{"id":4107,"date":"2019-12-12T00:56:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T00:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4107"},"modified":"2019-12-16T00:50:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T00:50:38","slug":"concert-for-armidale","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/article\/concert-for-armidale\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert fundraiser gets much-needed water to Armidale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday 4 December, our College community united to to raise money for our sister school, O&#8217;Connor Catholic College in Armidale, by holding a Christmas Mufti Day and Concert.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4109\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4109 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Armidale2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmer has been hit hard by the drought and his lagoon is now completely dry<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4108\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4108 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/12\/Armidale-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheep hunting for grass in Armidale<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armidale currently has strict Level 5 water restrictions, with the local council predicting there is less than 400 days of water left in the city&#8217;s dam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armidale is usually full of thriving oaks and conifers, but due to the drought, some of them are now dying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mayor of Armidale, Simon Murray, recently stated: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Trucking water is going to be the only water solution. But where do you truck it from?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through our Concert and Mufti Day, St Ursula\u2019s students raised an outstanding <\/span>$1,646.10, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which will go towards sending trucks of water to Armidale to support them during this difficult time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for your generosity to support our sister school &#8211; it is greatly appreciated by the Armidale community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h6><strong><em>Laura Fing <\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Acting <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Youth Ministry Coordinator<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St Ursula\u2019s community united in support of our rural sister school in Armidale recently&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-4107","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}