16 Dec Reverse Advent Calendar
Reverse Advent Calendar
Continuing with our support of the Free School Meals Program we decided to provide our learners with an Advent Calendar hamper containing Christmas themed food items, treats and gifts.
We produced a list of 30 items and publicised this on our social media accounts: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and named it the Reverse Advent Calendar.
The List included:
- Tea/Coffee
- Sugar
- Biscuits
- Cakes/Cake Mix
- Crackers
- Cereal
- Long Life Milk
- Custard (Tinned/Packet)
- Cordial Juice
- Tinned Pudding
- Hot Chocolate
- Soup (Tinned/Packet/Cuppa)
- Pasta & Sauce (Packet/Jar)
- Tinned Meat
- Jelly
- Pasta/Rice
- Sweets/Chocolate
- Tinned Fruit
- Mince Pies
- Advent Calendars
- Xmas Crackers
- Stuffing Mix
- Wrapping Paper
- Xmas Cards
- Bath time Items (Bubble bath/Shower gel)
- Toothbrush/Toothpaste
- Pancakes/Waffles
- Noodles (Koka/Maggi)
- Tinned Stew/Pie
- Tinned vegetables
The idea is that local people wishing to help us support these families could donate one of the items each day to fulfil an Advent Calendar. As a school Peregrinate supported the initiative and all of our staff brought in many items on an individual basis as well.
We have been overwhelmed by people’s kindness and willingness to support us with this idea.
Some people not only provided every item on the list but also included additional Christmas presents.
The result, thanks to people’s generosity, is that every one of our learner’s families have received a complete (plus extras) Advent Calendar hamper stuffed with Christmas treats and food.
Norris Green Youth Centre Donated Christmas trees, decorations and lights as well as food hampers. Thank you so much!
Thanks to peoples kindness we again had enough Advent Calendar hampers to deliver to local families in need.
