{"id":1931,"date":"2026-03-12T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggs.vic.edu.au\/ggs-giving\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:05:49","slug":"celebrating-the-gift-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggs.vic.edu.au\/ggs-giving\/2026\/03\/celebrating-the-gift-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Gift of Education\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Education is&nbsp;often&nbsp;described as the ultimate gift. The accuracy of this statement could not be more&nbsp;apparent&nbsp;than in the experience of the&nbsp;54&nbsp;new scholars who joined Geelong Grammar School in 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;Thursday 12 March our&nbsp;community of new scholars&nbsp;assembled with&nbsp;their families,&nbsp;their&nbsp;teachers, and the donors who support them, to celebrate the gift that is a scholarship to our School.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2026, the educational journey of some 183 students is enabled through the support of a scholarship. The recipients of these gifts are representative of the diversity of the GGS&nbsp;community&nbsp;and their contributions are equally varied and valued. All&nbsp;represent&nbsp;the hopes and ambitions of their families and the many supporters of the Geelong Grammar Foundation across the past 50 years who have contributed to making possible the gift of a scholarship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemma Bond (Yr 12 He) provided a welcome to our new scholars at the event and a warm and sincere vote of thanks to the generous donors who enabled her education and that of others in the room.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis scholarship means everything to me. My own dream is now a life that I wake&nbsp;up to&nbsp;every day, and I could not be more grateful. I truly cannot put into words how&nbsp;honoured&nbsp;I am to be a GGS Scholarship recipient, and to&nbsp;able&nbsp;to experience a version of myself I&nbsp;would\u2019ve&nbsp;never met otherwise, whilst making unique lifelong friendships I will cherish forever.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for supporting me,&nbsp;for&nbsp;supporting us. The impacts of your generosity extend far beyond this room, and even beyond this&nbsp;School. Because of you, students like me are given opportunities that truly shape who we become.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scholarships change lives. Right now, they are more important than ever.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past&nbsp;50 years, the generosity of our community has enabled the Geelong Grammar Foundation to contribute to the educational journeys of some&nbsp;1,669&nbsp;scholarship and bursary recipients.&nbsp;It is a tangible demonstration of a&nbsp;belief in education as a force for good and a shared commitment to the adventure, curiosity and character that define a Geelong Grammar education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;are grateful&nbsp;to the many donors who continue to make possible the gift of a Geelong Grammar School education through scholarships, thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pictured: John Sevior (P&#8217;79), Kasia (Year 10 Ga, recipient of the Sevior Family Scholarship) and Rebecca Gorman.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education is&nbsp;often&nbsp;described as the ultimate gift. 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