Collecting food for City Mission

Over the last week following our trip to City Mission, we were left with the task of getting some food from donations. Each class had a bag and after a week we had fifteen bags. Thank you so much to every-one that donated! Last week, on Wednesday, we went back to City Mission to drop off the bags. We went back to the basement where all the food was stored. Mary was there with a volunteer. She was so thankful for all our donations. It had made a huge difference because at the moment their supplies are low due to the increasing amount of families that are struggling to get by. While we were there we helped sort through the bags. We organised the food into categories so that its easier to sort them into bags to hand out to the families that come in. It was a lot of fun and we worked for about 30minutes to sort the food we had brought in.

The day before we were really busy as well, we had collected a whole lot of clothes for the family that needed clothing and toys for her children. We had about ten bags. The lady at the church was thrilled. It made such a big difference for these families. She was also impressed with the way we spoke to her on the phone, we were always prepared for each phone call with times, dates and all the questions we thought they would ask.

We feel so lucky, there are so many people out there less fortunate than us and its important to be grateful for what you have.