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    SUPPORTING STUDENTS: Horsham College students, from left, Will Hobbs, Sammy Chaplain and Phoenix Hopper enjoy the school’s breakfast club cereal dispenser thanks to money raised at a chaplaincy book fair. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Horsham College book fair returns

Horsham College is inviting the community to update its bookshelves while supporting the school’s chaplaincy committee.

The committee is hosting a fundraising book fair from noon to 9pm on Friday and 9am to noon on Saturday.

Donated books will be sold for $1 from the college’s Maroske Hall at Dimboola Road.

Money raised will go towards funding the role of chaplain at Horsham College, which has more than 1000 teenage students.  



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Chaplain Yolande Grosser said she was particularly excited about the services she could provide at the school’s breakfast club, launched this term with the help of Horsham business Hermans.  

“Ray and the team at Hermans pulled out all the stops to find me the perfect cereal dispenser,” she said.  

“The beautiful dispenser they sourced shows the students how much they are valued – it certainly says, ‘five-star buffet breakfast’ to me. Running on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the breakfast club is a great way for hungry students to start the day, but if they miss breakfast or forget their lunch, I always have snacks available for students in my office.”  

Mrs Grosser said there was a fair chance some of the money raised at the book fair would go towards chocolates and tissues used in the chaplaincy office, ‘but absolutely no doubt toasted ham and cheese sandwiches will continue to flow’.  

She said she was amazed by the enormous community involvement in the event, which included book donations from the community, student assistance moving books, committee and friends running the event and Apex and Rotary members helping to pack up.  

Wastebusters is a long-term supporter of the event and will recycle any damaged books.

The entire May 25, 2022 edition of The Weekly Advertiser is available online. READ IT HERE!

The entire May 25, 2022 edition of AgLife is available online. READ IT HERE!