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ContentsServing the Community –PartnershipsStudents from Presbyterian Ladies’ College have joined forceswith Amana Living to help the aged care organisation launch’Give 50’, a new campaign to enrich the lives of older people.The PLC students are donating 50 minutes of their time toAmana Living Cottesloe (Sundowner House). Every week thestudents visit with the clients and residents and the group playcards, have tea and share stories as they walk around the AmanaLiving grounds.This is just one of many relationships with external organisationsthat PLC is fostering.The School has also forged partnerships with the followingorganisations.Family Service Programme –A Parent’s PerspectiveCathy Donaldson and her daughter, Anneliese, have enjoyed takingpart in the Year 11 Family Service programme, providing meals tofamilies staying at Ronald McDonald House.“The families who stay at Ronald McDonald House are oftendealing with a terrible crisis and are living with critically ill children.Even with this huge weight the families are so appreciative of theassistance that the roster provides – not only by providing a meal forthe family group but by listening to them and providing a link withthe outside world,“ Cathy said.“As a family we have often taken up the service opportunitiesprovided by PLC. In each case it has been important to think of thepeople benefiting from the service as people who, through no faultof their own, are in real need. The ability to provide such services isa wonderful opportunity and serves to remind PLC girls of their goodfortune and of the importance of giving back to the community,“Cathy said.Each roster is comprised of three PLC families who plan and preparea meal for up to 30 residents at Ronald McDonald House. The aimis to provide a sense of home cooking for these families and toalleviate pressure for the parents.The PLC families spend up to four hours at the House serving themeal, spending time with the families and clearing and preparingfor the next day. Cathy has been impressed to see how readily thePLC girls have accepted this challenge and performed the servicewith respect and kindness.Cathy added, “Another benefit is that it exposes the girls to theamazing service provided by the doctors and staff at one of WA’smajor hospitals. Without fail the residents of Ronald McDonaldHouse are so appreciative of the care their children have been givenand are very keen to share these views with us.“LocalAFAP Hope for ChildrenEthiopiaAustralian Orangutan ProjectAustralian Red CrossAutism WestBeyond BlueButterfly Foundation EatingCanTeenCancer Council WA Relay 4LifeCentre for Cerebral PalsyDeafness FoundationDyslexia SPELD FoundationFloreat Uniting ChurchGrant A StarrHeart FoundationICEA FoundationJuvenile DiabetesKate Stall TransplantAustraliaLeap Science and MathsSchoolLord Mayors Distress ReliefMake a Wish FoundationMuktiOncology Childrens’FoundationPMH FoundationRotary Club of WASalvation ArmySara FranklynShenton Park Cat HavenStarlight Childrens’Foundation AustraliaThe Amanda YoungFoundationUniting Church Pancake DayUniting Care WestWorld Vision 40-HourFamineMowanjum AboriginalCommunity, KimberleyregionJarlmadangah BurruAboriginal Community,Kimberley regionGlobalMatipwili Primary School,TanzaniaTabitha Foundation,CambodiaMission of Charities,CambodiaFree the Bears, CambodiaTransform Cambodia,CambodiaConcordia Welfare andEducation Foundation,CambodiaPhoto above: (L to R) Anneliese Donaldson and Annabelle Simpson (Year 11)happily preparing a meal for families staying at Ronald McDonald House.13