St Francis Xavier Primary Students Give Some ‘Sunshine’ to Their Peers in Northern NSW

The St Francis Xavier Primary School Woolgoolga community rallied together on ‘Sunshine Day’ to raise much-needed funds for the Bishop’s Flood Appeal. (11 March 2022)

The school community of St Francis Xavier Primary School Woolgoolga, quickly and efficiently organised a ‘Sunshine Day’ Bake Sale Fundraiser to help the flood-affected communities of the Lismore Diocese. 

‘Many students had seen images of the devastation or knew personally of friends and family affected by the flood. They were so excited and motivated to be able to do something tangible to help our neighbours in the North,’ said Assistant Principal - Mission, Katrina Ryan.

Families generously donated such a large quantity of baked goods that organisers thought they would have trouble selling them. It was quite the opposite however, they ran out of goodies.

The event was an overwhelming success as the Parent Forum cleverly organised the bake sale for pick-up time. Families came in their droves at 3pm armed with their BYO containers to pick up their kids and cakes.

‘It was so wonderful to see smiling faces together after so long,’ said parent Melissa Kahler. The students dressed in mufti for the day, and there were bright colours everywhere.

The school community generously raised over $1700. The funds will be donated to the Bishop’s Flood Appeal. The students were ecstatic that their small cake drive raised that much money to help families recover from the floods.

‘This was an absolute success and such a testament to the strength of the community spirit we have here at SFX,’ said parent Yarrow Wade.

The day was actually pretty wet, but students and their families definitely put the sunshine in ‘Sunshine Day’.