Year 9 Volunteers for the Bill Crews Foundation

Year 9, 2023 students participated in the Service learning experience with the Bill Crews Foundation. Below are two student reflections of their time volunteering to assist with the creation of hampers. I encourage all students to take up the opportunity to participate in Service experiences such as this when they arise.  

‘During the Bill Crews Service learning activity we worked on creating hampers and organising food and supplies to give to those going through tough times. I really enjoyed the feeling of helping those not as fortunate and in need of help. Seeing people in need of help in the Ashfield Uniting Church and physically creating gift hampers for them, was an eye-opening experience. We learnt that over 6000 meals were prepared each day by the Bill Crews Foundation and the ingredients used are donated by companies like Woolworths, Coles or through individual donations. The staggering number of meals handed out each day was shocking to me and made me realise how we can do our part in helping people in need. Seeing the hard and loving work that was put into creating thousands of hampers to hand out to people in need, and helping to build these hampers from unboxing supplies, organising boxes and double checking hampers has been an interesting experience for me that has changed my perspective on people in need.’
 Allegra (Year 9)  

‘Knowing that these hampers would significantly improve the lives of those in need made it a joy to work on making them. The immense number of hampers produced, distributed, and delivered throughout Sydney interested me. Knowing that the homeless have a secure location where they can go to take a shower, receive medical attention, and eat every day made me feel happy for them. Overall, I had a great time putting together the Christmas hampers, and I was so happy to know that they would have such a positive impact.’
Mia (Year 9)    

– Bridget Kovats
Head of Year 9, 2023

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