Service Learning Spreading the Love One Slice at a Time
Some things may not yet be underway for the new school year, but service never stops at SPS. In week 3, Secondary students gathered to answer the call for an Eat Up sandwich-making session. Eat Up is an initiative that provides sandwiches and snacks for students at a local primary school who turn up at school without the food they need to fuel their growing bodies and brains. Our students prepared around 200 sandwiches and provided snacks which are stored in freezers at the school ready to be handed out to those in need. Students arrive at the school without food for a wide range of reasons but what matters is that we care, and through our Service Learning program we can make a difference to all those children in need. In the past we have used an area of the chapel to prepare, pack and label the lunch packs but this year in cooperation with the Food Technology department staff we were able to access one of their rooms making the whole process easier and more streamlined preparing the 200 lunch packs in just over 40 minutes. Well done all who were involved, we know these sandwiches will be a blessing! Service Learning at SPS is alive and well with a number of programs and projects always around the corner or running through term time such as Eat Up, The Habitat Corridor maintenance, Bald Hills Readers and Clean up SPS. We are looking at some new programs for 2025 so keep your eyes and ears open. If you are interested in supporting our Service Learning programs by volunteering, speak to our Service-Learning Captains (Annabelle and Ada) or contact Rev. Mark Leam to be added to our Service Learning list of willing helpers.
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