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Year 11 Silver Day Foodbank

Year 11 continue to be incredibly Dunclug College was the first post
generous by sponsoring two pro- primary school to become a Food-
jects. The latest is Molly who is bank collection centre back in
2015. Since then we have filled a
Labrador puppy currently being
trolley every term due to the gen-
trained to become a guide dog for
erous donations of pupils and
the blind.
staff.

In addition to food, at certain
times of the year we have a focus
including “Handbags of Hope”

whereby we filled handbags that
were donated with female spe-
cific items.
Wilner George is a 15 year old
A recent focus has been
boy who lost both parents and “Hampers of Hope” which were
family members as a result of the child centred filled hampers with

earthquake that occurred in Haiti items specifically for their use
in 2010 when over 200000 people (along with some treats).
perished. Our weekly donations
ensure that Wilner is taken care

of in an orphanage and receives
an education, which is something
that is not free in this part of the
world.

Easter time creates a buzz where
It costs £55000 to maintain a we try to improve upon the previ-
guide dog over the course of its’ ous year with the number of East-

life and 3000 people are currently er eggs collected, with 122 the
waiting on one . best to date.

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