Food for thought… making a donation each week would cost less money than purchasing a cup of barista coffee each week!

For all items, please check that expiry dates extend into 2020. Thanks!

Week 1- tinned food

Week 2- pasta and rice (in plastic packets or boxes, could also be premixes or 2 Minute noodles etc.)

Week 3- breakfast cereal

Week 4- spreads, condiments, dressings, sauces (such as Vegemite, jams, honey, peanut butter, barbecue sauce, tomato sauce, pasta sauce, mayonnaise, salad dressing etc.)

Week 5 – biscuits (in boxes or packets, sweet or savoury)

Week 6- drinks (juice in boxes or plastic, tea, coffee, Milo etc.)

Week 7 – treat foods for Christmas (chips, lollies, Christmas biscuits or puddings, long life custard, cranberry sauce, chocolates, Christmas crackers etc.)

At the end of Week 8, all of the items that we have collected will be delivered to the community groups that will be preparing the Christmas hampers. As this collection coincides with the initiation of a Mini Vinnies group at our school, some of what we collect will be going to St Vincent de Paul in Young. Please be aware that St Vincent de Paul in Young also services clients in Grenfell.

If you know of a family in need of a helping hand of any kind, including a Christmas hamper, please be sure to make them aware that this service is available to them.

I am also investigating whether we might be able to donate some of our collection to the Grenfell-based food hall. I will provide more information about this as it becomes available to me.

I am pleased to report that as this newsletter goes out to the world, in both print and digital formats, we have already collected 38 tins of food! Thank you for your donations!

Much to the delight of the students, both of our new priests, Father Praveen and Father James, came to the school on Wednesday and spent some time getting to know the students. They also had morning tea with the staff. Next week we will have our first mass with one of our new priests. The K/1 class will be preparing the readings and prayers for next week’s mass. Please join us if you are able.