Findon Primary School educated its school community on homelessness last month, with its Wellbeing Ambassadors handing over non-perishable items to local shelters at an assembly.
Taking initiative on Homelessness Week, the school’s Wellbeing Ambassadors and its community participated in a food drive, where students went the extra mile to collect food items that would support the wider community and the Hope Centre in Bundoora.
The Hope Centre supports community projects to provide clothing and food to people who are underprivileged, partnering with charity organisation Big Group Hug who uses the Centre to connect with families through the northern catchment.
Hope Centre Community Pastor John Graham, who was the special guest at the assembly, said it was fantastic to find students thinking about others in the community.

“My role is to identify needs in the community that the church community can connect with, and can refer to our counselling centre as well at the Hope Centre. [We] also … provide free food and free lunches,” he said.
“[It’s] absolutely fantastic because it’s generational, and that way they get to actually see the world they’re part of, and as they’re growing and learning through school, what better way [than] through community outreach.”
Principal Anita Osavkovska praised the Wellbeing Ambassadors in helping those experiencing homelessness.
“We’re actually really proud of the Wellbeing Ambassadors in taking on that role, but also … the whole school coming together as a collective,” she said.
“As a principal, like I said at the assembly, our students are very caring, very compassionate … they are individuals moulding to be citizens as they grow up.
“We’re hoping that this little bit of help will go out to families within our community who are doing it tough at the moment, and just need that little bit of help.”