Students and staff at Holy Spirit Primary School, Nicholls held a ‘Pink Spirit Day’, raising over $5,500 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Holy Spirit teachers, Jane Johns and Vicki Walsh organised the event in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as part of a national effort towards a zero cancer population. 

The day began with a Pink Spirit breakfast of egg and bacon rolls, sausage sandwiches, fruit cups and home baked cinnamon scrolls. Students and staff dressed in a sea of pink to show their support for the worthy cause.

Music students from St John Paul II College, led by their teacher Miss Robinson, provided the entertainment at the breakfast.

Jane Johns, a Year 2 teacher, volunteered to cut and donate her hair to wig makers. Raffle tickets were sold for the opportunity to be one of the nine ‘hairdressers’ to give Mrs Johns a new hairstyle. Mrs Johns was given a very unique hairstyle as the hall echoed with the chant “Cut it off! Cut it off!”

At recess and lunch students had the opportunity to purchase baked goods at the Pink Spirit Bake Sale. Holy Spirit families were incredibly generous in their donations of cakes, sweets and slices.

“Two of our staff members were diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and ‘Pink Spirit Day’ was a way to show our support and to raise awareness,” said Principal, Brad Gaynor. “The generosity of the Holy Spirit community was overwhelming.”