Donations for Asylum Seekers Centre

The Year 6 fundraising leaders are encouraging food and toiletry donations for the Asylum Seeker Centre in Sydney.

Students in Years K-6 are asked to bring in food donations in Weeks 6 and 7 this term. Collection points will in Mrs Rom and Miss Hynek’s room.

These are some of the foods and toiletries that are most sought after:

• Baby food (for six month old children)
• Baby rusks
• Breakfast cereal (Cornflakes in particular are popular)
• Canned beans (chickpeas, red kidney beans, mixed beans)
• Chilli flakes and powder
• Coffee (instant)
• Cooking oil (vegetable, 1 litre containers)
• Condiments (honey, jam)
• Dried fruit (apricots, prunes, dates)
• Dried lentils (red)
• Flour (small packages)
• Long life milk (1 litre containers)
• Muesli bars
• Noodles (instant)
• Rice (1kg bags, Basmati is the most popular)
• Tea (chamomile, peppermint, jasmine, green, black)
• Tinned fish
• Tinned fruit
• Tinned vegetables (corn, tomatoes, mixed vegetable)
• Tomato paste
• Toiletries
• Baby wipes
• Deodorant (for men and women)
• Disposable razors
• Laundry powder (small packages)
• Moisturiser
• Nappies (mainly toddlers sizes 8kg+)
• Shaving cream
• Sanitary pads
• Shampoo
• Shower gel / body wash
• Toothpaste
• Washing liquid (for dishes)
• Washing powder (for clothes)

Sasha Goldman, Amelia Cohen, Nathalie Freed, Isabella Filipczyk and Lara McCorquodale