Colours for Canteen

Canteen is an organisation that provides a range of free support services for youth with cancer. They connect cancer patients and survivors around Australia, and research how to most effectively support those suffering from cancer in any way shape or form. Canteen also educate the community about the different forms of cancer and the side effects of treatment, which raises awareness and supports oncology patients.

Bandanna Day is the flagship fundraising and awareness campaign for Canteen. The campaign is an annual event of selling bandannas for Bandanna Day. Since Bandanna Day began it has raised more than $35 million to support young people impacted by cancer. Every day, 3 young people in Australia are diagnosed with Cancer, and a further 23,000 young people have their world turned upside down with cancer due to their own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a family member.

Through our brand new initiative “Colours for Canteen” we contributed to Canteen’s cause by ordering and selling 120 bandannas throughout week 5, and on Friday 15 November, encouraged students to wear additional colourful accessories and donate gold coins. We are glad to announce that we sold out of the bandannas and would like to extend our congratulations and thanks for these sales and the generous donations, raising a total amount of $1,526.10.

Thank you to all the students and staff for your support for this new initiative!

Anna Glinatsis, Olivia Holt, Isabelle Ung, Olivia Rizk
Year 10

To learn more about Canteen, go to https://www.canteen.org.au/how-we-help