Justine Hofman – Head of P&F

Welcome back everyone. Hope you all had a restful break and you are ready to join in on the many community centric initiatives planned for this term.

Second Hand Uniform Shuk Success

We’ve already been kicking some serious P&F goals with our first Second Hand Uniform Shuk sale on campus, raising more than $8,000.00. The sale has enabled our families to benefit from cheap, quality pre-loved uniforms, while supporting our ethos to reduce and reuse. This initiative worked because so many of you were willing to donate your uniforms. We are grateful to all who contributed so generously!

Thank you to committee leaders (aka legends) Rebecca Pal and Elly Berger. It’s a huge undertaking to get an initiative like this off the ground so kol hakavod for putting talk into action. You are amazing. Thank you to each volunteer who gave generously their time through literal rain, hail and shine to collect, sort and sell so many uniforms.

Thanks to the team of volunteers: Natalie Cohen, Vicki Liebowitz, Gail Eliovson, Sharon Arnott, Ben Opit, Mel Shilbury, Andrea Aschner, Jerry Frankel, Caren Ottaviano, Jo Britton, Anita Weinberger, Lisa Goodman, Naomi Shammay, Sarah Kummerfield, Tonja Nachman, Nivea Silberman, Leona McGee, Lucy Kennedy, Anna Lisa Palmer, Leona McGee, Gabi Salamon, Carli Rothman, Renee Levinson, Ari Shammay, Debra Meer and Kylie Owen.

We still have some uniforms left and we will be advising of a potential follow up sale in coming weeks.

Orders Close Monday 1 May 2023 for Term 2 Friday Challah

Join the 40+ families who get their challah through P&F (starting in Week 2). It’s $40.00 for the term and it blissfully ends your week with your delicious Jessie’s challah ready for collection each Friday after school.

Order now before this coming Monday 1 May 2023 order deadline.

Don’t Miss Early Bird Prices for Fiesta De Mama

Have you booked your tickets for The Emanuel P&F Fiesta De Mama Mother’s Day Morning on Friday 12 May 2023? Get ready for a morning filled with coffee, pastries and Zumba dancing. Come dressed with a Carnivale vibe.

Amazing prizes including a $250.00 voucher to the Honour Store for best dressed, a voucher for a Term of dance classes at 100 Percent Dance for the best Zumba dancer and an amazing raffle where you can win one of $100.00 Metro60 vouchers. Please book your tickets and raffle tickets before Monday 8 May 2023 so we know how many people to cater for.

Volunteering
40th Birthday, Father’s Day and support roles for P&F executive

We’ve had an incredible response to call outs for volunteers this year. Looking ahead to Term 3 (already!) we have two initiatives planned, namely Father’s Day and our Primary School community celebration of Emanuel’s 40^th.

To make these initiatives a success, we need dads and mums to join committees. Each committee will require a few hours of your time over 6-8 weeks. We try to run tight meetings on Zoom and divide and conquer on What’sApp. If you are interested in joining in, please register and bring along a friend (so it’s even more fun!).

We also need assistance with volunteer coordination and other administrative jobs for the P&F so if you are interested please contact Justine Hofman

Dates for the diary

Friday 12 May 2023: Mother’s Day morning and stall
Friday 12 May 2023: Second Hand Uniform follow up sale (7.00 am – 8.30 am)
Wednesday 24 May 2023: P&F Termly General meeting
Early August 2023: Primary School 40^th celebration
Friday 25 August 2023: Father’s Day morning
Early September: Second Hand Uniform Sale on campus 
Friday 3 November 2023 – Monday 5 November 2023: Spring Family Camping Weekend