Dromana College fundraising and community support

Dromana College Can Drive

During Semester 2 Dromana College students donated over 1250 cans of tinned food for the "Southern Peninsula Food For All" charity organisation. 

We would  like to thank the Year 7, 8 and 12 Student Leaders who helped out with the can collection, counting and lunchtime activities. They did a great job!

Also special thanks to Alex Woolley for organising the drive and to Annie Turner and Lauren Grace for their help sorting the cans, it was much appreciated. 

Oscars Law

For a school project my partner, Piper Seaman Year 11, and myself, Trinny Williams-Eade Year 11, have had to find a cause that we feel strongly about and raise awareness, we have picked Oscar’s Law.

What is Oscar’s Law?

Oscar’s Law is enforced in order to try stop puppy factories. Dogs being bred for profit. They are made to live in less than ideal living conditions and are often denied access to substantial food, water and shelter. Their shelter consists of sheds that are too small and for some dogs, crates. Their veterinary care and social needs are disregarded, and they are confined for some of their lives, in some cases, their entire life. Majority of breeding dogs suffer painful and untreated health conditions and once they are too weak to breed and can no longer produce - due to their exhausted bodies - they are put down and replaced.

Puppy factory dogs are not shown any love, they are deprived of social interaction, companionship, environmental freedom and they are not given the opportunity to bond with a human the same way a pet dog in a family home does. They’re not even given the chance to nurture and love their pups, as they are usually taken from them at around 6-7 weeks where they are shipped to pet stores nationwide.

These dogs that live a life deprived of these basic needs are prone to developing severe psychological damage and even if rescued these damaged dogs will never fully recover. They remain fearful and shut down and they require extensive rehabilitation to get them to the stage in which they can be happy and content with life and have trust in humans again therefore be comfortable with being adopted.

We are hoping that by spreading awareness so we can get more people involved in the cause so that we can make a change. You can help Oscar's Law and the ban of puppy factories throughout all of Australia as well as going to them to help rehabilitate the puppies and giving them the opportunity to live out the rest of their life instead of being put down.

The link for their official website is:  https://www.oscarslaw.org/

Trinny WIlliams-Eade    Year  11

Award Nomination

Taylah Denning from Year 11 VCAL has been nominated and since received a commendation for The Order of Australia Association Schools Project Annual Award for 2019.

Taylah’s project involved her fundraising, organising, buying and making essential item packs for the homeless people in Melbourne.

Taylah then went into the city and delivered these items to those ‘living rough’ and donated the remaining packs to the Salvation Army.

Well done Taylah we are extremely proud of your efforts and contribution to society.

Click the link below to view Taylah delivering her packs to the homeless in Melbourne.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fENHhA1YMH-rLJ5pwLR1aL1JYLUW_Hro/view?usp=sharing