Organisers of the school’s recent Ukraine Shoebox Appeal have praised the incredible generosity of the Bridgnorth Endowed community.
Following a plea for help from Bridgnorth’s Ukraine charity shop, Assistant Headteacher, Mrs Tristham, decided to put together a top team of Year 11 students.
House Captain, Rhys Saunders, stepped up as project leader and immediately got to work, liaising with the shop, organising volunteers and running every aspect of the campaign.
The team set up their operations in a spare classroom, which became a hive of activity as 10-15 students wrapped and filled boxes every lunchtime.
Contents included treats like toys and sweets for children and useful items, such as toothbrushes, soap, hats and gloves, wind up torches and watches for adults and older children.
After an overwhelming response and a great deal of hard work, the final count came to just over 60 shoeboxes, which will soon be making their way to a camp housing refugees just outside Ukraine.
Team leader, Rhys, commented: “This has been an amazing project for a very worthwhile cause and I’d like to thank everyone who donated, as without them this wouldn’t have been possible.”
“I’d also like to give special thanks to the team who worked tirelessly over many lunchtimes, wrestling with wrapping paper and making sure each box was filled with a good mixture of items.”
The Ukraine charity shop will deliver all of the shoeboxes collected themselves and have promised to share videos of the children opening them at Christmas.
Well done to Rhys Saunders, Luke Hadley, Sam Hirsch, Niamh Ford, Freya Cresswell, Ben Ashling, Mollie Fair, Evie Fair, Jessica Berry, Claudia Halliwell, Zara Sands, Henry Gibbons, Harry Truscott, Gracie Gage and Tom Oliver.
