We had a very enjoyable drinks party for the alumni of the Cadetship Programme on July 14^th.  We had around 60 attendees which covered the full spectrum of participants from some of our earliest graduates to current cadets. It was held in the CBD at Higher Ground, which is located in an industrial chic former power station with exposed brick walls. Felix, our very talented roaming magician, added a special sparkle to the evening. We had some wildly enthusiastic responses to the event and will organise another one before the end of the year.

Current cadets, Yusra Idris and Felicia Nguyen.

DYF founder Joe Giacobbe with two of our first graduates, Hakki Semirli and Cathy Denaro.

After being closed for over a year due to COVID 19 restrictions, our Doxa Malmsbury Camp reopened on April 19, the beginning of Term 2. The campers in our first week were from the Springvale South and Broadmeadows Valley Primary Schools. They all had lots of fun while having positive developmental experiences.

We have several new team members at the Doxa Malmsbury Camp as given the camp was closed for so long, many of our 2020 staff left for other positions. One of these, Bradley Whitmore, our Maintenance and Grounds Coordinator, attended a Doxa Malmsbury Camp when he was a grade 4 student at Kyneton Primary School. He still has fond memories of this time he spent with us.

Our Malmsbury Camp has partnered with the Kyneton Community House to provide meals for families experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID 19 lockdowns.  The DOXA Youth Camp has been providing its kitchen and the ingredients for the project while the community house has used its chef and volunteers to cook and distribute the food.

You can watch a video about this fantastic collaboration here: https://fb.watch/3Q7cVpbkZY/

Congratulations to Ben and Rachel who recently graduated from Doxa’s cadetship program (pictured here with Kate McConnell from sponsor company Metro Trains).

Ben and Rachel are both studying a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) at RMIT and recently completed their cadetships at Metro Trains, where they developed;

• Invaluable work experience
• Support through university
• The opportunity to connect with peers and industry professionals through work placement
• Professional training to assist them to find their personal greatness
• Life-long associations with work colleagues, other cadets and Metro Trains staff

The Cadetship program is open to Year 12 students transitioning to university and is a three to five-year program, dependent on the length of the degree and the sponsorship model.

For more information on becoming a cadet or a sponsor organisation, please contact Doxa, we would love to hear from you!

Phone: 03 9046 8200
Email: cadet@doxa.org.au

Doxa city camp kids got to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when the Hawthorn Football Club invited them to watch a training session!

Many of the children who attend Doxa city camps are from rural areas in Victoria who have never been to the Melbourne city before. For some, it was their first time on a train and tram.

Thanks Hawthorn Football Club for this amazing opportunity! The kids had such a fabulous time!