08 November 2024
Our annual AnglicareSA Christmas Appeal is underway! For the first time, we are taking part in a whole school effort with the ELC, Junior School and Senior School all contributing to this important cause donating food items to create hampers and toys/gifts. The hampers and toys will be distributed via AnglicareSA to thousands of disadvantaged individuals and families in need this Christmas.
The Senior School are collecting food hampers aiming for at least two boxes of food per mentor group. We will be collecting the following items to put in each box/hamper:
Each food hamper contains:
- Long life milk 1L
- Spread (peanut butter, jam, vegemite) 400g
- Can of fruit 825g
- Can of vegetables (corn, peas, mix) 420g
- Jar of pasta sauce 500g
- Pasta or rice 500g
- Breakfast cereal 375g
- Coffee or tea
- Pkt of sugar 500g
- 1 x San Remo- La Pasta Meal – Family pack 160g
- 1 x Can of Tuna 425g
- Christmas pudding/ cake
- Pkt of sweet biscuits
- Pkt savoury biscuits (Jatz, shapes or rice crackers)
- Chips (crisps, pretzels, nuts)
- Bag of lollies
The Junior School are collecting donations for food hampers and toys/gifts and the ELC are collecting donations for toys/gifts only.
Toys/gifts hamper items:
- Footballs, basketballs or soccer balls
- Tennis and cricket sets
- Lego for both boys and girls
- Cars, planes, trains
- Construction sets
- Board games, jigsaws
- Dolls, prams, cradles, tea stes
- Arts and craft sets
- Batteries for children’s toys (AAA, AA, C, D size and 9 volt)
- Books, educational toys
- Back to school kits – pencils, pencil cases, backpacks
- Musical instruments
- Remote control toys
- Make-up, nail polish, perfume or aftershave sets
Thank you for helping to make someone’s Christmas a little bit brighter.
Ashleigh Day
Service Learning Coordinator
