Service & Fundraising

Community service and fundraising initiatives provide opportunity for our students to give back to their community.

Giving back is part of who we are.

At TAS, we believe that education extends well beyond the classroom. Service and fundraising are woven into the fabric of life at TAS, not as obligations, but as genuine expressions of who our students are and who they are becoming. Our value of compassion is not something we talk about. It is something we practise, year after year, in ways that make a real difference to real people.

Service and fundraising are deeply ingrained in the TAS curricular and co-curricular programs, and we provide numerous opportunities for students of all ages to engage in meaningful projects. These opportunities allow TAS students to make a continued positive impact on our community while helping develop essential life skills such as leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving.

Service projects

Small actions. Significant impact.
From making cheese sandwiches for Cairns schoolchildren to collecting hair for cancer survivors, TAS students show up for their community in ways that are hands-on, heartfelt and genuinely impactful. Service broadens perspectives, builds empathy and develops the critical thinking and leadership skills that last a lifetime.

In recent years, our service projects have included:
- Worn Up Uniform Recycling Drive
- Eat Up Program
- Rosies Friends on the Street Outreach
- Hambledon House Community Centre Food and Pantry Drive
- Annual Beach Cleanup with Tarango Blue
- Containers for Change Drive
- Go Packs for Ruth's Women's Shelter
- Agile Wallaby Project
- Pyjama Foundation Day and Fundraising
- Reef Guardian School.

Round Square

A global network. Local heart.
TAS is a proud member of Round Square, an international network of 230 like-minded schools across 50 countries united by six core ideals: International Understanding, Democracy, Environmental Stewardship, Adventure, Leadership and Service. Through Round Square, our students connect with peers from around the world, exchanging ideas, debating the issues that shape our future and participating in international conferences and exchanges that expand their sense of what is possible.

Fundraising projects

Students who lead, organise and make things happen.
Student-led fundraising at TAS is where character education meets real-world impact. Our students do not just raise money. They develop the leadership, creativity and organisational skills that come from planning and running campaigns that matter.

In recent years, fundraising projects have included:
- Kewarra Beach Annual Charities Fair
- One Million Beehives
- Olivia Newton-John Wellness Centre Fundraising
- Queensland Cancer Council, Harmony Day Fundraising
- Rosies Friends on the Street
- Cans for a Cause
- Backpack Beds Australia.

Cancer Council Ponytail Project

Years of courage, one ponytail at a time.
For years, the Queensland Cancer Council Ponytail Project has been one of the most anticipated and meaningful traditions in the TAS calendar. Each year, our Year 12 students rally the support of the whole community, lead fundraising campaigns and ultimately take the brave step of donating their hair to be made into wigs for cancer survivors. It is a tradition that captures everything TAS stands for: compassion in action, community coming together and young people choosing to use their influence for good.

Over the past six years, TAS students have raised more than $100,000 for the Ponytail Project.