Orange Christian School Visit
From Roza, the NSW School Engagement Officer:
"A group of Year 9 students from Orange Christian School visited Parramatta Salvos last week, teachers. It was a great experience including a talk from David Collinson on who we are, what we do and who we serve and why, followed by a tour by Sarah of Parramatta Salvos. Then they were divided into groups, one group preparing spaghetti Bolognese and frittata for the Cafe, some preparing the labelling of the containers, some sorting toiletries and food items for the Connect Site and a whole heap of other activities. We finished the afternoon with stories of people who have been helped by the salvos, sharing about the stories behind the people who come in for toiletries, groceries and food that the students prepared.
The school has said that they will now include this in their trip to Sydney each year. They spend the rest of their time in Sydney visiting museums, art galleries etc, so its awesome that they are connecting with us as well, particularly because many other organisations offer similar experiences. The teacher asked them to remember what they learnt with their homeless tour with Orange Salvos and what differences they could see between the two. They noted that Parramatta has more people with different cultural backgrounds and that Parra Salvos therefore has more services to cater for this."
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