By Jessica Micallef
Gisborne Montessori School pupils are not loafing around.
Pupils are busy collecting bread tags to send to South African organisation Bread Tags for Wheelchairs, which then sells them to be recycled.
All money raised goes toward providing wheelchairs for children and adults in South Africa.
School principal Dianne Davis said a Bread Tags for Wheelchairs advertisement inspired two pupils to get behind the initiative.
“It came purely from the children,” she said.
“They thought it was an amazing idea. We’ve got a little boy who has cerebral palsy and he’s in a wheelchair.
“We’ve been collecting bread tags for a fortnight now and we are planning on it being an ongoing thing that we can contribute to.”
Ms Davis said the school community had responded well to the school’s call for bread tags. Pupils have set up collection points throughout the school.
“We’ve already got a significant number of bread tags collected,” she said.
“The girls have put a great collection of buckets outside each classroom and they have put notices around the school which they drafted and typed up themselves.
“The importance of giving back is really a big part of our school.”
Details: breadtagsforwheelchairs.co.za
