Food drive for Christmas

The staff at a local preschool have decided to conduct a food drive in conjunction with the Catholic Church at Woy Woy.

The Wallaby St Preschool aims to involve children and their families in collecting 150 food items for hampers distributed by the Woy Woy Catholic Church to disadvantaged families at Christmas time.

The food drive will teach children at the preschool about giving as well as receiving.

Staff at the preschool have made a Christmas tree on which they can record their food tally.

"Each morning at group time, the children count the food items and we mark it in our Christmas tree.

"This encourages and helps the children's math skills.

"The children have become very involved in this cause and are excited each time we colour in another number.

"It is also teaching the children to be part of a community which helps people who are less fortunate and that when we work together we can achieve big things," said centre manager Danielle Leete.

Email, 3 Nov 2010 Danielle Leete, Wallaby St Preschool