Ashby Participation in the McCAIN School Veggie Patches Promotion

You may have seen the commercials on TV highlighting a new program being promoted called McCAIN School Veggie Patches. Through the program primary schools around Australia and New Zealand have been invited to build their own veggie patches and grow their own vegetables. To lend a helping hand, McCAIN is giving away over $500,000 worth of veggie patch equipment to primary schools during 2010.

Helping Ashby Primary School access some of the equipment McCAIN’s is giving away is easy. Simply collect barcodes (the UPC symbols) from McCAIN frozen vegetable and McCAIN Purely Potato packs and return them to our school. We can then submit them for points which can then be redeemed for veggie patch equipment. Below is a fact sheet with more details on how the promotion works.

How to Support Ashby Participation in the McCAIN School Veggie Patches Promotion

Living Fundraiser

Would you like to grow your own cheap, environmentally friendly veggies and herbs? Would you like your children to develop the lifelong skills of growing, harvesting preparing and sharing fresh food? Friends of Ashby is currently selling organic ready to grow vegetables and herbs to raise money to support kitchen and garden programs at Ashby Primary School. Items available include:

• Organic Veggie Green House Kit – $6 each
• Organic Seed Packets - $4 each
• Organic Grow in the Bag Herb Kits - $6 each

You can support this fundraising activity in two ways:

1. Purchase Items for your own use – to purchase items, please complete the Order Form on the Information Sheet below no later than Friday, August 6th. Please include payment with your order and submit the form and payment to your child’s teacher or the school office. Items ordered will be sent home with your child on a first come first serve basis as your order is received.
2. Sell Items to family, friends and/or workmates – to sell items please complete the Order Form on the Information Sheet below. Items will be provided to you in bags. With each bag you will receive additional information on the items for sale and a tally sheet. You must return money for items sold and any unsold items no later than Friday, August 13th.

 Ashby Primary School Living Fundraiser Order Form

Geelong West Neighbourhood House "Come and Try Day"

This Sunday, July 18th from 12:30-2:30pm come along for an afternoon of family fun at the Virginia Todd Centre, 9 Clarence Street, Geelong West. Organised by the steering committee of the Geelong West Neighbourhood House, there will be a series of activities you can try that are designed to give you an idea of what is possible through a neighbourhood house in our community. Some of the activities include:

• Indian Vegetarian food demonstration
• Learn how to make a worm farm
• Yoga/meditation demonstration
• Make your own greeting cards
• Help to make a mosaic

There will also be a number of stalls featuring other local community organisations/activities, so please stop by and show your support!

Junior Playground Mural Progress

Check out the slideshow below for the latest on the Junior Playground Mural!

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