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40 HOUR FAMINE $7500 raised! All the 40 Hour Famine proceeds this year went to Bangladesh, where almost 8 million children are malnourished. The 2015 40 Hour Famine core crew was made up of Kath, Laura, Kim, Rosie, April, Erin, Lucy Aoife, Ellie and myself. At the start of the year we travelled down to Dunedin to attend a leadership convention to learn about where the money we raise goes and what we can do to make a difference for those families living in poverty. We returned with heaps of enthusiasm and dived into the organisation of raising funds for Bangladesh. We managed to get over 80 participants from Mt Aspiring College, including students and staff. They dedicated 40 hours of their weekend to go without food, technology, talking etc. and fund raised by talking to neighbours, teachers, family and they all successfully ‘took a stand’ for families in third world countries. With the help of Harley Hamilton from World Vision we also organised a bake sale and of course we had to have Kath Millis’ ‘teachers’ cross country’. The teachers really committed to it this year in terms of costumes and effort. It was such an awesome event and I hope that it will continue in the years to come. We managed to raise just over $7,500, which won us the award for ‘The Most Raised in the lower South Island’. Because of this I was lucky enough to be selected to represent Mt Aspiring College at the World Vision and Sanitarium Senior Scholarship Programme in Auckland in the second week of the October holidays. Along with 30 other students from different schools all over New Zealand I was challenged over the course of the week with some of the biggest social justice issues prevalent in our world today, as well as being educated and empowered to become a better leader. This trip was an amazing experience for me and I met some truly inspirational people. Congratulations to everyone who participated and donated funds to the 40 Hour Famine. All your efforts go towards improving the standard of living and quality of life of people in Bangladesh which is such an amazing cause! I would like to say a special thank you to Mr. T for helping us run the 40 Hour Famine this year, your help is always very much appreciated so thank you! Nina Bowley SHAVE for a CURE $2544.50 raised! Ten very brave MAC students shaved for a cure for leukaemia and blood cancer in this year’s fundraiser. The pony tail cuts and full head shaves were undertaken by friends and finished off professionally by Jacob from Ali Baba’s. Hair longer than 30cm was also donated for wig making. Students involved were Jordyn McDonald, Ben Harrington, Kenzi Robinson, Hannah McNabb, Amy Jolly, Nick Mercer, Olly Six New Zealanders are diagnosed with blood cancer or a related condition every day. The funds raised by students from the shaves and a mufti day will help fund core services such as patient support and research. Many thanks to those who supported this cause and especially to Jacob from Ali Baba’s (who came on his day off to shave) and Mr Sloan who took the photos. page 84
STICKS’n’STONES will break my bones but words will never hurt me... Sticks ‘n’ Stones is a student led project managed by Central Otago REAP focused on taking positive action online to reduce cyberbullying. Students have an enormous amount of experience with life online and can support younger students, their parents, families and communities to better understand the benefits and pitfalls. Highlights from 2015: Pink Shirt Day Rainbow Youth Workshop - Sexuality and Gender Training with Youthline and the Ministry of Youth Development Web Rangers in Christchurch Getting our ‘Behind the Scenes’ documentary filming underway - We are hoping this will be sent out to all the schools in New Zealand and for it to become a part of school’s health courses. This is extremely exciting! We have started interviewing some of our group members and prominent people in the society, such as our local Health Nurse and Youth Police Liaison. Data Collection - we are really excited to have co-constructed the 2015 survey! With help from Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland and Adrian Field, an Evaluation Consultant, we worked through how we could collect more relevant, meaningful and authentic data from our peers. Typically, data collected from young people is based on assumptions in the questions that have been posed by adults (also known as old people) and we believe that this needs to change. Dinner with Nigel Latta - a chance to present to 300 community members in Cromwell about the topic “Should your children be allowed social media.” We also interviewed Nigel about the prospect of him working with us in the future. Collaboration with Project Rockit and Facebook – “Hit Pause then Post” and “Help a friend in need.”
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