Doing it for the farmers

Wow! We have had a lot of rain in the last few weeks. Our ground is soggy and our umbrellas have had a workout. But out beautiful country and its weather is nothing if not ironic and much of the rain we have experienced over the holidays did not fall where it was needed most.

A big thank you to our whole school community for the support of our fundraising and food drive activities last term. We have personally helped communities in Singleton, Tamworth, Tambar Springs, Mudgee, Burthust, Orange, Dubbo, and Inverell. Our hard work has been appreciated by many different families on the land - our Aussie legend farmers.

However, they continue to need our help and support as the drought continues to bite in many regional areas of our state.

Starting next week (week 2), we will continue our "Doing it for the farmers" drive to collect food and toiletries, water and pet food items to be transported out to those in crisis due to the drought. Last term the response from our staff, students and parents, as well as the wider community, was overwhelming! We need to keep the momentum going. Severel wonderful parents have already contacted me and offered to use trailers to transport goods out to regional communities.

Thank you so much for your involvement.

Leading into Christmas will be an especially difficult and changing time for our farmers and their communities. We have already collected new toys, books, children's clothing and luxury toiletries to make up special Christmas packs. We will hold some special drives closer to the holidays to ask for donations of treats and holidays items for our Christmas packs, so keep looking for when these drives will take place.

Again, thank you so much for supporting this initiative. It has highlighted what a generous and wonderful school community we have. Terrigal is indeed a truly special place to work and live.

Thank you,

Mrs Kellie McMartin

HSIE Faculty