10% Social Good Promise – Delivered

St Cuthbert’s families do the “mahi” when it comes to social good and Service. The College pledged a promise to our community that 10% of all monetary gifts raised this year, through the annual appeal, up to our fundraising target of $250,000, would be donated to a charity as our collective act of ‘By Love Serve’.

Once we were confident we were going to hit our fundraising target in Term 2, we were able to approach the selected charity of Presbyterian Support Northern to offer $25,000 in fundraised charity to support a key project – ‘Communities Feeding Communities’.

The $25,000 raised from the Gifting Amazing is supporting Communities Feeding Communities, by transformational contributions to a Social Food Pantry, which will assist the Mount Roskill community. Together, we are able to create a multi-functional and exciting community space where locals can enjoy the spoils of the garden, learn how to cook in a purpose made kitchen, and join others to learn, share and commune in a friendly and welcoming space. St Cuthbert’s is directly helping to support the purchase of vital goods and services, particularly a Social Food Pantry.

What is the Gifting Amazing Social Food Pantry?

The Social Food Pantry is a space that provides nourishing food, a nurturing environment, and is a place for understanding and empowerment where children and their families access affordable food and learn to eat, grow food and play together.

The Social Food Pantry will:

• assist the local community to gain food sovereignty and manage their household budget more effectively

• give people the opportunity to choose the food they want to feed their family

• enable people to learn about the benefits of eating nourishing food and have access to gardening and cooking workshops to gain better skills

• become an important community hub

• provide volunteering opportunities for St Cuthbert’s students.

The Social Food Pantry will be a place which promotes the wellbeing of generations providing education to families on the benefits of eating quality fresh produce harvested from the community garden, from seedlings that have been produced in the greenhouse.

Part of the vision of the “Gifting Amazing” Social Food Pantry is to save seeds, and germinate seedlings in the St Cuthbert’s funded greenhouse. These seedlings can be given away.

Service opportunities for St Cuthbert’s College students and their families will include: germinating seedlings, planting the micro food forest and attending garden working bees. We look forward to sharing more information on the project and these opportunities as the year progresses.