By Tate Papworth
Coles and Cairnlea Park Primary School are teaming up to make sure none of the pupils go hungry.
Each week the team at the Cairnlea Coles puts together a selection of fruit and donates it to the neighbouring school.
The fruit sits in a basket in the main office for pupils who have missed breakfast or forgotten lunch.
Cairnlea Park Primary School community engagement and transition co-ordinator Natalie Roach said the initiative was popular with the children.
“There’s a lot of kids who don’t have breakfast or may have forgotten lunch, so this is a way to make sure they have something healthy to eat,” she said.
Cairnlea Coles manager Aaron Carlton said the store had decided to resume the initiative after a brief pause.
“We wanted to bring it back because we think it’s a really important thing,” Mr Carlton said.
“The food we donate is basically fruit, which keeps it simple and healthy. We pick out a few of the apples, bananas, oranges and try to donate a colourful arrangement.
“We were doing it a few months ago and we’ve started it up again, so hopefully it’s an ongoing thing.
“The teachers have told us it’s for the kids who don’t have lunch that day, so it’s nice to know they’ve got something to eat.”
