Term 2 has been a full one for the Friends of Footscray. Outside of our normal monthly meetings, we’ve been busy selecting the winners from this year’s wonderful collection of applications for our annual Small Grants program as well as organising the offerings for this year’s Silent Auction at the Chef’s Dinner.

We were joined by Emma Crampton at our June Meeting who provided terrific insight into the Maths Pathways program for the year 7 and 8 students.

We had a stellar set of applications for our Small Grants program, including, for the first time, an application from the SRC. In total, we had applications for almost $20,000 worth of grants with only $10,000 available for distribution.

This year’s recipients were:

Rena Ding - 50 Edison Robots
Emma Schmidt - Headset Radio mics for use in the theatre
Tim Beare - Hardware and technical elements of a solar powered water fountain
Tim Beare - The Sliding roof component of the Tiny House Project
Jak Dunstan - Pizza Oven

As always, the decisions here are difficult but are made with a view to the benefit the projects can bring to the broader school community and whether or not they can be funded through normal school budgets.

We congratulate the recipients and thank everyone who made the effort to submit an application.

This year’s Chef’s Dinner was a great night out which was, of course, expected. The food was spectacular and the decoration of the room was wonderful. Given the earlier than normal date for the function, we had to work quickly to gather donations for the Silent Auction.

This year's contributions from the broader Footscray City Community were magnificent. I’d like to acknowledge all of these businesses for their ongoing support of Footscray City College:

Sun Book Shop
Sun Theatre
Yarraville Village Pharmacy
Min Studio
The Second Blessing
Old Style Butcher
Yarraville Yoga Centre
Aligned for Life Pilates
Eleni's Kitchen + Bar
Yarraville Picture Framing
Koh Haircutters
Hoa Sen Vietnamese Restaurant
Hello Gelo
Pure Passion Hair and Beauty
Utopia Skin Solutions
Andrews of Yarraville
Alfa Bakery
Second Empire Jewellers
Chalk Concepts for Kids
The Running Company
Vault
Cafe by Day at 43
Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates
Feeling Healthy
Tandoori Times
Jade Finger-tips Nails & Spa
Peep Optical
Liz Hamilton Kinesiology
Dog Diversity
Teds Cycles
Rhuarc's pet supplies
Maribrynong Aquatic Centre
Two Birds Brewing
Vic Uni Gym
Jas Stephens Real Estate
Dominic's Fruit Supply
Friends of FCC Home made
My Mama Said
Creative Learning Centre
Turquoise at Westend Physio & Pilates
WIT Inc
Yoga Freedom

We depend on the generosity of organisations like this to provide us with great things to offer up at the Silent Auction. Please support them in their support for us!

The next focus for Friends of Footscray is the annual Scouts Raffle. This is another great earner for the group - expect to hear more in the coming weeks.

Finally, our next visitor to our monthly meetings will of course be Maria Bawden with her Principal’s report, followed by John Box in September.

Stuart McKenzie - Secretary Friends of Footscray City

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