Making a difference

St Aidan’s is proud to have an incredible group of students who emanate philanthropy. These students have contributed to the culture of giving in our community – giving time, money, experience, skills and talent.

We have two main groups in the school who foster and share their passion for helping others – Penguin Aid in the Junior School and Interact in the Senior School.

The students in these groups have created a supportive and connected community that lends a caring hand and builds an awareness that everyone can help make an impact in the lives of others and bring about social change.

They have provided Easter Eggs to Child Services Beenleigh, toiletries and personal products to women experiencing homelessness (via the Kenmore Brookfield Anglican Church and Reverend Jan Crombie) and multiple car loads of nonperishable goods, groceries, toys, and Christmas decorations to families in need in North Brisbane (via Anglicare).

These groups have also run local fundraisers –donut stalls, sausage sizzles and free dress days –to help raise funds for many worthy causes including our Nepalese sponsor child, Melanoma research (donated in memory of Emma Betts, a St Aidan’s Old Girl), Hummingbird House, a paediatric palliative care service for young people, Friends with Dignity, Mater Chicks in Pink and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Our students are to be praised for their passion for thinking beyond themselves and recognising that although they are young, they are change-makers by investing in a better future.