A tea towel making a difference

Kelly Bui, Junior School Parents Association

The Junior School Parents Association (JSPA) endeavours to develop a strong and vibrant school community, and provide financial and physical support to the Junior School. Every year we create new ways to contribute to our children’s schooling. Seeing the need to continue expanding the classroom library collections, in our centenary, we worked with Junior School students to develop a unique fundraiser with a wonderful memento of the Carey centenary.

The centenary tea towels were designed by students, with each child drawing a small picture of themselves and each year level having their own special design. Nearly 600 tea towels were sold and we raised $5502, all of which was donated to the School’s Classroom Collections project in Community Giving 2023. This will allow the School to purchase approximately 250 high quality books.

We are very thankful to the children for designing their own special tea towels and also to the families who purchased them. It is only with such generous contributions that these books can be purchased and used by our children in their classrooms to further engage with their love of reading.