A SCHOOL’S festival collected food donations for a volunteer-led foodbank.
Phoenix House at Nailsea School donated the parcels to Nailsea’s Community Larder & Food Bank, in their Harvest Festival competition.
The student led campaign involved a light-hearted House competition where each tutor group was encouraged to bring in donations for the worthy cause.
In total 275 items were donated these included toiletries and cleaning products as well as lots of food items such as tinned fruit, tea bags, biscuits, pasta and other savoury items.
The winning tutor group were Phoenix 5 – each tutor group is made up of a range of year groups from year 7 to 11 in the vertical house system.
Mrs Dee Elliott, headteacher, said: “The competition was a fun way to raise the profile of the work the Community Group undertakes.
“I’m really proud that our students have been pro-active in supporting our local community, it is heart-warming that they have decided to put others first in such a practical and successful way.”
Nailsea Community group run the food service, helping families in need with supplies, and also helping to distribute supermarket stock that would otherwise go to waste and landfill.
Phoenix House Captains Aaron and Lowena helped the Community Group Volunteer load up the staggering number of groceries.
Phoenix House represents a quarter of the main school pupils – and this is the first of many challenges and quizzes each house will undertake.
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