Sunbury College Sunbury vocational major students have raised big in their environmental project.
The year 12 VM class put together a pop-up thrift shop for the second year running, with this year raising a total of $978 for their chosen charity, Very Special Kids.
This year the pop-up store was branded ‘Retro Revival’ with students all having a go at developing the store’s new branding, workshopping possible logo designs, slogans, and a store name.
Personal Development Skills classroom teacher Natasha Fella said the purpose of the project was to promote to students ways to reduce their carbon footprint and encourage the community to buy second-hand.
“We set a goal of $300, but with such generous support, we have already made over $600 in our first week,” she said.
The year 12 VM class reached out to staff and the wider student community to donate items that could be sold in the store.
Students then formed teams, like project management, visual merchandising, stock management, retail and marketing, each tasked with different jobs to get the project up and running.
“The stock management team sorted through donations and selected which items suited our brand and community, and items that we couldn’t use were donated to Vinnies Sunbury,” Mrs Fella said.
“Having developed a relationship with this local not-for-profit organisation already, with our students also volunteering weeks prior to gain valuable experience and knowledge that we could apply to creating our own store.”
