Kitchener students host garage sale to support the community
Grade 8 students at Groh Public School conducted interviews looking into issues like food insecurity, a lack of access to clothing, a need for school supplies and the importance of having a sense of community.
'After we understood the needs of what people are struggling with, we came up with 100 ideas and landed with a garage sale,' said student Jana Eljayal.
Students collected all kinds of items for the community garage sale and started selling products at the school on Thursday.
'There's CD's, clothing, books, shoes, sports equipment and toys as well,' said student Tatiana Voros.
All proceeds are going to The House of Friendship.
'It makes me feel good. Especially because we were able to put this together in a very short amount of time. So I'm pretty amazed of how much we were able to accomplish. I feel really happy that a bunch of people are going to have a lot of good memories with these toys,' said student Ameen Adedeji.
'Some people don't have this stuff in life. We know a lot of people enjoy a lot of this. Maybe some people want clothes of another colour, or toys they can play with their friends or their family. Giving this to people is just good,' said student Harjap Ahuja.
The sale wraps up Thursday at 7 p.m.
The students have also launched a funding page to collect community donations.
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