Calling out for second-hand school uniforms
Back-to-school assistance program School Savvy has restarted its collecting program, accepting second-hand uniforms and stationary for struggling families across NQ.
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School is wrapping up for thousands of kids across North Queensland – and parents left with unneeded uniforms, hats, shoes and stationary supplies are being encouraged to donate them to the School Savvy program.
Donation bins have already been rolled out across St Vincent de Paul stores and Queensland Country Bank branches from Mount Isa to Townsville.
Once collected, the donations are taken to Townsville where they are cleaned and sorted in the last week of December.
The supplies are then sold at heavily discounted prices to struggling families during the January back-to-school rush.
The School Savvy program has been running since 2020, supported by CentaCare NQ,
Queensland Country Bank and St Vincent de Paul.
CentaCare NQ director Stephen Burrows said the program included all NQ communities from Ayr to Ingham to the NT border.
“We really understand the stigma a child can feel when they start school without a uniform,” Mr Burrows said.
“We start running pop-up shops from January 9.”
These pop-up stores will be in Townsville, Ayr, Cloncurry and Mt Isa.
Funds raised through the pop-up stores are used to purchase uniforms for students when there aren’t suitable donated items available.
Mr Burrows said Townsville’s western suburb schools had “greater need” for the program.
Alongside the uniforms School Savvy also provides prepacked pencil cases for primary and high school students.
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