School competition benefits homeless

Bundaberg Christian College primary students last week presented local charity
Global Care with approximately 1150 cans of food as part of a inter class challenge set up to
get them thinking about others.
During their school assembly, College Principal Mr Paul Sterling congratulated the students on the initiative and thanked the parents for purchasing the cans.
“I am incredibly proud of the efforts" he said, "in providing this gift to families in need and in doing so, reflecting the school values of serving others.”

Yale Morgan, Chairman of Global Care Bundaberg, (a ministry of Citicoast Church) was delighted to be able to attend the school along with two of Global Care’s volunteers to accept the donation and told the students that their work in providing these cans will go a long way towards Global Care helping families who are doing it tough.

“These cans will provide about a month’s worth of food for families that desperately need help and allows us to put food in
their bellies and at the same time share God’s love with them.”


School Chaplain, Kelli Ussher explained that the can drive is an annual activity to inspire the
students to not only have some friendly competition amongst their classes but to also give
them an opportunity to make a difference in their community.

“From the school’s perspective, this is part of our missions program. We’re teaching the junior school students that they can make a difference to others not so fortunate” she said. “Each of our classes are
challenged to collect the most cans with the promise of a pizza party for the class that collects
the most. That’s part of the fun. But then the children are also learning about serving and
helping each other and their community. We get them thinking about how fortunate we are to
have food to eat, while others may not have that luxury.”

The BCC Can drive has happened third term for the last 7 years. The cans will be put into
food hampers and distributed locally by Global Care.

Kepnock celebrates Scouting

Cub Scouts Kaidyn Belford & Cooper Mylrea with Chief Commissioner Daryl Scott

Kepnock Scouts were excited tonight to welcome Chief Commissioner of Scouts in Queensland, Mr Daryl Scott to Bundaberg.

Mr Scott was among a number of special guests who attended the Annual Report Presentation as Kepnock looked back over the year and shared with parents and friends what they’ve achieved.
Some of the highlights were camps, hikes and participating in the pageant of lights. 

Group Leader, Brad Mylrea, said his personal highlights were the way the local community rallied to help rebuild the scout den after a tree half destroyed it, and, the opportunity to invite Scouts from drought affected parts of the state to Bundaberg for a week of activities that provided a much needed mental health boost.

When asked to say a few words, the Chief Commissioner shared a little about what is happening at a state level of scouting, including that Scouts QLD is undergoing its first program overhaul since 1972. “40 plus years since our last major program overhaul, we are putting an emphasis on streamlining skills and empowering our youth members to achieve more” Mr Scott told the gathering. “One of the elements of the new program is the Outdoor Adventure Skills. This is exciting because it allows our Scouts - no matter their age - to pursue outdoor adventures that they are passionate about and challenge themselves in new and exciting ways.”

Cr Judy Peters investigates some campfire cooking at Kepnock ARP

The main message “The Chief” left was that no matter what programs Scouting delivers or how they do it; the fundamental aim of Scouting remains: to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people so that they take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.