Warm hearts and cosy PJs as winter hits Hinterland

Contributed by Sandy Johnson

THE cold weather was perfect for Glasshouse Christian College’s Pyjama Day last Friday. Primary students donned their favourite pyjamas, onesies and oodies to help families in need via Sonshine Sanctuary

Sonshine Sanctuary is a Sunshine Coast organisation that supports families in need of swift relocation, and will now be the beneficiary of more than $700 raised by the students. The students also brought in enough donations of new pyjamas, socks and underwear to fill three very large moving boxes.

At Glasshouse Christian College it is the students themselves who choose the organisations they want to support and come up with the ideas to raise donations. The Primary Student Representative Council (SRC) has supported Sonshine Sanctuary in the past and know of the good work it does. Many of the families it helps don’t have time to pack clothes or bare essentials like underwear and pyjamas hence the idea of Pyjama Day.

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GCC Primary teachers taking a nap

Penny, Allegra, Harriet, Emily and Erin enjoyed rugging up for Pyjama Day

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Year 1 students had great fun pretending to be asleep in their PJs