The 80s Fundraiser was a smash hit and best of all we raised a huge $67,000!! This is a record folks and it’s all thanks to you.
Thank you to everyone for embracing it with such enthusiasm and excitement and for being so generous. What a wonderful reflection on our school community! You dug deep and partied with a vengeance. Who knew it would be such fun to feel like a teenager again! The costumes were brilliant. The room was awash with eyeshadow, fluoro, mullet wigs, lace and the big hit was the guy riding in on his bike with ET in his basket. The only complaints were sore heads and sore feet the following day – both self inflicted.
Rob and his team of dancers kick started the night with a song about angry parents. Very funny. Sarah Shannon then took it further with her hysterical song poking fun at the whole lot of us! Might need to get the words printed. The parent band filled the dance floor and Quin got everyone doing their best 80s dance moves. One parent summed it up nicely… “It was a true 80s party, Drank too much – Danced too much – Laughed too much – Perfect.”
We would like to thank the following people who made it a hugely successful night: Sarah Shannon and Sam Fleming our MCs, David Faktor our auctioneer, Quin Smyth our DJ, Stuart West our parent band coordinator and all the band members and Vicki and Julianna in the front office.
Thank you to our core team who helped us organise the event: Jemma Dudley-Smith, Andi Breslin, Leisa Millin, Emma Heath and Susan Woodlands. Thanks to Tania Viskovich from Vitamin X for doing all the fab creative. Thank you to Andy Broadley for creating the fabulous 80s screen. Thank you to Charissa Brooks and Antje Hofmann our cashiers who stayed alert all night so that they could count the mounds of cash.
On the night we had a fantastic bunch of volunteers who could sell ice to Eskimos: Leizel Preller, Michelle Bowes, Paulette Disher, Rachael Emblin, Deb Contos, Veronica Greaves, Kimberley Johns, Mel Browne, Cherie Gray, Merran Hughes, Kylie Biddle and Steph Sparke.
And thank you to the volunteers who turned up at 230pm at the club to help us set up: Nick Hocking, Peter Preller, Stuart Breslin, Nerida Campbell, Karen Richards, Ellie Waddell and Alyssa Henare. You were all a fantastic, committed and dedicated bunch of people to work with. Thanks to Cam Nuttall and Susie Seybold for taking some great photos which will be on the P&C website by the end of the week.
A special thank you to our major sponsor Ric Serrao, Principal of Raine & Horne Double Bay/Bondi Beach for his generous support and for his great giveaway of 3 iPads on the night.
Thank you to our other sponsor Guzman y Gomez for their support and discount food offers.
North Bondi RSL once again showed their generosity by letting us use their venue and with a cheque of $5K to go towards a new creative play area.
We were completely overwhelmed with donations this year. Many thanks to our business community in Bondi and beyond. Please support them back. When you are next in their business please mention our school and our appreciation. Here is a list of contributing businesses:
A Tavola
Adora Handmade Chocolates
Advanced Dermatology
Aesop Travel Kit
Apple & Bee
Aquabumps
Australia Tibet Council
Australian Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Awaken Your Health
Bauer Media
Bondi Beach Public School
Beach Road Hotel
Bernasconi’s
Bev Carter, It’s Time to Shine
Blule (Clementine Campardou)
Body Bright Massage
Bondi Beach Dental
Bondi Bikes
Bondi Golf Club
Bondi Icebergs Club Ltd
Bondi Nuad Thai & Spa
Bondi Trattoria
Bondi Wholefoods
Brown Sugar
Bubbling with Energy
By Kim
Café Brazil
Calmsle yHill Farm
Camille Nuttall Photography
Captain Cook Cruises
Chemist Glenayr
Claudia Jarryang
Collective Magazine
Coppola Home
Corkscrew Cellars
Cotton Australia
Country Valley Stall
Crystal Car Wash
Deans Diner & Take Away
iSubscribe
Dinner Fairies
Dr Christine Underhill
Drift Facial Lounge
Dry Cleaning 2U
Elixr Swim School
Elle Magazine
Ensemble Theatre
Escape Beauty
Event Cinemas
FairyFloss Children’s Entertainment
Faktor family
Featherdale Wildlife Park
Flickerfest
Flickerfest Kids
Jet Flight Simulator Sydney
Flip Out World
Foxtel Music Channel
Frankie Hairdresser
Fruitologist
Garvan Institute
Gelato Messina
Gerard Patane
Gertrude & Alice
Gesundheit Health Coaching
Ginger Blue Café
Global Creatures
GoGo Sports
Golden Sheaf
Hang Out Bondi Dry Cleaners
Harris Farm
Healthy Home Audit
Helen & Stuart Hamilton
House of Zumba
IGA Curlewis St
Inken & David Martin
John Roper Chemist
John Wakelin, L’Amour Catering
Julian Edwards
Kingsley Meats
Kirsten Brown
La Bretagne
Let’s Go Surfing
Lilianfels
Lindt Chocolate
Little Heroes Swim Academy
Lulubelle & The Blonde Fox
Lyne Park Tennis Centre
Maccabi Tennis Centre
Mamma Mia India
Michelle Bowes
Miller Jiu Jitsu
Moo Gourmet Burgers
Moore Park Stables
Morffew Photos
Neo Batu
News Limited
NIDA
Nirvana Cellars
Nordic Fusion
North Bondi Fish
North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club
Pacific Bondi
O’Hara Designs
Panama House
Paper Planes Resturant
Paperbark Camp
Peter Zeng
Playbill Venues
Plumer Rd Chicken Shop
Powerhouse Museum
Prema Hair
Prenatal Yoga (Georgie McGillen)
BBPS Primary OSH Care
Raw Sisterhood
Reading Eggs
Red Rocket Toy Store
Right Angles
Sage Beauty
SCG & Allianz Stadium
Shannon Meddings Stylist
Shuk Café
Skater HQ
So Gorgeous
Softspot
Sonoma Café
South South East
Spotlight
Stephen Evans Prints
Sum Management
Sybella Jewellery
Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Seaplanes
Sydney Theatre Company
Talila
Tamarama Rock Surfers Theatre
Taronga / Western Plains Zoo
The Art Shop, Rose Bay
The Char
The Corner House
The Eastern
The Grid
The Nag’s Head Hotel
The Punters Pal
Thunderpants
Tiny Trolls
Treetop Adventure Park
Triveda Yoga
Uber Taxi
Universal Channel Foxtel
UNSW YMCA
Urban Adventure Park
Vagabond Cruises
VitaminX
Waverley Woollahra Art School
Western Plains Zoo
Woollahra Sailing Club
Yellow Bungalow
Yoga Synergy
Zeba Hair Studio
plus a whole lot of parents/carers/grandparents/friends who raided their cupboards, knocked on doors and called in favours
All proceeds from the night will go towards a major upgrade of the school grounds and to more iPads for our kids. More details on these plans to come. Yippee!
Cheers,
Georgie & Justine
P&C Fundraising Committee
For copies of the photos, please email Justine and note photo number.
Thanks to Cam Nuttall and Susie Seybold for photographs. If you have any to add, please contact us.
Trivia 2012
The Trivia Olympiad on 4 August 2012 was a fantastic night and a wonderful fundraiser. Thank you to the parents, staff, friends and all those in our community for their generous contributions.
Please support the many businesses who donated to our Trivia Olympiad.
Many thanks to our major sponsors:
North Bondi RSL
Bondi Trattoria
Ric Serrao
Lets Go Surfing
We are grateful to the following businesses who sponsored our event:
Aquabumps, Amexconnect, ABC -Gruen Transfer, Apple & Bee, Abc Television,B.Amused, The Ballet Class Rose Bay, Body Express Swim, Bondi Bright, Bondi Trattoria, Bills Restaurant, Bondi Trattoria, Bondi Ink, Blue Illusion, Blue Orange, The Bucket List, Civic Video, Carousel Bondi Beach, Charlie Lawrence, Chirosports, Cocoon Room, Corner House, The Devonshire, Dough Boys, Dripping Wet Surf Shop, Ecodown under, Equiessence Kinesiology, Easy Riders, Flickerfest, Funky Pies, Green Café, Hecticrat Architectural, Itchee Feet, The Icebergs Club, Jatali, Kelp Hairdressing, Koosh Hair, KM Yoga, Little Smarys Teddy Bears, Lets Go Surfing, Lush, Maggie May Flowers, Masterspecs, Mermaid Swim Academy, Moo Burgers, North Bondi RSL, Office Works, Paperbark Camp, Playbill, Punters Pal, PReMA, Raw Bar, Red Jasper, Reach Personal Training, Ric Serreo, Shoes & Sox, Shotbyhamish, Stephen Evans, STM Bags, Samsung, Swiss Grand, Sage Beauty, Taronga Zoo, Twisted Frozen Yogurt, Waverley Arts Also many thanks to our host of Trivia Olympiad Volunteers – not in order of appearance:
Oisin and Kylee O’Brian, David and Oli Colman and the wrestling team, Leisa Millin, Rox de Luca, Charissa Brooks, Brenda Miley, Merran Hughes, Susan Woodland, Kylie Biddle, Sarah Shannon, Will Glasson, The Rapping Teachers, Paul McDermott, Justine Kerrigan, Cassy Bartolomei, Di Smith, Stuart West, Craig Wachholz, Raymond Lalatoa, Matt Ralph – bass, Gemma Dudley Smith, Camilla Hutchings, Nathalie Hall, Jay, Chris Walsh, Felicity Simpson, Maria Hardy, Liezel Preller, Sally Carter, Effie Mitchell, Deb Condos, Jo Hobbs, Nathalie Hall, Vicki Schmidt, Lily of the Office, Juliana, Karsten Jarke, Caroline Quaine & Jane Cichero, Linda Henson, Helen Sturgess, Stephanie Sparks.
Sorry if we have missed anyone. Many thanks to all who contributed to our event!
The funds raised from 2012 went towards the new basketball court, the movable stage, repair musical equipment, and classroom resources.