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Foundation Chair

Mrs Rachel Condos-Fields

THANK YOU

to our sponsors and attendees for a successful 2022 GOLF DAY. It’s been another busy period for the St Aidan’s Foundation as we focus on the re-development of our sporting facilities and holistic education for the future.

First of all, a big thank you to the St Aidan’s community for the generosity and spirit shown towards our 2022 Annual Giving Day – together we raised $252,277. An incredible outcome and something we should all take great pride in.

I also want to thank the staff, volunteers, families, friends and corporates who participated in our Golf Day – the feedback has been incredibly positive, and it was great to see such strong diversity of backgrounds, gender and age groups on the day representing the vibrant and diverse community of our school.

As a community, we want St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School to have truly sustainable success allowing future generations of young ladies to feel the joy and be part of that success. To do that, we are asking for your help to leave a legacy that will enable the next generation of St Aidan’s student to fly high. The redevelopment of the Ambiwerra campus can only be made possible with your support and now is a perfect time to express interest in making an investment into the future of our school. We are aiming to raise $1 million and have currently raised $791,305. If you would like to make a donation to the Fly High for Ambiwerra Capital Campaign, I urge you to contact Julia McKenna, Director of Development & Community: j.mckenna@staidans.qld.edu.au

We thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at the Foundation Events scheduled this year.

Golf Day

The itel7 St Aidan’s Corporate Golf Day held on Friday 5 August at St Lucia Golf Club was another huge success with over 112 players in attendance including Kelli Donnelly, Debbie Grylls, Bronwyn Laidlaw (all former Wallaroo and Red’s players), and Dakota Davidson (a current AFLW Lions player), who formed the Principal’s Invitational team. Over $25,000 was raised on the day for the redevelopment of the Ambiwerra Sports Precinct Redevelopment. We wish to extend a special thanks to our Event Sponsor, itel7, who have committed to sponsoring this event for the next five years, ensuring the ongoing success of this annual event. We also greatly appreciate our generous Hole Sponsors, many of whom were joining us for the second year in a row, and we look forward to their support next year and into the future.

It was fantastic to see over three all-female teams and we encourage others in our community to join us next year. It is a casual, fun day for all. Even if you don’t play golf, you can join us for lunch at the 19th Hole. Our winners of the day were Team Brisbane Lions and the best dressed team was awarded to CK Family Lawyers, who were all looking the part, in their matching attire.

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Together We Gave

Mrs Julia McKenna

At a recent conference I attended, the topic of “Philanthropy” was spoken about in detail. The definition of philanthropy or being a philanthropist really resonated with me, and is “an individual who donates their time, talent or treasure.”

Giving Day 2022 highlighted that our St Aidan’s community are all philanthropists! Those that dug deep and donated on the day, those who generously gave of their time and volunteered in the Operations Room, and our Prefects and Student School Leaders who organised and ran the fantastic activities throughout the day. Plus many, many more!

This year’s Giving Day saw $252,277 raised in just 24 hours, for the Bursary Program and Stage 2 of the Ambiwerra Sports Precinct Redevelopment, which will include a gym and a multipurpose complex housing two indoor basketball courts, which will also be line marked for volleyball, netball, and badminton. We had an amazing 454 individual donations on the day, which were doubled, thanks to our matching families, alumni, staff, and peak bodies.

With the turning of the soil at Ambiwerra imminent, the funds raised for Stage 2 will be used immediately for this build. The development of our sports precinct will provide world class facilities to the benefit of all our students. The funds raised for the Bursary Programs will assist current families experiencing financial hardship and future students, who would otherwise not be able to afford a St Aidan’s education. A total of 19 bursaries were issued over the last 12 months to St Aidan’s families.

The Operations Room saw current parents, new parents to the school, alumni including past school captains, staff, directors of the Foundation, P&F Executives and even current students come together to reach out to our community on the day. A quote from 2021 School Captain, Tihari Jayasuriya, “I was very nervous to start with, however this was so much fun, I’ll definitely be back next year.”

We welcome any of our community who wish to be involved in next year’s Giving Day, either as a matcher or a volunteer to contact: Julia McKenna, Director of Development & Community j.mckenna@staidans.qld.edu.au

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The St Aidan’s Foundation warmly thanks and acknowledges the support of our community for their generosity, belief in and support of the School. Following is a list of our 2022 community donors to date.

Lyn Abercrombie Sitha Adriana Nick Agnew Imran Ahamed Nikki A-Khavari Steve Aldridge Amy Anderson Viraj Ariyarathne Sharada Athuraliya Himali Athuraliya Kirsty Atley Anjie Austen Austen House Kayo Baker Craig and Rachael Baker Douglas Baker Kisa Baldwin Vicki Baradel Morgan Baradel Barrett House Georgia Barton Lydia Bell Juanita Bennett Sarah Bennett Nina Bergin Jennifer Bernabe Emily Bishop Stuart Bishop Kim Bishop Pedrica Bishop Lilley Bishop Rosemary Blair Hamish Bonifant Terence Bonner Andrew Boyd Alex Boyd Ann Boyle Georgia Boyne Helen Brodie Richard Bron Senior School Bronte Junior School Bronte Wesley Broomham Cameron J Brown Brian Brown Anthony Brown Terence Brueton Peter Bruton Coralie Burcher Alison Cadman Kristina Cain Kristine Cairns Danida Calley Amanda Carpenter Gemma Casaceli Allison Casaceli Senior School Cavell Junior School Cavell Rebecca Chan Tin Chan Eric Chan Cynthia Chan Eric Chan Manju Chandrasegaram Fernandes Chang Joe Chao Adam Charrington Min Chen Yuxiang Chen Cecilia Chen Tiffany Cheng Rachel & Rebecca Cheng David Chin Jung Choi Yvonne Chong Joanne Chung Rosalind Clarke Vanessa Cockington Sue Condos John M. Condos Felicity Conlan Trevor Cook Richard Cooper Couchman Family Sarah Crane Rachael Cronin Shaun De Cruz Brett Cuthbert Emily Daley Cindy Davies Helen Deighton David Denholm Tilly Devendra Angeline Devoti DIAN Electrical & Air-con Co. Yonghua Ding Yonghua Ding Sally Ding Bo Dong Briony Dymock Rachel Eng Brett Euler Brian Falk Victoria Falvey Fairlie Family Fitzsimmons Family Fitzsimmons Family The Hindmarsh Family Brendan Felix Rachel Condos-Fields & Glen Fields Amanda Flack Michael Ford Susan Forrest Marian Free Jacqui Frey Jacquie Frey Leah Gabriel Seema Ganjoo Han Gao Rebecca Gardner Amin Gayed Judy Gibson Janie Gibson Gibson Family Louisa Gilles Fiona Gillespie Jen Gillespie Adam Gilmore David & Melissa Goffage Nathan Gordon Helen Gotterson Stephen & Deb Green Lisa Grosskopf Sophie Gu Erika Guan Catherine Gulhane Anita Haber Tahnya Hadi Leigh Hahn Anthony Hallam Susan Hamilton Angeline Hamilton-Ritchie Karen & Chris Hampton Cameron Hancock Ann Hancock Reece Walker & Alison Hamilton Karen Hands Tom & Amanda Hannaford Zarife Hardy Sally Harris Daniella Harrison Senior School Hartland Junior School Hartland Nathan Hatherly Yuko Hay Patricia Haymes Chen He Wendy Helman Cassie Henderson Andrew Henry Andrew Henry Elizabeth Hill Jenifer Hilless Fiona Himstedt Christine Hipwood Hirst Family Covan Ho Thomas Frost & Chelsea Ho William Hodge Justin Howard Zhendong Hu Charlotte Huang Xiaoxiao Huang Janet Hughes Xia Huipeng Grace Humphrey Kirsty Hunt Huong Huynh Charean Jacobs Raj Kumar Jaganathan Jill Jagger Mark James Vanessa James-McPhee Josef and Nicole Jaramanazovic Priyanka Jayasuriya Tihari Jayasuriya Kiara Jayasuriya Kristen Jennings Qichao Jiang Craig Johnson Christopher Johnstone Margaret Jolly Rob Jolly Lina Jolly Elizabeth Jolly Krystina Jones Monica Jones Candice Jones Rob Jones Paul Joseph Junior School Year 5 Suk Fan Fanny Kam Hiroyuki Kano Ashley Keane Yasmin Kennedy Caroline Keogh Todd Kibsgaard Markus Kiel Jacqui Kift Sara Kim Hyehyun Kim Sue Kim Esther Kim Joshua King Redemptor Kiplimo Mark Kneipp Yasuo Kondo Johana Kortoci Jano Kotzas

Marcia Kretschmer Anand Krishnan Anne Kruger Arielle Kruger Hitesh Kumar Yvette Kypriadakis Hazel Lahey Damian Lambkin Joe Lau Kim Lawrence Stacy Lazarus Emmy Lee Craig Lennon Joan Li Wei Li Zhenjun Li Anna Li Elsa Li Xin Li Debbie Lim Nydia Lin Edward Lin Yang Lin James Lindley Anne Ling Susan Linnett Amy Liu Lainey Loneragan Aleia Lucas Karen and Chris Luck Danting Luo Xiaodong Ma Cathy Maiden Mandy Maki-Neste Sanja Marais Elaine Marks Shelley Masterson Tim Mathers Cushla McBride Aisha McDonald Yasmin McDonald Angus McDougall James McGaw Kerensa McGraw Neil McGregor Martin McKenna Julia McKenna Keira McKenna Michelle McKinlay Scott McPherson Rachel Meehan Bhavna Meta Pam Miller Carmen Mills Anna Mlinarec Rosemary Morrall Judith Morrison Roberta Morrison Millie Morrison-Davies Richard Morse Susan Moss Saheli Mukherjee Kelly Murphy Annette Murtagh Isini Muthumuni Karunakaran Muthuthamby Mao Nakagawa Lisa Neale Jemima Nelson Sheren Nguyen Lynette Nicholson Senior School Nightingale Junior School Nightingale Leo Nunnink Alice O’Donnell Patrick O’Connor Beng Ong Ashley Palmer Heng Pan Mikka Patterson James Edelman & Sarah Percy Nadeeka Perera Tania Perina Peter Perry Simon Petie Robert Petie Gayle Petrie Chi Pham Loretta Van de Pol Judith Van De Pol Rajnil Prasad John Preston Murray and Laura Procter Lucy Quarterman Carl Quarterman Sam Quarterman Kathryn Quarterman Louise Rae Emma Rayner Ellie Rentoul Frank Rich Cassandra Rich Georgina Richards Fiona Richardson Lenny and Archie Riordan Toni Riordan & Peter Foster Inge Roberts Mark Robinson Christian & Jane Rowan Jessica Rudd Brian Ruddle Michael Ryall Jennifer Rylance Reuben Saayman Dimuth Samaranayaka Bradley Sartori Dianne Saunders Maggie Schafer Garry Schulz Evelyn Scott Sung Ho Seo Andrea Shackell Jeanne Shelburn Dean Sheppard Connie Shi Jia Shi Lana and Greg Shoesmith Shylet Sitima Richard Slatter Karen Smith Heather Snowden Karen Spiller Jason Steer Meghan Stephensen Lily Stevenson Jo Sturtevant Susie Su Tomomi Sugiura Yao Jii Benjamin Sum Demelza Sutherland Terry Svenson Jane & Jason Swale Luke Sweeney Wendy Tainton Maya Tanham Anthony Taylor Evelyn Unwin Tew Kate Thomas Susie Thornton Diane Tidmarsh Amy Tiller Jodie Timoney Lisa Timothy Clive Todd Amelia Tong Suzanne Tonge Linh Tran Lotte Turley Priya Unantenna Luisa Uriarte Beata Valinoti Wendy Varidel Shane Veivers Kathie Vining Panteha Voussoughi Pavlo Voytenko Ho Shan Wai Cecile Wake Sam Wakista Karina Walker Lynda Wall Tania Walter Lydia Wan Yujia Wang Alanna Wang Chong Wang Lily Wang Min Wang Meixi Wang Bo Wang Ella Wang Michael Ware Rowena Warren Roland Watkin D & C Watt Xiang Wei Susan Whitaker Kris Whitehead William Whiteoak Kim Wiegand Michael Wiley Lars Christer Wille Julian Williams Holly O’Sullivan Williams Sarah Willoughby John Wilmott Paul T Wilson Shona Woodruff Ivy Wooley Sophia Wu Joyce Xing Yingzi Yan Hongwei Yang Tina Yao Jing Ye Angus Yin Eileen Zhai Xiwang Zhang Allison Zhang Emily Zhang Allison Zhang Zhiqian Zheng Lilly Zheng Yingjian Zhu Bilu Zhuang