Merry Month of May

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St Michael’s has a long and rich history of volunteering in the community. Our community action program runs throughout a student’s time at the School, informing, educating and empowering them to consciously choose to make a positive contribution to society. The highlight every year is the Merry Month of May, a dedicated month of raising funds and awareness for a series of causes chosen by the students. Generosity, kindness, and a steadfast commitment to making a difference were at the heart of our collective efforts during the Merry Month of May. Each week, the School community supported a different charity through a series of fundraising activities. In Term 1 when the Student Leaders began to plan the month, they chose to focus on four charities aligned to their commitment to inclusion, care, blood cancer research and climate change. The students researched and selected these areas of focus as they wanted to address current, relevant and purposeful concerns of the twenty-first century. Thankfully, all of the wonderful activities and awarenessraising events were successfully completed prior to the lockdown. The Student Leaders, supported by the Head of Community Service (K-12) Mr Murray Phyland, an astonishing number of staff members and the PCA, more than met the goal to promote, re-connect and re-energise the Merry Month of May in 2021. Our School community managed to raise an impressive $50,352 over the course of the month, which exceeded the amount raised in previous years. “We are extremely proud of our Year 12 students for leading the Merry Month of May and are grateful to the entire St Michael’s community for all their support. It was heartening to witness the generosity and care of our wonderful school community,” said Murray, Head of Community Service (K-12). The Lighthouse Foundation, Leukaemia Foundation, Minus18 and Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network were all extremely well promoted over the month and we learned a great deal about their work and the communities they support. We are grateful to everyone involved and all who donated their time, in-kind items or funds.

1. Junior School students dressed up as superheroes for MMOM. 2. Our amazing students participating in The World's Greatest Shave. 3. The Netball 1sts Girls team ready for their match against the Football 1sts Boys team.