Parent, Early Harvest
‘The term after the project finished my child was more focussed when it came to homework and school projects. I used to chase her to complete homework but not now. I’d ask her how a certain project was going and she’d show me how she had already finished her planning, then how it was all complete.’
Parent, Early Harvest
Year 7 teacher
‘One disengaged, very quiet and reserved student was participating during class discussion, bouncing ideas off other students and regularly sharing his opinions. The student is usually very shy and unsure of himself. It was an amazing transformation.’
Teacher, Year 7
Georgina Rex, Volunteer
“100 Story Building is such a wonderful and magical space that sparks and encourages imagination. It gives kids a place where they can try out ideas, make mistakes and learn, as well as see others—and, importantly, adults and mentors—make mistakes and learn too.’
Georgina Rex, Volunteer
Sam Streeter, Donor
‘I hope that this place & the amazing people involved keep bringing the joy of reading & stories into the world for a very long time.’
Sam Streeter, Donor
Sally Rippin
‘100 Story Building is a place where imaginations run wild. From the secret room to the time machine, to the llamas living on level seventy-three, everything about this magical space is full of wild creativity, inspiration and hope for young people, that they too, can make their dreams come true. I couldn’t be prouder to be an ambassador of such a beautiful and important space for children.’
Sally Rippin
Alice Pung
‘The 100 Story Building is the great big throbbing heartbeat of Footscray Mall - it has taken hundreds of children and their creativity seriously and produced some seriously terrific work. I am proud to be an Ambassador to such an enterprise, and I love the energy and passion of the staff and volunteers!’
Alice Pung
Andy Griffiths
‘100 Story Building provides wonderful opportunities for both students and teachers to develop and exercise these qualities. Our children’s happiness and future employment prospects will depend upon them being creative and flexible problem-solvers, not rote-learners or test-passers (the robots have pretty much already got this covered).’