Yvette D'Ath (Petrie, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to talk about the NAB Schools First Awards program. The awards have just been announced for 2010 and this is the second year that the program has been running. I am pleased that Arethusa College, in the electorate of Petrie, has been one of the Impact Award winners for 2010, receiving $50,000. These awards are about trying to encourage schools to work in partnership with community organisations. Arethusa College has joined with Rotary International (Bribie Island) to implement a special initiative that sees students participating in farm management and animal care with pedigree beef cattle in order to provide free meat to local charities that work with homeless people and low-income families. It is fantastic that this college has been able to receive this funding to help this program to continue.

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