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HANDS-ON: Galen Catholic College principal Darta Hovey has been learning how students like year 10 Max McKenzie and teachers interact and work together in classrooms in recent weeks.
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Play it forward MORE than $30,000 raised through Project 365 and the band U Can Cry, which performed two shows in Wangaratta this month to turn a spotlight on mental health, will be invested back into the cause by the Into Our Hands Community Foundation. Band members Pete Rourke (who initiated the project) and Carly Van Schijndel met last week
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with Into Our Hands executive officer Sarah Thompson and board members John Bailey and Ruth Kneebone to present them with a cheque for
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$33,331.82 raised via the shows held on May 7 and 8. Having set an initial fundraising target of $20,000 for the performance of one show, the group of local musicians who banded together to raise awareness of mental health issues are still astounded by the Project 365 juggernaut.
It has resulted not only in higher than expected funds being raised for the charitable foundation with the addition of the second performance, but also the creation of lasting friendships, and most importantly the initiation of discussion around mental health. “Some of the responses
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we’ve received have been mind-blowing; things like people telling us we should take it on tour, and that it’s started those really important conversations,” Pete said. “I can’t find the words to describe the feeling - I don’t think they actually exist; from getting the band together, through
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to the shows, the whole collaboration has been amazing.” Carly agreed: “What we most wanted to happen is happening - that people are talking about mental health, and that’s the most rewarding part; the performances were a bonus.” ■ Continued page 3