Upcoming Events!

This term will be full of creative and exciting fundraising and advocacy events, so watch this page for event details and ways to get involved.

Film for Famine

What: Film and rating TBA
Who: All FGSHS students, friends, family and community members
Where: FGSHS Ralph Took Auditorium
Date: Friday, 25th July 2008
Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm
Cost: Tickets will be available at the FGSHS Office from the 15th July for $5 (all ages). Tickets may also be sold at the door. $5 entry price includes supper.

Slave Auction

What: Seniors and teachers will be up for sale! So get together with your mates and bid for a slave! They will be available to you for a whole day and perform menial tasks such as waiting in the tuckshop line, carrying books and marking drafts. The aim of our Slave Auction is to create awareness of child slavery and raise funds for our famine campaign.
Who: FGSHS students and teachers.
Where: Quadrangle above the canteen.
Date: Auction Day - Tuesday, 5th August and Slave Day – Wednesday, 6th August.
Time: 1.10pm – 1.50pm (lunch)
Cost: The slave reserve will be $10 (a small group of friends may wish to pool their money) but feel free to fight for your slave! Remember all funds are going to a fantastic cause and will help us reach our total!

Change for Chains

What: We will be setting up camp in the middle of Brookside to advocate for child rights and raise funds for our famine campaign. Members of the community will be able to purchase a paper link to add to our paper chain. They may like to write a message or their name on the link and then come back later to check out how much the chain has grown over the day. The chain is a symbol of slavery. Mime for Mohammed (see below) will be occurring at the same time.
Who: FGSHS students, teachers, parents and members of the community.
Where: Brookside Shopping Centre.
Date: Saturday, 16th August (FAMINE WEEKEND)
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Cost: $1 for a paper link, donations may also be made.

Mime for Mohammed:

What: We will be setting up camp in the middle of Brookside to advocate for child rights and raise funds for our famine campaign. Mohammed is a 10-year-old bonded labourer, who Kate met in India. Please take time to read Mohammed’s story (insert link). To remember Mohammed, FGSHS students will be participating in a silent mime. They will be enacting a real life child labour situation based on what Kate witnessed in India. Videos from Kate’s trip will be playing in the background and we will have banners and heaps of information available for the community.
Who: FGSHS students, teachers, parents and members of the community.
Where: Brookside Shopping Centre.
Date: Saturday, 16th August (FAMINE WEEKEND)
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Cost: Donations may be made or people may purchase chains at the Change for Chains stall.

Make Poverty History Armbands

What: White Make Poverty History Armbands will be available for sale and allowed to be worn at school from (dates TBA)
Who: FGSHS students and teachers.
Where: Quadrangle above the canteen.
Date: TBA
Time: 1.10pm – 1.50pm (lunch)
Cost: TBA

Keep posted for more awesome upcoming events!