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Salvos Carolyn Kerr, Allan Kerr and Kylie Birch with Mark Huston from the Red Shield Appeal committee … looking for students interested in helping to plan this year’s doorknock\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 7, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy State High School’s popular “Active Citizen” program has been bringing together senior students and community groups since 2003.<\/p>\n

Once a year, students and their parents gather to hear one-minute “pitches” from groups ranging from the Wondai Show Society to the Burrandowan Picnic Race Club.<\/p>\n

The students are then invited to sign up with a group for 12 months.<\/p>\n

The 2013 sign-up night was held on Wednesday evening at Kingaroy State High School and was preceded by a barbecue organised by the school’s hospitality students.<\/p>\n

Principal David Ballin, who came up with the Active Citizen concept, emphasises the students are not “volunteers” … they’re joining in with the groups to learn.<\/p>\n

For example, they could attend organisational meetings for the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal or help the Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary Club plan its annual Bookarama.<\/p>\n

Representatives from 25 community groups provided information about their organisations this year.<\/p>\n

Mr Ballin said he had introduced the program to help build “community capacity”; ideally the students will continue their connections with local community groups after they leave school.<\/p>\n

The Kingaroy initiative has proven so successful that \u00a0it was presented to other Queensland high school teachers recently in Brisbane as a positive way to help build links between schools and the communities they serve.<\/p>\n

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Nancy Cross and June Kimlin, from the Kingaroy Eisteddfod, with compere for the night, Kingaroy State High School teacher Eddie Groom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Year 11 students Jess McLeod and Sarah Logan helped at the community barbecue held earlier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Wayne Brown (South Burnett Visitor Info Centre) and Wendy Tully (Quota Kingaroy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Neil Edmonds and Julie Clifford (Kingaroy Lions) with Nancy Cross (Kingaroy Eisteddfod) \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Graham Jenkins (Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary) and Brendan McCormack (Burrandowan Races)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Tony McKenzie (Blue Care) and Ruth Dukes (South Burnett Pantry)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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