BROADFORD Primary School students last week hit the town to buy Christmas goods for people in need and make a donation to Love in Action Broadford for the festive season.
The school raised more than $300 through a raffle this term, and four grade six student leaders shopped at IGA Broadford to buy a range of Christmas treats, guided by a shopping list prepared by Love in Action Broadford co-ordinator Barb Radford.
The items bought will be put into a series of hampers to be delivered by Love in Action to community members in need on December 10.
Ms Radford said the idea behind getting students involved with Love in Action was to teach them about giving and looking out for others who might not be as fortunate.
“I know schools try to teach kids that it’s not just about you in this world, it’s about looking after others who aren’t as well off or who are struggling,” she said.
“Of course, with the way things are, there are so many people struggling. The idea is to have no judgement on our behalf, if they just come and have a chat with me, we can help them out.”
A focus for the hampers is to give families Christmas goods that they would normally have on their Christmas table instead of things like baked beans, canned spaghetti and toilet paper.
Ms Radford said the students were always enthusiastic to go shopping to support the community in the lead up to Christmas.
“They come in with the money and we see them going around grabbing what they needed, I couldn’t even talk to them when they’re going around because you could just see their heads trying to figure out what they needed,” she said.
“It gives them a sense of contributing in other ways than just putting things in a box at school, and they’ll come up later with everything they’ve got to donate.”
School captain Blake Jones said he and the other students were excited and happy to help.
“We’ve got things like Favourites [chocolates], biscuits, Zooper Doopers, stockings, nuts, things like that,” he said.
“We just want to say thanks to Love in Action for giving us a chance to come down here and shop for people in need for Christmas.”
