A huge advocate of the primary school ‘Crunch & Sip’ program where students have a piece of fruit or veg and water before class gets underway or at another scheduled time, Bankstown North Public School has taken the initiative a step further.
They approached ‘Good and Fugly’ (a group that collects fruit and veg rejected because of small imperfections) last year to see if they could do a weekly delivery to help students who were not able to bring a piece of fruit or veg everyday.
Now thanks to the efforts of the school’s student placement social worker, Ryan McKenna, the initiative has come to ‘fruition’, with everyone excited to see the big boxes of fruit and veg delivered every Monday morning.
“It’s only been going for five weeks but already is making a difference to so many,” Ryan said.
“Not only are the children catered for that needed the support to take part in Crunch&Sip, teachers report that all students are eating more fruit and veg, are happier and doing so much better in class.
“By Friday afternoon, there is usually not one piece of fruit left so that’s a great indication of how much the ‘Good and Fugly’ is needed here and how much we really appreciate their support.”
