Braving the rain for Project Compassion Fundraising

Braving the rain for Project Compassion Fundraising

Year 9 students, Mia Filipovic and Marion Choi, along with Year 7 students, Audrey Choi and Maria-Ella Orsaris, took the initiative to raise funds for Project Compassion over a rainy weekend. Here is their recount:

On Sunday 23 March, we set off to a bustling soccer gala day at Carss Park to raise funds for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion. This idea was suggested by a student and was a great success! We did this through selling cupcakes, muffins, doughnuts, chocolates, bracelets. We also held a guessing game for how many jigsaw puzzle pieces were in a box while walking around the park. In only two hours, we raised exactly $257.45 dollars in cash, as well as online donations! This experience allowed us to help others recognise Caritas, which in English, translates to the need for charity, love and compassion. It also raised awareness to those suffering from extreme poverty around the globe.

We went around the park asking if anyone would like a sweet treat or bracelet for themselves or their child. Most people were really quite nice and willing, while some gave more than the amount they were paying for! It was a bit of a rainy day so we would always scurry back to our tent if we felt a downpour was about to happen. There we would re-organise everything and see what we would do next. All in all, it was quite a fun day, just being together as a group and knowing that all we were doing was for a good cause filled us with passion and determination. We must admit, some of us were a bit worried at how it would turn out but we wouldn’t know if we didn’t try and we are SO GLAD we did.

How can you make efforts to support Project Compassion? The college collections each Tuesday are a fantastic start. It’s easy to forget these, so you can also donate electronically via the St Ursula’s College Project Compassion website linked here. You could also take a similar approach to ours by fundraising at your local parish, community centre, etc. There are plenty more fundraising ideas out there; we have only named a few. We hope that this article has encouraged you to support Caritas Australia in this Lenten season and by donating to Project Compassion and uniting against poverty. Thank you!