About Us


Chaplaincy Program

partners with 

Balwyn High School



Chaplaincy serving students and parents of Balwyn High School
Students and parents helping Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School

 
We are pleased to be able to provide this service to the school community – a great win/win situation – selling unwanted books for students and parents, enabling savings on purchases, aiding recycling and reduction in waste, and thus finding an elegant way to fund Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School!




We hope we can help you with your needs
We hope you will support the Booksale


 

Volunteer your time

Perhaps you would like to help us by being a volunteer during the intake of books – a huge but happy and organised task. Here you make and meet friends, get your books for the next year, and help a good cause happen. Indicate your interest by sending your details – name, address, phone and email to secondhandbooks@balwynhs.vic.edu.au or to balwynbooks@gmail.com. You can also text or call Verna Woods (manager) on 0408 534 307.

Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School

First established at Balwyn High School in 1991.

The Chaplain at Balwyn High School is full time, and works as part of the Welfare Team in the Well-Being Centre at the western Moody St entry to the school.  

Funding Chaplaincy at Balwyn High School
The costs associated with providing chaplaincy services at Balwyn High School is shared equally by the school and the Balwyn Chaplaincy Support Group

The Balwyn Chaplaincy Support Group
The Support Group is responsible for raising the majority of funds to cover the costs for providing a chaplaincy service to staff and students at Balwyn High School. To do this they contact churches in the area for a mission contribution and seek other ways of raising  funds  and  awareness. As a registered not-for-profit they are able to provide tax-deductible receipts for personal donations.  The income through selling second-hand books and uniforms provides the Committee with the bulk of the funds needed. The Support Group also aims to  supplement  any  short-fall  in other areas, so as to honour its agreement with KORUS Connect, provider of Chaplains.

The Support Group holds gatherings regularly to meet with and hear from the Chaplain, and to increase Vision and Values awareness in the school in every way possible.