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T he fi rst Children’s Holiday Camp was held at St
Ignatius’ College, Riverview NSW in 1998. Since
its success, the Camps have been adopted by
other high schools around the country willing to help the
disadvantaged members of the community and broaden
their social responsibility.
Host schools now include St. Joseph’s College and
Tamworth Anglican College in NSW; Marist College
Ashgrove and Anglican Church Grammar School in
QLD; Hale School and Christ Church Grammar School
in WA; Kormilda College in NT and Launceston Church
Grammar School in TAS. While these schools play host
to each Camp, they also encourage involvement from
students at neighbouring schools, helping to make the event
a community affair. In 2005, the Camps expanded across
Australia to include schools in Darwin and Perth with more
schools across Australia planning to join next year.
The Sony Foundation Australia Children’s Holiday
Camps give high school students the opportunity to
take time out from their school holidays to care for a
developmentally delayed child over a weekend. This
provides much-needed respite for parents and daily care-
givers as well as an educational and inspiring experience for
t e c d e a d stude ts. g sc oo stude ts e pe e ce the children and students. High school students experience
the everyday challenges and demands involved in caring
for a developmentally delayed child whilst all the children
partake in a fun-fi lled weekend.
Camp activities include theme park excursions, horse
riding, swimming, arts and craft, talent shows, magic
shows and picnics. These activities give both the children
and their teenage carers a unique experience beyond their
normal routine.
Early in the year, Sony Pictures Releasing partnered
with the Sony Foundation Australia to raise funds for the
Children’s Holiday Camps Program across the country.
Moviegoers were given the opportunity to see, at over 100
cinemas nationwide, special advance screenings of Zathura:
A Space Adventure for the reduced price of $7 per ticket.
Sony Pictures Releasing Managing Director, Ross Entwistle
expressed his appreciation to the public for embracing the
movie and in turn raising vital funds for such a worthy
initiative, “It’s our pleasure at Sony Pictures to support
these magnifi cent Camps, and an even greater pleasure
to witness the dedication and compassion that the young
carers display for kids who are less fortunate.”
The funds raised from the movie screening will further
assist the national expansion of the Sony Foundation
C d e s o day Ca ps og a . Children’s Holiday Camps Program.
Camp Holiday
Sony Foundation Australia has set up Children’s
Holiday Camps to give parents of developmentally
delayed children some respite.
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