Student Council -Türkiye- Syria fundraiser

Three months after two catastrophic earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, Princes Hill Student Council has worked hard to put together a fundraiser for Red Cross efforts in those countries. Our community enjoyed a dinner, music, raffle and live and silent auction.

Rolanda, Student Council Leader checks the donations list for the Raffle

Guests filled the support board with messages

The Türkiye and Syria Fundraiser

Thanks so much to the PHSC community for coming and supporting this night. We were able to raise almost seventeen thousand dollars, a tremendous credit to the PHSC community’s generosity! Eighty percent of the money donated will be donated to the Red Cross’s Türkiye and Syria earthquake appeal and the remaining money will be donated to other student council initiatives.

A special thanks to parent, Jessie Singh, whose restaurant Horn Please provided the catering free of charge, to the small businesses and artists in the Princes Hill community for providing generous donations for our auctions and raffle and to the student bands who performed.

One of our guest speakers, Seda Ercan, a parent and journalist, has written about the fundraiser and the experience of Turkish Australians waiting to hear from their loved ones. SBS Turkish news article here: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/turkish/en/article/turkish-australian-community-mobilises-to-help-quake-survivors/fflm8zf40

Eliza

on behalf of Student Council

PHSC would also like to thank those who made donations via the Trybooking donations link, buying tickets to the event and by making generous contributions to the auctions and raffles.

Thanks to our anonymous donors and... in no particular order

The Local Drop, The Langham Hotel, Horn Please, 400 Gradi,

Piccoli Portraits Photography Studio, Eve Studio, Luke Sinclair, Sticky Institute, D.O.C Gastronomia Italiana, Doug Hendry, Natalie Papak, Kelly Peck, Julie Davies, Jo Sayer,

Mich Westlake, Emily Booth, Naughty Boy Cafe, Code Black Coffee Brunswick HQ,

Anthony Avotions, Alex Mathieson, Amber Strantzen, Angela Harbinson,

Angela Palombo, Benjamin Sheppard, Bernadette Collins, Catherine Fitzgibbon,

Hanna O’Keeffe, Harry Rae, Jan Baddeley, Jasmine De Palma, Katherine Doherty, Leoned Debbie Herasari, Louise Evans, Maja Herr, Manisha Karawdeniya, Neal Haslem,

Peter Andrews, Peter Heading, Rachel Slattery, Ruth McNair, Saurenne Deleuil, Sophie Waller, Sue Prosenica