Dear Community,

I hope you had a great long weekend!

Tomorrow is Pyjama Day. Students (and staff) are encouraged to wear pyjamas and donate a gold coin to the Vinnies appeal.  

Tomorrow…

• students are encouraged to wear pjyamas, oodies, onesies, dressing gowns (wearing sneakers rather than slippers, please for safety/sport);
• Please bring a gold coin donation, which will go towards the CEO's Sleepout. All money raised goes directly to St Vincent de Paul Society here in the ACT to support homelessness and projects like the Vinnies Night Patrol;
• We will have a visit by the Night Patrol Van tomorrow and they will ‘show and tell’ the van and how it is used.

I appreciate your support.

CEO Sleepout

A small thing I can do is participate in the CEO Sleepout. I will be given two pieces of cardboard and allowed to bring only warm clothes, a sleeping bag, and a pillow. This day will occur next Thursday, June 20, outside Parliament House.

The Vinnies CEO Sleepout is a one-night event held on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year. Hundreds of CEOs, business owners, and community and government leaders sleep outdoors to support the many Australians experiencing homelessness and people at risk of homelessness. 

The gold coin donation from the Pyjama Day will go towards this, and I certainly encourage you to support this great cause. As a Vinnies Night Patrol leader, I see firsthand the plight of homelessness and the number of local Canberrans doing it tough each night.

Please ask friends, work colleagues or neighbours to throw a few dollars towards a good cause: https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/david-austin/canberra

In faith and partnership,

David Austin

Principal