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Seven Hills High School

A Vocational Education Pathways School

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Youth Off The Streets 2018

 

The Youth off the Streets Sleep Out was held on Friday the 14th of September, to raise money for Father Riley’s Youth off the Street Foundation.

The night started off at 6:30, with students arriving to sleep within the school grounds, experiencing the idea of “sleeping rough”.  We began with a few games ran by our Youth Worker Tim, and had an enjoyable time showing our competitive sides.

Following the games, we were fortunate enough to have Mrs Thurlow cook spaghetti bolognaise for dinner, before dancing and singing karaoke. We were also given ice-cream and brownies for dessert, and sat down to watch the movie, School of Rock.

As the night was coming to an end, students and teachers set up the gym mats within the canteen area and began to unwind, well most people anyway.

After a restless sleep, everyone woke up early to eat breakfast and began to pack up. It was interesting to hear the different stories from throughout the night and what the favourite parts were.  

A huge thankyou to Mr Way, Mr Burgess and Mrs Thurlow for not only sleeping at the school, but for cooking, providing snacks and highlighting the true meaning of the sleep out. Also, thankyou Tim for the games, Mr Johnstone for the support and all the students who participated. An especially big thank you to Baker's Delight at North Rocks, who supplied the bread for free so our students could eat breakfast and dinner, and put all the money raised towards the Youth Off the Streets Program.

A total of $308 was fundraised and donated to The Youth off the Streets Foundation, great job to all involved.