Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Remember September

Alumnus Ben Wilheim (Class of 2008) is a man on a mission. His father Danny died nearly 4 years ago from pancreatic cancer, just 9 months after diagnosis. Since then Ben set himself a mission to help raise awareness of and funds for much needed research to find a cure for this dreaded disease, with the creation of ‘Remember September’ in 2015.  Not only did Ben lose his beloved father to this hiddeous disease, but his first cousin Danielle Sirmai (nee Feller) at the age of 33 also died from pancreatic cancer (6 weeks after diagnosis) just one year prior to Danny falling ill.  Danielle attended Emanuel School up to Year 6 and her brother Ari Feller finished Year 12 here in 2000. 

We would love members of our Emanuel Community to get behind Ben’s amazing efforts and support this worthy cause.  My own father succumbed to pancreatic cancer 12 years ago and unfortunately, due to the nature of this cancer, it is rarely diagnosed early, so treatment is limited and outcomes are poor but with Ben and his friends’ help and our support, we hope that one day there will be a cure for pancreatic cancer and also for the many other cancers suffered by our loved ones and other members of the universe.

Remember September 2018 was launched a couple of weeks ago and registrations/sign-ups are now open! Here is the link: http://rememberseptember.gofundraise.com.au/ 

As Ben says “the campaign continues to double in size each year (2017 we had 82 challengers raised over $66,000, which brought our grand total to over $126,000), so I’m keen to continue the trend and turn this into the next big thing!

The concentration between now and September starting is of course promotion for people to sign-up for the challenge. Once September begins the promotion concentration then shifts toward donations/support.”

Enjoy a mid-week morning out 

We hope you can join us on Tuesday 28 August for our Archibald Prize private tour.  It is organised by the Grandparents Committee but is open to everyone in our Community. See poster for details and book your tickets online: www.tinyurl.com/archies2018

Primary Grandparents and Friends Day – 4 September

We look forward to this exciting annual event where grandparents and special friends spend time with our Year K to 6 students, sharing classroom activities along with Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat celebrations.

Save the Date

Wednesday 26 September –  Breakfast with Emanuel

Bondi Junction – The Little Space.

Details out soon

If you have news to share, please send to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au