thefoundationpenIssue 11 January 2013

Building for now and the future...

Speech Night Foundation PrizeOne of the goals of the St Margaret’s Foundation is to provide encouragement to students via a range of awards. Introduced in 2009, the Foundation Speech Night Prize, seeks to recognise and reward a student in Year 11 who has been committed to and involved in charitable endeavours within the School while at the same time maintaining her academic standards and involvement in extra-curricular activities. The Foundation was very pleased in 2012 to present a cheque for $500 to Nicola Nearhos recognising her ongoing hard work. Nicola will now choose a charity that she will nominate to receive a matching donation. Congratulations, Nicola.

The Foundation hopes that Nicola will be as successful in her fundraising activities as the 2011 winner of the prestigious award – Natalie Charlton – who successfully raised over $3500 for her nominated charity, “1000 Births, 1000 Lives”. Last year Natalie thanked her supporters via the letter printed on page 6:

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From the Chair

Throughout 2013, the Foundation will concentrate its efforts in three areas: Capital Works, Scholarships and Endowments. With this in mind, I thought it would be timely to give supporters a brief reminder of the work the St Margaret’s Foundation does, its purpose and its overall goals.

What is the Foundation?

The St Margaret’s Foundation is a Company Limited by Guarantee and established under Australian Corporations Law, managed by the Foundation Board and reporting to the St Margaret’s School Council.

What is the purpose of the Foundation?

Established in 2004, the Foundation’s purpose is to uphold the School’s heritage and vision and to support the Council‘s commitment to enrich and enhance the learning environment and opportunities for past, present and future students.

What are the goals of the Foundation?

• TonurturelinksthroughoutallmembersoftheSchoolcommunity• Tooverseefundraisingeffortsthatrelatetocapitalprojectsandsponsorship• Toraisefundsthroughdonations,bequestsandin-kindsupport• Toinvestfundstoprovideasourceoffutureincome• Todevelopscholarshipopportunities

In 2013, the Foundation aims to exceed the following goals:

• Togive$80,000toassistwithBursariesandScholarships• ToincreasetheSchool’sEndowmentFundby$100,000

Inthefirstinstance,donationstotheBuildingFundwillbeusedtocreatemore‘greenspace’intheSchoolbythe demolition of The Loft – an old building located near the Chapel.

At the end of 2012, we said goodbye to long-term staff and Foundation member Beverley Fox. Joining Beverley in her retirement from the St Margaret’s Foundation Board in 2013 is Darren Barlow. We thank Beverley and Darren for the dedication and commitment to the School over the years and wish them the very best in their future endeavours.

New Board Members

Felicity Cooper is a current parent, mother to Carey, Nicola and Samantha. She is an Executive Director with Ernst & Young Advisory and has over 20 years of experience as a chartered accountant. During this period, Felicity has specialised in the business advisory area, working across internal and external audit and enterprise risk management; operational reviews and technology enabled business transformation.

Lisa Butler and her mother are St Margaret’s Old Girls and Lisa is mother to current student, Georgina. Lisa is the Director and Founder of The Talea Group, which helps its clients to enhance their business performance and returns bydevelopingtheircommunicationcapability.Taleatypicallyworkswithmajorcorporationsandbusinessesacrossprofessionalservices,bankingandfinance,IT,insurance,energy,construction,engineeringandrecruitment.

Mark Williamson has over 25 years in sales and marketing leadership positions in IT, telecommunications and airlines. He currently runs his own business advisory consultancy. Mark’s previous roles have included Regional Sales Director with Optus Business; President of Global Sales and Marketing for Mincom Ltd; National Sales Manager and Queensland State Manager for Ansett Airlines. Mark holds directorships on a number of boards.

St Margaret’s Bursaries

The bursaries offered at St Margaret’s represent a truly life-changing opportunity for many of our students. However, the number of students in need of bursary assistance currently outstrips our supply of funds, which is limited to the amount of donations received.

A scholarship, bequest or bursary is a wonderful way to continue your association with St Margaret’s. If you wouldliketofindoutmoreaboutour‘giving’charter,pleasecontactourFoundationOffice.

May I also take this opportunity to welcome you all back after the holidays. It is a new year and a new start – let’s work together and make this the best year yet for St Margaret’s.

Hume Campbell Chair of Foundation

From the Chair 2

2012 Foundation Awards

for Excellence 3

Breaking the cycle 4

Campaign committed

to capital 5

Continues: Speech

Night Foundation Prize 6

View to cooking well 7

Pave your way at

St Margaret’s 7

Foundation Snapshots 7

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In 2012, the Foundation once again offered the Faculties the opportunity to reward students who may or may not be the top academic achievers in varioussubjects,butwhohaveconsistentlyprovento be enthusiastic, committed, positive and hard working. Award recipients also had to contribute to the dynamics of the classroom or, in the case of The Arts,hadtoberecognisedfortheirtalentinaspecificcomponent of their course of study (e.g., songwriting).

Every Faculty was involved and the Foundation was able to recognise and reward 27 Secondary School students. The very deserving recipients were given theircertificates,chequesandFoundationPinsattheSeniors’ Final School Assembly in the Philip Harris Sports Centre by the Chair of the St Margaret’s Foundation, Mr Hume Campbell.

2012 Foundation Awards for Excellence

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Creative Writing Emily Everson (Year 10)

Felicity Mohr (Year 9)

BaileyCall(Year8)

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Health & Physical Education (Year 10)

Charlotte Smith

Emily Everson

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Studies in Humanities

BaileyCall(Year8)

OliviaLambert(Year8)

Georgina Quayle (Year 9)

Claire Johnston (Year 9)

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Japanese (Year 12 )

Hannah Ryu

The Foundation Award for Excellence in German (Year 12) Claire Cottam

The Foundation Award for Excellence in French (Year 12) Betsy Rutledge

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Mathematics Soyi(Sally)Lee(Year8)

Ju-Hyon (Julia) Jeon (Year 9)

Ellen Purcell (Year 10)

Sasha Richards (Year 11)

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Studies in Science RaelenePearson(8B)

BriannaCameron(8C)

Molly Duhig (9D)

Hope Oliver (10B)

The 2012 Foundation Art Extension Award Holly Sprague - 1st (Year 10)

Phoebe Duncombe - Highly Com (Year 9)

Emily Taylor - Highly Com (Year 10)

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Songwriting (Year 12) Weiying (Nancy) Xu

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Studies in Religious and Values Education (Year 9)

Claire Johnston

Felicity Mohr

Rachyl Cameron

Claire Leishman

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Business and Legal Studies (Year 10)

Matisse Waters

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Information Technology (Year 9)

JessicaGriffiths

The Foundation Award for Excellence in Food and Textiles Technology (Year 9)

Lauren Gracie

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Since its inception, St Margaret’s has been a school renowned for ‘giving’ to the broader community. Founders, the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent, provided the ‘giving’ groundwork by establishing an institution responsible for educating girls from all parts of Queensland. The girls who graduate from St Margaret’s not only have a strong academic focus, but also a strong sense of justiceandrespectforthoselessfortunate.Thistradition continues today with the implementation of scholarships, bursaries and bequests.

From the Foundation’s perspective, we can offer members of the School community a tax-deductible opportunity to support a student who otherwise could not afford to attend St Margaret’s. One such scholarship applies to indigenous girls of all ages and involves working in partnership with Yalari – a not-for-profitorganisationofferingsecondaryeducationalscholarships to indigenous children from remote, rural and regional communities from all corners of Australia.

The scholarship – run and organised by Yalari – gives students a ‘hand-up’ to their future by offering a full academic berth. Yalari’s aim is to create a network of educational opportunities that will bring about long-term generational change for indigenous youth.

Yalari was founded in 2005 by indigenous educator WaverleyStanley;itnowfinancially(andemotionally)supports over 200 students. St Margaret’s is one of 30 partner schools throughout Australia and has been involved with the organisation since 2009 when the School accepted two girls into the Boarding House. The program has been so successful that this year 11 girlswilljointheStMargaret’sSchoolcommunity.Oneof the School’s original Yalari scholarship recipients, Shaquille Close-Knight (Year 11), has been awarded a Qantas Traineeship, which she will complete while finishingherschoolingatStMargaret’s.

According to Principal Ros Curtis, the Yalari girls are very respected members of the Boarding House.

“Weallbenefitfromtheirinvolvementinthegreaterlife of the School. These girls, with the support of their families, are wonderful contributors to the School community,” Ms Curtis said.

“I appreciate the relationship of mutual support that we share with Yalari and hope that we can continue to offer opportunities to students in the future.”

Breaking the cycle

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Campaign committed to capitalThe opening of the $8 million Eunice Science and Resource Centre in February last year was a wonderful way to start the 2012 school year. The Foundation, through its Capital Campaign, and with the support of the St Margaret’s community, raised close to $850,000 to fit out the building.

At the official opening, the School community also had the chance to view the Wall of Thanks – a dedicated part of the centre that has been adorned with plaques of donor names. This wall is unique in that it features a series of Australian biological fauna ‘specimens’, a theme in keeping with one of the key purposes of the centre – Science. Each tile on the wall contains a specimen and the name of a donor who contributed $1000 or more to the Capital Campaign – it makes for a warm and ‘different’ kind of welcome to visitors to the centre.

Thank you to everyone who donated to the campaign and to those community members continuing on with their philanthropic support of St Margaret’s.

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Continues: from cover page

2 November 2012

Dear friends and supporters,

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involved in this year.

In February this year I came across the work of the Birthing Kit Foundation Australia improving the care provided to women in

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birth.Iwasinspiredbytheircaus

eandcreatedmyproject“1000 Births, 1000 Lives” with

the goal of raising the necessary funds to supply, pack and send overseas, 1000 birthing kits at a cost of $3 each, by the

end of the year.

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acknowledge the support and guidance of Mrs Michelle Carroll, Deputy Principal of St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School.

There are 60 million women worldwide who give birth with the aid of only a traditional birth attendant or with no assistance

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of approximately 10 million women severely and unnecessarily affected every year. The foundation is working to lower these

horrendous statistics through providing clean birthing conditions. The Birthing Kit Foundation has a vision to establish a “world

in which all women have access to safe birthing practices regardless of race, religion, culture, history or socio-economic status”.

They are working to ensure this vision is achieved having already distributed one million kits to 30 different countries around the

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project.

Myproject,fundingandmaking1

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esandimprovements.

The kits are simple plastic zip lock bags with six items in them. These kits make such an enormous difference to the lives of

these women and their children, in fact a report from Afghanistan on the impact of using 2350 kits reported that only one

womanhaddiedandnobabiesh

addiedwhenstatisticallyitwould

beexpectedthebetween44and

118womenwoulddie

and over 100 babies would die. This is sure evidence that the kits are incredibly effective and have a massive impact.

In May, using money that I had received from awards in 2010 and 2011, and with the help of some enthusiastic Year 10

StMargaret’svolunteers,thefirst

200kitswereassembled(atStM

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hadnotificationthatthey

were sent to remote parts of Nigeria.

Inordertoraisethebalanceofthe

$3000tocompletemyprojectIc

reatedanonlinedonationwebsite

whichprovedvery

successful as well as placing donation tins and bookmarks throughout the local area. Additionally, I have been fortunate enough

to have several articles in different newspapers written about “1000 Births, 1000 Lives” and as a result have been invited to

give presentations at Rotary Clubs and The View Club and received donations from The View, the Brisbane Airport Rotary Club

and several Lions Clubs.

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dingYear9and12students,teac

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neAirportRotaryCluband

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penttheafternoonpacking1800b

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I am keeping my website open for a couple more months, and will pack the extra kits early next year. I hope to utilise school

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and possibly address domestic violence.

I am enormously grateful for all of the support that I have received from a variety of foundations as well as the wider community

in being able to save the lives of 1000 mothers as well as their newborn children.

With kind regards

Natalie Charlton

www.mycause.com.au/1000Births1000Lives

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Foundation Snapshots

Pave your way at St Margaret’sCement your bond with St Margaret’s by paving your name in the School’s foundation – literally. There are a limited number of tiles still available and we are encouraging our recent graduates to purchase one of them so they can continue their association with their alma mater.

ImaginesecuringanareawithinStMargaret’sthatisdedicatedjusttopastand present students, families, friends and supporters. A tile that celebrates and acknowledges your relationship with St Margaret’s is a method of ensuring that the Spirit Lives On.

There are a limited number of large-size Gold tiles (340mmx340mm) still availableforjust$995each.Whenyoupurchaseoneofthesetiles,itwillbepositionedattheArtsCentre,inthemostprominentareaofflooringwheremaximum exposure is achieved.

Smaller Bronze terracotta tiles (300mmx300mm) are also still available (althoughnotmanyremain!)forjust$295each;oncepurchasedtheywillbelocated at the side of the Terraces.

For more information on how you can be immortalised in the foundations of St Margaret’s,pleasecontactFoundationandP&FLiaisonOfficerJenelleHobbson0738620765oremailFoundation@stmargarets.qld.edu.au

This is your last chance to purchase St Margaret’s inaugural cookbook, Food with a View.

The208-pagetomeisfilledwithfull-colour images of dishes that will delight the tastebuds and ensure your family walks away from the table contented.Atjust$40abook,Food with a View, could be a wonderful gift for someone who has a birthday coming up, or perhaps a friend who is getting married – what a wonderful way to start a life together … creating memoriesenrichedinfinehomecooking.

The St Margaret’s community bonded together and put in hundreds of hours ofhardworktoproducethisgem,filledwithover150mouth-wateringrecipes.Along with collage pages of student art and city/country scenes, it evokes and the essence of the St Margaret’s School community.

Place your order today online via the order form on the School website,orcontacttheFoundationOfficeon0738620765oremail Foundation@stmargarets.qld.edu.au

Food with a View is also available for sale from the School Supplies Shop.

View to cooking well

St Margaret’s Foundation 11 Petrie Street, Ascot Qld 4007 Australia • ABN 72 113 529 230Telephone: 07 3862 0765 • Website: www.stmargarets.qld.edu.au Email: foundation@stmargarets.qld.edu.au

A School of the Society of the Sacred Advent

General DonationMr M W & Mrs K E AlbrandMr W L & Mrs S M BanichMr A & Mrs T BarakatMr J F & Mrs J V BeachMr J C and Mrs D E Bell-AllenMr R E & Mrs S F BloxsomMr F BoulayMr M J & Mrs A L BrandMrs W BuddleMr M J F & Mrs A M BurnettMr T & Mrs L ButlerMr R & Mrs M CallwayMr W & Mrs T CalverMr R & Mrs L CassanitiMr N & Mrs M ChancellorMrs Glennie ClarkeMrs Anne ClarkeMrs Sally CoffeyMr D A & Mrs A F CorcoranMrs Joan CowieMr A D & Mrs T M CumminsMr K & Mrs A DonaldMiss S DonkinDr H & Mrs F M DouglasMr N G & Mrs B A EfstathisMr M R & Mrs A F A ElmerMr D B & Mrs E M EmmottMr D J & Mrs V M FisherRebeca Flores-HoldawayMr A A Franklin & Ms S F JonesMiss P GalleyMr A & Mrs C GarnerMr A D & Mrs H L GatenbyMr R & Mrs D GracieMrs Sheryl GrantMr N & Ms C HarperDr G & Dr R HarrisMr C B & Mrs S J HartMr R & Mrs M R HawkerMrGJHeather&MsHZahnowMrs C HillMr J A & Ms C L HoldenMr R & Mrs J HowseMr C J & Mrs L C HughesMr M & Mrs R Horton

Mr W & Mrs J KendallMr G & Mrs K KernMr R & Mrs K KimeklisMr P G Knee & Ms C DauntMr B C Lake & Ms K L StehbensMr G B & Mrs R E LambertMr D & Mrs N LeembruggenMr P & Mrs P LeitnerDr P and Mrs T LicinaMr R B & Mrs F J LuhrsDr D MacdonaldMs L E MathesonMr J M & Mrs S P McGaghMr A & Mrs S McGilvrayMr P & Mrs S McLeanMr P N & Mrs L M McMahonMr J S & Mrs K M MilesMr J G & Mrs L M MohrMr A J H MorrisMr W S J & Mrs S A PageMr B A & Mrs L K PayneMr F & Mrs S PuglieseMs Suzette PurdyMr E J & Mrs A M QuayleMr P G & Mrs J T RobertsonMr B K & Mrs M RosewallMr D & Dr R ShankarDr Rosamond SiemonMr C R & Mrs M A SlawsonMr B P Smith & Dr J A NeilsonMr D G & Mrs I T H SmithMr M J & Mrs M A SmithMr M G Murphy & Ms G SouyaveMr MG & Mrs SJ StaffordMr N C & S K StephensMr M E & Mrs D A StoneMr P D & Mrs J-A M StrachanMr S Vittone & Ms F TaylorMr R B & Mrs B J ThomasMr R J & Mrs C D TomkinsMr T J & Mrs J C UlcoqMr D & Mrs R Wright2010 Senior Year Girls2011 Senior Year Girls

St Margaret’s Foundation Thanks You

The St Margaret’s Foundation also wishes to thank all donors who have chosen to remain anonymous.

PatronThe Lee Family

BenefactorH & R Campbell The Crommelin Family

CompanionSt Margaret’s Old Girls’ Assoc.*St Margaret’s Parents and Friends Assoc.*The Willink Family

FellowThe Adcock FamilyThe Crouch FamilyThe de Groot FamilyR & K HouseThe Huxley FamilyThe Lake FamilyThe Lane FamilyThe Lisle FamilyThe Rennie FamilyThe Roe Family & RBS Morgans Foundation The Splatt Family

FriendPamela AyersJudith BellTheBloomfieldFamilyThe Davidson FamilyThe Malouf FamilyThe Quayle FamilyThe Rasmussen Family

AssociateCatelan Moore FamilyRos CurtisDonation in memory of Joan FitzgeraldTayla Anne GrevesMargot (Moore) LoveDr JG Mann AM & Mrs A MannThe Marchant FamilySharon and Jim RyanMegan Walsh & FamilyThe Whyte Family

Donations to Scholarship FundCompanion The Butler FamilyFellow Henderson FoundationFriend The Hon Mrs A Dawson-Damer

Associate R & K HouseGeneral Donation Miss P GalleyMr R & Mrs S PymDr D RyanMrs J Swithinbank

St Margaret’s Foundation Membership

Patron $100,000+Benefactor $50,000 - $99,999Companion $25,000 - $49,999Fellow $10,000 - $24,999Friend $5000 - $9999Associate $2000 - $4999General Donation less than $1999

Donations to Endowment FundRos CurtisFortitude Valley Rotary ClubMr J Johnson