Roslynn Pardy – Primary Teacher

Year 4 has been exploring the idea of change, and people who make change in their community. Inspired by this, Elise Goldberg and Lily Foltyn held a lemonade stand on the weekend with all proceeds going to OzHarvest. 

Below is a recount of their journey and what they learned through interviewing members of the OzHarvest Staff:

We went to OzHarvest on 27 November after school. We spoke with CEO Ronni Kahn’s assistant, Mala, about the work that is done at OzHarvest. We also spoke with Tracy Bialek who is the Head of Operations of the company. We told them about our ‘Change’ topic at school and that we had a bunch of change makers come to our classes and tell us what they’ve done and how they have created change for the better. 

We were inspired by this idea and we decided to raise money to give to a charity. We chose OzHarvest because it helps people live and thrive. OzHarvest gives people food and living supplies. When we left, Tracy and the OzHarvest team were very thankful for what we had done. It was an amazing activity and it felt like such an achievement to us. 

We feel we should all do things to help our communities and people in it every day. We feel that the people receiving help are so grateful and joyful. It feels so great that people like you and me can take time out of our daily lives to make an effort to help others.

So every time you have some spare change try and donate it to charities like OzHarvest – to help people live and have food to eat.

Think about the difference we could make if we all do our part!

By Elise Goldberg and Lily Foltyn