Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you so much for supporting our school to be the best it can be, especially through fundraising. This term, we are fundraising for new garden fencing with a Colour Explosion School Fun Run with Australian Fundraising!

If your child requires a new book, please see the office staff.

The Colour Explosion School Fun Run Schedule
Fundraising Start Date	Monday 16th October
Fundraising Close Date	Monday 13th November
Prize Ordering Open Date	Tuesday 14th November
Prize Ordering Close Date	Monday 20th November
Colour Explosions Event Date	Friday 1st December – More information TBC

Please make sure students wear a WHITE shirt and closed in shoes.
Students will be given free sunglasses and a rainbow headband for the event.
Students will be covered in non-toxic, biodegradable colour powder from head to toe.
Colour Powder is made of high-quality corn starch and permitted food colours. Safety data sheet is available upon request.

How Do We Fundraise?

Fundraising for our Colour Explosion School Fun Run is entirely online. Follow the instructions in your child’s sponsorship booklet to create a cybersafe, online profile page at www.australianfundraising.com.au. At the end of our fundraiser, students can order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match!

Please note: all cash donations must be converted to online donations before Wednesday 11th November. We cannot accept any cash donations for this fundraiser. If you need assistance with this, please see the office.

Extra Incentives to Fundraise!

Online Golden Coins – complete fun online tasks to redeem an extra $75 towards your prize credit.
Monty the Monstar’s Bonus Prizes – achieve milestones to unlock Monty’s bonus prizes.
$10,000 JB Hi-Fi Spending Spree for one organisation’s highest fundraising student – it could be you!
Our school will win an extra $5,000 if we have the highest average fundraised amount per student in 2023.
A Play Station 5 Gaming Bundle – see your child’s sponsorship booklet for more information.

Incentive Prizes

Fundraising for our Colour Explosion School Fun Run is entirely online. At the end of our fundraiser, students can order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match!

You only need to raise a minimum of $10 to receive an incentive prize. From there, the more you raise the larger prizes you can choose from!

Monty the Monstar Prizes!

Monty the MonSTAR is giving away lots of extra prizes to help you reach for the fundraising STARS! Will you collect them all? Check out your sponsorship booklet to see what Monty has up for grabs.

$10,000 JB Hi-Fi Shopping Spree!

What would your family buy with a $10,000 JB Hi-Fi Shopping Spree?! The highest fundraising student in our school will go into the draw to win!

Win a PlayStation 5 Gaming Bundle!

Do you have a need for speed? The highest fundraising student in Australia will take home an awesome PlayStation 5 gaming bundle, complete with a NEW PlayStation 5 console, a steering wheel, pedals and two games!

You have to be in it to win it! If you haven’t already, make sure you start fundraising online at www.australianfundraising.com.au. Happy fundraising!

For further information, please contact Christine Freshwater via email cfreshwater@smhastings.catholic.edu.au or 59791959.

If you would like to help out on the day, please let us know via the Operoo note or call the office.

Thank you

P & F Committee

Faith at St Mary's

with Miss Natalie Dullard