PnF News
Mothers Day & Special Friends Events
Our annual St Mary's Mother's Day & Special Friends events have been a huge success this year. It was so much fun watching the kids get so excited at the gift stall, in choosing their fabulous gifts for their loved ones. We hope everyone appreciated your children's choices yesterday. We feel the children enjoy the act of giving, far more than they do in receiving presents, which is so humbling and heartwarming.
Our breakfast was also a great success with an amazing turnout of children, mums, dads, friends and even grandparents. The highlight for us all is always the beautiful song from the school choir, which always brings a few tears to our eyes.
Our wonderful grade 2 parents did an amazing job organising every event so perfectly, dedicating their precious time to plan and support the events.
This year, we sourced every single breakfast item and every raffle prize at zero cost. All the tasty goodies for adults and kids and over 20 amazing raffle prizes worth more than $2,000, were either donated by local businesses, baked by our own fair hands, or gifted by grade 2 families themselves.
Our community is so very generous and we cannot thank you all enough for your support and generosity.
Fundraising
The events raised $5,726 (before gift stall costs) which is a truly phenomenal effort from our small but beautiful community.
This effort sets a new Mothers Day fundraising standard so "Thank You" to each and every family who supported and contributed this year.
Mothers & Special Friends Raffle Winners
Thank You
So many thankyou's to everyone who supported the events this year :
Local business donations: Woolworths Hampton St., Bakers Delight Hampton St., Core Cartel Pilates, Bellagio Lifestyles Co., Rose & Co. - Hampton St., Snappy Grump cafe, Passion Nails, www.Relaxhouse.com.au; www.pillows.com.au; Chobani Australia; www.veronikasandersonphoto.com;
Grade 2 family raffle donations: Browns, Kymantas, Petropoulos, Armanto's, Jones, Ryan's, Gordon's, Kavanagh's, Ratcliffe's, Stockdale's, Nagel's
Jarrod Barnes Photography for the fabulous photos taken at the breakfast morning
https://jarrodbarnesphotography.pixieset.com/stmarysmothersday2024/
Ms Del Castillo for organising the beautiful songs from our children's choir
And not least of all, our fabulous Grade 6 helpers on stalls and gates, collecting gold coin entry
2024 Battle of the Boots - 18th Edition!
The Battle of the Boots is a one-off local community game where St. Mary's Dads take on local rivals, Hampton Primary Dads.Mark your calendars! The 2024 Battle of the Boots will be held on Saturday, August 24th, 2024, at Brighton Beach Oval (due to ongoing construction at Boss James Oval). Training sessions are held every Saturday at Castlefield Reserve, rain or shine, starting at 4pm. All skill levels are welcome. Training is enjoyable and a fantastic opportunity to connect with other dads from St. Mary's.We're seeking sponsors for this exciting event! If anyone in the greater St. Mary's community is interested in sponsoring, please contact Pete Fourtzis at 0417036784 or Gerry Cleary at 0431893174.
