From Your P&F
National Volunteer Week
There are around 400 parents and carers who volunteer within the P&F events and activities. The P&F are immensely proud of how many people are engaged in volunteering within our community – and very grateful for all that you do.
Don ‘t forget to acknowledge a volunteer you know this week with a warm thank you!
Sports Canteen
A huge thank you to our canteen volunteers for last weekend for their generous assistance:
Saturday 17 May
Bec Ambrose (2 hours this term), Kylie Blaker, Cara Blundell, Belinda Caesar (5 hours this term), Michelle Carr, Angela Cervetto, Sabrina Ferguson, Bridget Gardiner (2 hours this term), Callum Howell, Julie Kaesehagen, Leiza Keen (2 hours this term), Delene Kock, Alicia Lee (2 hours this term), Cath McAuliffe, Nicole McClure (4 hours this term), Caroline Saunders, Kate Vuleta (2 hours this term), Meg Woods (3 hours this term).
The Saturday sports canteens operate as a partnership between MCA staff and parent volunteers. Term 2 is always where we need the greatest number of volunteers to work through the many coffees, burgers, and cold drinks that keep everyone’s Saturday afloat.
The P&F ask that families with a son playing sport consider offering just one hour of service in any canteen, on any week across the term. There are roughly 400 one-hour volunteer slots to fill for each term (to spread across in the order of 2000 parents/carers) – plenty of options to work with. Volunteers frequently report how much they enjoy their time behind the counter.
Come and join us, meet some new people and be part of a vital link for all our AIC families, adding just a little respite to everyone’s Saturday schedule.
Flats Canteen:
Grandstand Canteen - McMahon:
Coffee Van – McMahon:
(To limit food waste and enable necessary logistics for the day, decisions are made on Friday afternoon to open late, or close early for the coming Saturday’s canteens if volunteer numbers are too low to service the advertised opening hours. Please assist us by signing up by 12:00pm Friday wherever possible.)
Notice of Meeting
NOTICE OF TERM 2 GENERAL MEETING
of the Marist College Ashgrove Parents and Friends Association
MONDAY 16 JUNE 2025 at 7:00pm
Location: The Tower Building.
Booking Link (Not essential to register, but helps us to gauge numbers):
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1403187
Thank you to the hundreds of parents and carers who have already been involved in P&F activities in 2025. With so much more yet to come, including the Walkathon, now is a great time to get involved. P&F is a wonderful way to be connected to your Marist family across your journey at the College. Our association enjoys stability through the generosity of many capable hands, carrying jobs of all shapes and sizes. We are sure you would enjoy volunteering with us if you are not already!
Please get in touch with Donna at PresidentPandF@marash.qld.edu if you would like to find out more about any of these roles:
- Sports Canteen – weekly call for volunteers – no obligation shadowing for 2025
- Walkathon – Ticketing coordinator (food purchases), Vendor and stall coordinator, Event Day liaison roles
- Card and Games Day – Raffle Coordinator – no obligation shadowing for 2025
Proposed Agenda – Term 2 General Meeting
Please note – There will be no discussion of matters that are in conflict with Section 3.3 of the Constitution:
"The Association shall not…have any authority or attempt to provide any direction to the College or College staff in respect of matters relating to the operation of the school, including matters relating to the content of curriculum and the employment of staff.”
| Confirmation of Attendance and Apologies | Secretary | |
| Confirmation and Acceptance of Minutes of Term 1, 2025 General Meeting | President | |
| Business Arising from the Minutes | President | *As raised in Term 1 General Meeting minutes. |
| Correspondence Report | President | |
| Head of College Report | Head of College | |
| President’s Report | President | |
| Treasurer’s Report | Treasurer | |
| Sub-Committee & Other Activity Reports | Sub-committee representatives | |
| General Business | President | Agenda requests are required to be submitted for consideration to secretarypandf@marash.qld.edu.au no later than 4pm Monday 2 June 2025.
There will be no general business taken from the floor during the meeting. |
Donna Lynn
President Parents and Friends Association