PFA News
Mango Fundraiser Last Chance to Order!
North Queensland Mangoes
Direct from the farm to you!
Support Our Mango Fundraiser
If you love mangoes, here’s your chance to indulge in fresh juicy Kensington Pride mangoes and support our fundraising drive.
We are selling trays of mangoes picked and packed during the premium harvest.
The Product
The Mango Fundraiser only use Bowen Special Mangoes which are more formally known as Kensington Pride Mangoes. They are packed in a single layer tray and each tray will weigh approximately 4.5kg.
As well as having a great taste, Mangoes are packed with nutritional goodness – Vitamin C (one Mango contains your recommended daily allowance), Vitamin E, Beta-Carotene, antioxidants, Potassium & B Vitamins. They are low in fat & Cholesterol free.
When you buy Mangoes from the Mango Fundraiser you know the fruit is coming directly from the farm to you. Your mangoes aren’t being held for long periods in storage or ripening rooms.
Collection Date
The week of Monday 27 November 2023 - actual collection date and times will be emailed closer to the date.
Mango trays will have to be collected by an adult.
We have received unfortunate news from the folk at The Mango Fundraiser about this year’s mango yield. A message from the supplier...
'We have an important update to make to this year’s fundraiser. August is the final month of mango flowering and so our mango trees are now at the stage where we can start making crop estimates. We are expecting a crop of only 20% of our average which is similar to our 2021 season. This is consistent with mango orchards all across Australia where there seems to be a widespread crop failure.
Fortunately, we have experience dealing with a low crop yield. As we did in 2021, we will again be offering 4.5kg trays instead of 7kg trays. However, we will not be restricting order quantities. We are confident we can manage the number of orders with the decreased tray size alone.
With a decrease of $2 per tray, this is a higher price than usual however we expect mango prices to be very high given the widespread mango shortage across Australia. Furthermore, the superior tasting Bowen mango (Kensington Pride) will be much harder to find in shops.
We know this will be a challenge for many of you, especially those who have sent out information to parents and other customers. We would rather not have to do this, and we’ve held off until now in the hope that more mango flowers would come.
Our business will take another big hit this year so we would really appreciate your ongoing support.'
Order Link – https://www.trybooking.com/CKTDU
Cost per Tray is: $26
Place your order by: Wednesday 18 October
For Further information contact: Sarath 0435 317 987 (sarathhere@gmail.com)
Bunnings Barbeque
The Bunnings Barbeque was a huge success this year with the PFA being able to raise over $2500! Our thanks for the help and support provided by the school and the volunteers who participated in running this grand event and thanks also to Bunnings Fountain Gate.
We had a visit from Mr Roger Page at the stall to show his support for the event. It was a pleasure seeing him and his Mrs Page on the day.
PFA Secondhand Book & Uniform Sale
This year's sale will be held on Saturday 18 November. All families are welcome to hold their own stall on the day for a fee of $10 to sell Nossal uniform and text books. All money from stall fees goes to NHS.
If you would prefer to donate your students current uniform and books to the school for the PFA to sell, please drop these items at the front office as early as possible so that we can orgaise them to be sold on the day. All proceeds from the sale will go towards school programs and facilities.
Please note: Year 12 Students will require their their full Summer Academic Uniform for Speech Night on Tuesday 28 November.
If you are available to assist with the the running of the morning, please contact Jodie at ajcole@iinet.net.au.
Next PFA Meeting
The next meeting of the Nossal PFA will be held on Wednesday 1 November 2023, commencing at 7pm. This will be a Face-to-Face meeting held in the Jean Russell Centre at Nossal High School.
Reminder on PFA registration:
We welcome any new members and appreciate all contributions from our amazing parents and friends. If you would like to Join the PFA and be part of this vibrant school community group, please reach out to Shankar Ramadas Email: shankar.ramadas@gmail.com / Ph:0423125892) and we will send you the PFA forms. Feel free to reach out for a chat if you want to know more!
Uniform Shop
The PFA second-hand Uniform Shop is open on the first Monday of each month (during school terms), as well as the first day of each term. We will be open on Tuesday 5 December, Year 9 Orientation Day.
The shop is located in the Fitness Centre at the rear of the northern (Jean Russell Centre) carpark.
Donations of uniform are very welcome and can be left at Reception.
The uniform shop is looking for donations of clip hangers (for hanging skirts and shorts). Please get in touch with PFA if you have spare hangers you can donate.
Sarath Purushothaman