Year 8s Organise Footy Drive
Our project-based subject PEAK inspires Year 8 students to turn their passions into tangible initiatives benefiting the community.
In one of the PEAK projects, a group of six boys worked hard to set up a ‘Footy Drive’ to collect jumpers, boots, and footballs that their peers no longer use. All donations will be sent to CLONTARF Foundation in Kununurra, WA – a foundation that helps to improve the education, life skills and self-esteem of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.
The boys are extremely proud and grateful to everyone who has supported their idea.
LENNY: “When I lived in Kununurra, I saw how much Aboriginal kids loved footy and that gave our group the idea.”
NED: “We just love footy, and we wanted to help out an Aboriginal community that possibly don’t have jumpers and boots to use all the time. We hope that with our donations they will get a chance to play more footy!”
BEN & SONNY: It's been really cool to know that the community is happy to donate things to us and that we are part of making some other kids happy through foot.”
MAX & XAVIER: “We gained a lot of new skills while working together, planning, and sending official emails to big organisations such as Sherrin.”
EMILY STEPHENS, O’Keeffe Community Leader: “I actually had goosebumps when we saw all the donations come together. This was a passion project which will have a positive impact on others, especially young Indigenous kids who have the same love of footy as these boys. It was very heartening to watch the boys connect their love of footy to helping others. We have absolutely loved watching them create this initiative, make contacts and bring it to fruition.”
Emily Stephens
O'Keeffe Comunity Leader