Defining our Purpose and Core Values as an Old Boys Association

The Old Boys Association supports students at Marist College Eastwood from all backgrounds to reach their full potential through access to a comprehensive education where there are circumstances of adversity and disadvantage. In the true Marist tradition and ethos we are a community and so we need to be there for each other and not simply for ourselves.

The Old Boys Association is committed to providing support to current and future generations of young men in necessitous circumstances with a fulfilling educational experience in all areas of opportunity offered by the school. Recipients are selected by the Principal who identifies where the greatest need exists. In addition, we sponsor scholarships and after school tuition plus other specific areas of need to the extent that our funding permits.

The reason we exist is a recognition that as a community we need to support each other and make a contribution by way of service to our fellow man. As current students at school ultimately leave and enter the community it should become even clearer how in both business and family life we ultimately rely on others and not just our own hard work and commitment.

Your Old Boys Association seeks to assist those who would not otherwise reach their full potential. It is the intention the Association to be the catalyst that makes a difference in those important formative years that may changes lives and outcomes. When students leave this College and go out into the wider world they will quickly realise that not everyone operates from the same ethos that has influenced their time at Eastwood. If our alumni can put into action what they have learned at Eastwood it will be a positive social counterbalance and influence and an example to others. Being part of the Old Boys Association and its fundamental values in being there for others is more than just socially enjoyable, which of course it must be, but it is also a positive influence for good where being there for others is its primary focus. The Champagnat ethos is hopefully part of who our Alumni are both during the school years and after leaving Marist College Eastwood.

It is those values that are the primary reason that your Old Boys Association exists. All students leaving Marist College Eastwood are automatically are part of our alumni. They have had shared experiences in their formative years at the school and because of that many will stay close friends for the rest of their life while most will at some point seek to reconnect. This is entirely a matter for each student and a personal decision. Students leaving Marist College Eastwood are encouraged to add their details to the Old Boys Association database in order that these connections can be maintained over time and through our activities act as a catalyst to bring former students together at various functions and activities.