COMMUNITY
Giving
Join our community of supporters who are changing the lives of our students.
Over many years the support of Carey’s donors has made a lasting difference to our School and students. Gifts have allowed us to deliver world-class teaching and learning programs, enabled students facing hardship to receive a Carey education and have helped us to improve and create incredible learning spaces.
Support Outdoor Education at Carey
Outdoor Education is an important part of the Carey learning journey, and Camp Toonallook is a home away from home for our students. Help us to revitalise the Camp Toonallook facilities in 2025!
Join the effort to elevate Camp Toonallook
Carey’s commitment to Outdoor Education has always been strong. Students in Years 4 to 7 experience Camp Toonallook annually to explore our 10 acres, which includes bush and tent camping sites, a kitchen and dining facility, three small residences for staff accommodation, an amenities block and a boat shed.
Over the years, Carey has maintained Camp Toonallook as a basic yet functional camp to meet the educational needs of our students. Today, our goal is to elevate Toona and refresh the entire site, including purpose-built gathering spaces, a new outdoor chapel and sustainable irrigation systems, ensuring the site remains relevant and valued into the future.
Watch this video to discover more about the exciting activities and beautiful surroundings that make Toona so special.
The new Performing Arts Fund
Carey’s Performing Arts Fund is dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the performing arts experience at the School. This special fund will exclusively support performing arts-related activities at Carey, including musical productions and needs-based bursaries.
Find out more about the fund and an exciting opportunity to be recognised for your support.
Impact of Giving
Carey is committed to providing opportunities for every student to thrive, especially in challenging times. In 2024 our generous donors supported a range of projects, with a particular emphasis on scholarships. Read our report to find out more.
Leave a gift in your Will
The gift of education is one of the greatest contributions you can make to empower future generations of young people. Your philanthropic support, in the form of a gift in your Will, is an enduring way of empowering current and future Carey students and strengthening the School’s future.
Find out more about creating your legacy
To update your existing will or to notify us of your intention to leave Carey in your will, please complete one of the forms below:
To advise the School of your bequest, please email Advancement or call +61 3 9816 1522.
Make a gift. Change a life.
Thanks to the generosity of our community, we have been able to fund Access and Equity Scholarships for students who have exceptional potential but without the means to attend a school like Carey.
Sarah Pe's parents came to Australia as refugees, looking for a better life for themselves and their future children. Sarah was granted an Access and Equity Scholarship to attend Carey in Year 10 to 12, which she describes as the reason she became a nurse after she graduated in 2018.
'The scholarship meant so much to me. It gave me a chance to really believe in myself. I've always had the capability, but Carey gave me the confidence,' Sarah says.
