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Wentworth College’s Fleming House students decided to collect food for the Hibiscus Coast Community House’s foodbank last month, to help local people in need.
The initiative is part of regular fundraisers organised by the school’s house groups.
Little did the Fleming House students know that their timing could not have been better, with stocks running low at the foodbank due to high demand.
Donations of non-perishable food from students, staff and the school community filled 23 banana boxes to the brim in just a few days.
The food was collected by Judith Pearce on June 16. Judith said the process had obviously given the students a sense of what it could be like to have no food for their family. “Every student generously took part in this opportunity to help others and we were overwhelmed by their generosity and graciousness. All the donations are exactly what we use in our everyday parcels and were extremely well thought out,” Judith said.
She told the students that the foodbank has had record numbers requiring assistance in the last two months and was struggling to meet the demand – the Fleming House contributions saved the day.
“The shelves are now stacked to overflowing and we look forward to being able to assist many families over the coming months.”
