Do you want to participate in the Lumary City to Bay on Sunday 15 September to raise money for the charity CanTeen?

We are seeking members of the Pembroke community to join the Pembroke School Team to undertake the Lumary City to Bay Fun Run to raise money for the Charity CanTeen. Pembroke has participated in this event since 2003, with this year marking our 21st!

Our community’s involvement in this event was initiated due to one of our boarders, Anna Bowman, being diagnosed with cancer just as she entered boarding in Year 10. CanTeen provided Anna and her family crucial support to help them deal with the impact of this terrible disease. The organisation has also assisted many other Pembroke students and their families over the years.

Last year, the Pembroke team had 157 members comprising of boarders, day students, staff, parents, old scholars, and friends. Together we raised an amazing $31,497 for CanTeen, becoming the highest fundraising team undertaking the fun run.

These funds contributed to a large proportion of Canteen’s overall total. To put this into perspective this money assisted 544 of the young people they support to access life-changing 24/7 assistance through Canteen Connect: an online community to access necessary counselling.

If you would like to be part of this worthwhile and fun event, I would really encourage you to sign up.

Details as follows:

Open to:	Year 6, MS and SS students, staff, parents, old scholars and friends of Pembroke
Cost of entry:	6km Adult - $60 6km Student - $40 12km Adult - $75 12km Student - $55 Please note this year Children 16 years and younger cannot run in the 12km RUN event, unless supervised by a Parent throughout the duration of the event
Registration:	Register by 25 August
Ticket Includes:	Event singlet (same as last year), delicious breakfast supplied by Canteen once you cross the finish line and massages!
Additional fundraising requirements:	All participants are required to raise a minimum of $50 in addition to registration fees to support this wonderful cause. There are prizes for top fundrasiers. All participants must create a Grassroots Page to begin fundraising via https://citybay24.grassrootz.com/canteen/pembroke
Bus transport (optional):	Leaving from: RSL Hall to starting point Return journey: Glenelg to RSL Hall register for buses via registration process
Training sessions (optional):	Training sessions will be run in the lead up to the event TBC
Duke of Edinburgh information:	This event is eligible for service hours for Duke of Edinburgh participants

Once you have signed up, you will receive further communication form Pembroke to confirm your participation.

We also have a small committee helping to coordinate some fundraising events, more members are welcome to join.

I look forward to seeing our Pembroke community embrace this wonderful cause and event once again.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at ecrowhur@pembroke.sa.edu.au or 8366 6200.

Elizabeth Crowhurst
Coordinator of the Duke of Edinburgh Award