our Loreto Kirribilli community supported the Vinnies' Winter Appeal by joining the Family Winter Sleepout @Home. Over 50 students joined in this worthwhile event and challenged themselves by sleeping outside, sleeping rough around the house or spending some time outside in the cold. The support for Vinnies through our fundraising page was heart-warming. Seven of our Year 11 students had the opportunity to spend time during the school holidays volunteering at Our Big Kitchen. Our Big Kitchen is a community kitchen in the heart of Bondi which inspires individuals to come together to help people in need. Last year over 120,000 meals were made and distributed to disadvantaged Australians.

RECONCILIATION WEEK

To commemorate 21 years since the Reconciliation Walk across the Harbour Bridge, a group of our Year 9 students walked across the bridge, and then paid a visit to St Mary’s Cathedral. Students also engaged in workshops unpacking Jessica Johnson’s artwork Action, which tells a story of land and community. Students created a Sea of Hands around the Mary Ward statue, a symbolic gesture of our obligation to work for reconciliation with our Nation’s First Peoples.

HAMPER DRIVE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED

In a collaboration with Youth off the Streets in Macquarie Fields, our students donated and sorted care hampers packed with stationery supplies, books, toiletries, toys and packaged food for First Nations' communities under stress in Wilcannia and Dubbo.

Social Justice

SWIMMING FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Congratulations to an incredible student group, the Loreto Kirribilli All Nighters (LK All Nighters) who went the extra mile in the 2021 Sydney MS Mega Swim, a 24-hour relay event, raising vital funds to support people living with multiple sclerosis. This dedicated and passionate team, captained by Eve Doolan, swam for the 24 hours of the event, all throughout the night and raised an incredible $12,739 for people living with multiple sclerosis.

TEACHERS VS STUDENTS ‘FAMILY FEUD’

The motor neurone disease (MND) fundraiser organised by Sarah Scalercio (Year 10), Ward Captains and the Student Executive was a fantastic community-building fundraiser. It helped raise awareness of MND, and raised much needed funds for research into this most debilitating disease.

HOUSE OF WELCOME

The House of Welcome is a refuge for asylum seekers run by the Josephite Justice Network. A donation from the Loreto Kirribilli community gave several refugee families an outing to Taronga Zoo. For many, especially the children, it was their first time at any zoo and the experience of being up close with the animals was exhilarating.

BEANIE AND SLIPPERS DAY

It certainly was a comfy day for the Junior School! Resplendent in multi-coloured beanies and snuggly slippers, the girls brought a gold coin to donate to Mary Ward International Australia (MWIA).

DONUTS FOR DEFORESTATION

The Year 9 elective, Thinking and Advocacy, is an opportunity for students to learn about a range of global issues and develop skills in advocating for change. The students' popular Krispy Kreme donut sale raised money for the fight against deforestation, with proceeds going to Greenpeace.