St Mary's Tamworth preschool donates drought hampers

And today, they handed over several hampers for families in drought after having raised more than $1500 for the project.

“You’ve been very generous,” Salvation Army captain Rhonda Clutterbuck told the children.

“It means a lot to someone when they haven’t got much … Thank you for caring for other people.”

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Preschooler Charlie Hague told The Leader a drought was when there was “no, no, no, no water”.

He said his ideas for the hampers had included peas and corn.

“We buyed Zooper Doopers, chocolates, lollies; we buyed biscuits and that’s all I can remember,” Charlie said.

His schoolmate Ari Dunst said drought was when there was “no water because it not rain so much”.

He said he had put Tic Toc Biscuits on the shopping list, as well as “dog food, cat food and three chocolates”.

Teacher Amanda McNair said the children had been learning about drought when they started to wonder how they could help.

“Part of the curriculum at St Mary’s for children who are going to school is … having them be involved with their local community,” Mrs McNair said.

“Many of our families are affected, directly or indirectly, by the drought, and the children were aware of that, so they wanted to do what they could to help.”

The kids helped to plan a fundraising disco and fete, devise a grocery list, then do the shopping.

The hampers, which each include about $100 worth of groceries and $100 gift vouchers, have been donated to the R U Aware We Care campaign, to be distributed by the Salvos.