Jerome Laxale (Bennelong, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

Recently, the Gladesville Public School P&C put together their annual trivia night fundraiser at one of my favourite local drinking spots, Gladesville Sporties. The Gladesville Public School community came together with incredible spirit and generosity, smashing their fundraising target and raising over $25,000. The fantastic generosity of locals will go towards purchasing new curriculum reading books for students, enhancing student wellbeing and resilience programs, conducting cyberbullying seminars, acquiring classroom resources and upgrading smartboards. What a wonderful display of the entire Gladesville committee coming together to support the school it was. There were over 50 local businesses across the area, from local gyms, restaurants, cafes and cake suppliers to orthodontists and beauticians, all providing gift vouchers or supplies to auction off. People really do love Gladesville and its community spirit. Whilst I, sadly, was unable to be there, I was able to donate a special MP experience for a day, and I'm so pleased that I'll soon be hosting Harper and Elliott with their dads here in Canberra, showing them all the behind-the-scenes of being an MP here in Parliament House.

This event wouldn't have been possible without the dedication and hard work of the P&C, and I offer my congratulations to Tilda Chu, Meg Scott, Alana Fox, Felicity Cook, Feliz Okun, Peter Tuck, Andrew Faber-Nelson and the president, Serena Faber-Nelson. Thank you for all your hard work and for supporting Gladesville Public School.

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