Men of MLC promote father/daughter relationships
Men of MLC Cricket Dinner with Bruce Yardley
The Men of MLC have rallied together once more to put on their final event for 2009, a dads' only Cricket Dinner. Our guest speaker will be Bruce Yardley, regarded as one of Australia's best spin bowlers. Men of MLC hopes to match the success of the Parents' Association Ball earlier this year, by holding a very different and special wine auction. 
Event details:
Thursday 26 November , 7pm for a sit down, two course meal, Nedlands Golf Club
Tickets $100 per person (inc.luding a $50 tax deductible donation to Partnering for their Future).
Purchase your tickets online. More details here.
Men of MLC fun day a winner!
The first House Cup event organised by the Men of MLC was held at the College on Sunday 3 May proved to be a huge success.
More than 200 MLC dads and daughters started the day on hands and knees playing the farmyard game, warmed up with pass-the-ball races, and took part in team activities such as sack races, parachute, earth-ball, tug-o-war, dodge-ball and skipping.
House points were awarded for stamina, effort, ability and style, particularly for dads 'gracefully' falling down in the sack race!
Despite fierce competition from all houses, Olympia won the inaugural Men of MLC House Cup. Congratulations to Olympia dads and daughters on their win and to everyone who took part and made the event a success.
Special thanks go to all those who made the event happen, particularly the indefatigable Mark White and his Men of MLC volunteers, the Life Be in It team, MLC teachers and CRO staff, the MLC Physical and Health Education Department for their fantastic effort.
Thanks also to the entertainment - Band with No Name (MLC students Rosie Taylor, Katie Campbell and Vanessa Gunner), George Kingsley and The Sneaky Weasel Gang who rocked the Great Court!
The event raised $4,000 and increased Men of MLC membership to over 200. We welcome all MLC dads and father-figures who are interested in joining Men of MLC. For more information, email paulkingsley@bigpond.com
Paul Kingsley, Men of MLC
Growing from strength to strength
On behalf of the Men of MLC, I'd like to thank all who attended the inaugural Men of MLC 'Dads and Daughters' presentation recently. An audience of more than 350 MLC dads, daughters, teachers and friends listened to best-selling author of Fathering from the Fast Lane and Daughters and their Dads Professor Bruce Robinson as he exposed, questioned and motivated dads' relationships with their daughters.
Bruce clearly got his message across and judging by the number of his books which sold on the night and from feedback provided to the Men of MLC, many dads are already implementing the relationship-enhancing activities and strategies Bruce recommended.
Thanks to the success of the event and the support of the school community, Men of MLC's membership has now grown from 32 to 150 and extends our networking, reach and contact with dads and daughters in all years of the College, K to 12. Men of MLC warmly welcome all the new dads - legends, one and all - and thanks them for their show of support and enthusiasm.
Fundraising for the College is one of Men of MLC's objectives and we're pleased to report the event raised about $2500, which will be donated to the College Foundation and worthy charities. We are now actively working on the next Men of MLC event, scheduled for early May. Watch this space!
Men of MLC is a newly-established group of enthusiastic and innovative men actively working to provide opportunities for dads and other significant males to become more involved in the lives of their daughters, particularly at MLC, as well as networking opportunities for dads.
For more information about Men of MLC, further activities and initiatives and how you can play a role, please contact paulkingsley@bigpond.com
David Singleton and Paul Kingsley, Founding members of Men at MLC
Above right: Men of MLC Paul Kingsley (left) and David Singleton (right) with guest speaker Dr Bruce Robinson