It seems that these past weeks are literally flying by and over the next few weeks the Club will be involved in a few fundraising ventures.
On Thursday 25 October some of our members will be visiting Norm Bourguignon at Opal Retirement at Kawana for afternoon tea and to present him with an Honorary Certificate for his years of Service to our Club. Then some of us will be congregating at Gordon’s home to staple up the Melbourne Cup Trifecta tickets which we will be selling from next week until Melbourne Cup Eve. We will also be asking each and every member to take home a pack to sell to friends and family. This makes it a lot easier and a little less for those volunteers to sell in Caloundra and Golden Beach. So please take as many as you can on Tuesday morning at our meeting.
This old African proverb provides a good basis for measuring the high levels of success of Burnside High School’s STEMM program. The Supporting Teenagers with Education, Mothering and Mentoring (STEMM) program is the first of its kind in Queensland. Development of a unique, stand-alone curriculum enables pregnant girls and young mothers to be supported in achieving their educational goals.
Instead of attending mainstream classes, the STEMM curriculum provides a program tailored around their educational, social, physical and emotional needs in a non-judgmental environment. The program currently has 40 girls participating in this unique educational avenue.
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