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FUNDRAISING FOR THE COMP
ASSION PR
FUNDRAISING FOR THE COMPASSION PROJECT
OJECT

Chloe Dance, Lucy Saunderson, Mrs. Maria Anagnostoupoulos (Head of
Pitt House), Michayla Clark and Lucia James-Wright.
In November, BMGS held a green-themed day in support of
Pitt House’s goal to raise awareness and funds to support
community projects for Indonesia as part of our ongoing
commitment to the Compassion Project. This is a charity
providing aid to mothers with children under five years of
age in one of the poorest areas of the world.
The School has supported the Compassion Project in Indonesia for many years, and there is a
bienniel trip to Sulewesi to visit the Project and see how the funds our students raise are benefitting
the village community. Whilst the pandemic this year forced the cancellation of the scheduled trip,
Pitt House students Lucia James Wright, Michayla Clark, Lucy Saunders and Chloe Dance took
the initative to compile and publish a BMGS Compassion Cookbook, which not only featured tasty
recipes, but promoted community connection and awareness of the Compassion project.
Their initiative also involved the Junior School students, encouraging them to submit artwork for the
cover design. Parents, carers and students from all three campuses contributed delicious recipes and
cooking tips for the book, which was launched in Term 4 in conjunction with a ‘wear green to school’
Mufti Day.
The School community duly turned ‘green’ and all copies of the book were sold within the day; the
girls are to be congratulated on these endeavours which were a great success and together raised
more than $900.

TING EAR
SUPPORTING EARTH RECOVERY
SUPPOR
VERY
TH RECO
In November 2019, BMGS
competed in the Massive Murray
Paddle (MMP), kayaking more than
400km along the Murray River. The
MMP also requires each competing
team to raise funds for local or
national causes.
At this year’s Presentation Evening,
members of the 2019 MMP Team,
Scarlett Frosh and Ruby Charlton,
together with Mr. David Horwood
(MMP Co-ordinator) presented
Mr Xandro Lombardi from Earth
Recovery with a cheque for the funds
they had raised during the event,
totalling almost $6,500.