Community Involvement
Apart from Duval’s sporting involvement with the community, including charity runs and Relay for life, Duval is involved in many community and fundraising events. Each year Shave for a Cure is very popular and very entertaining. Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea sees the cleaners show us their baking skills and helps to raise much needed funds. The Oaktree foundation is an organisation through which young people seek to raise funds for impoverished children in the developing world. Last year Duval raised thousands of dollars for an orphanage through the Oaktree foundation. Duval College also has a sponsor child, Manko from Somalia. Each year in O’Week we hold a Slave Auction to raise money for Manko. First year students are put into groups and are auctioned off to the rest of the college for a few hours. Couth Day is another fundraising day where students must dress well and behave well. This means good manners and no swearing. Anyone who slips up on Couth Day must make a donation to a specified charity. Each year Duval holds Trivia nights to raise money for College scholarships, awards and bursaries. There are also some great prizes to be won, as well as being crowned the most intelligent group in college.
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
A message from Sam McCaffrey (Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Law), Hawkesbury Rep, 2010:
"I recommend to anyone who wishes to push their limits to take part in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic and become part of a great family and team experience. 
For the last 14 years the Colleges of Duval and Drummond & Smith have participated in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic. The HCC, known as the "Hawkesbury" to those of us who have braved the 111km overnight paddle from Windsor to Brooklyn, raises much needed funding for the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation. Students from the Colleges enter the event as members of the DD&S Kayaking Club. Participants have the option of entering as either a paddler or a member of the support team, known as land crew. Entering the club gives us all the feeling of being part of a team and it gives us motivation and determination to get every paddler over the finish line. I have been involved with the club for over 3 years now and have realised that, although the main focus of the event is to support a very worthwhile charity, those students who accept this gruelling challenge find that the Hawkesbury can be the teacher of many of life's lessons.
Before being able to complete in the final Hawkesbury event, a great amount of preparation needs to be undertaken including an open day, a paddling trip to Repton, South West Rocks, and starting this year Grafton. Other training sessions take place at Malpas Dam, which includes a night paddle and many fundraising events."
"The Hawkesbury is an opportunity which many people in their lives would never do. With the DD&S Kayaking Club, you get the opportunity to participate in this great challenging event, with the support of your fellow College friends, as well as increasing your friend network between the Colleges" - Amelia H, Sydney, Bachelor of Agriculture, Bachelor of Business.
"Participating in the HCC is an opportunity to not only challenge you, but also help a charity. The training paddles are a chance to go away for the weekend, spend time with your friends and also make new ones. It is an experience everyone should have a go being involved in and achieve something amazing!" - Linden B, Grafton, Bachelor of Natural Resources, Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Hawkesbury Canoe Classic Representative, 2012).
The HCC raises money for the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation. Their website describes the Foundation as "a charitable foundation funding medical research into the cause, prevention, treatment and cure of leukaemia and other related diseases".
Read a day in the life of the Kayaking Club
