Posted by Sam McCurdy:
The "Christmas Appeal' is off and running, with Nossal High School (NHS) leading the pack!On Thursday, I received several messages that the 'Christmas Appeal' collection cage that we had placed at NHS was full already.
My immediate thoughts were that this seemed unlikely, as I had been there on Monday to help the office staff re-arrange the donations in the cage such that unbreakable items were placed on the bottom, and at that time it was only 1/3 full.
On arriving at the school just after 12:30pm on Thursday, I was amazed to find that the cage was in fact overflowing with donations. The top of the cage was so tightly packed that it had to be cleared to enable access to the inner contents. Furthermore, the staff had done a great job in packing donated cans of food into cardboard boxes placed at the bottom of the cage.
In summary, there were so many donations collected from NHS in that one trip that they completely filled my SUV.
The subsequent delivery to Casey North Community Information Support Service (CNCISS) caught them by surprise, as they had not expected to receive 'Christmas Appeal' donations so soon.
The cage will remain at NHS until mid-November for any future donations.
Congratulations and a big thank you to the Nossal High School community for their prompt and generous donations.
The biggest 'Christmas Appeal' collection cage was placed at Eden Rise Shopping Centre on Wednesday, so all six existing cages are now in position.
A seventh cage will be built and then placed at Berwick Square Shopping Centre in mid-November, as they requested.