Community & Business
5 December, 2023
Bringing kids joy this Christmas
A TRIO of trainees are giving back to the community this Christmas, hosting a toy drive to help those in need.
Hailey Sarago, Kyan Kulka and Layla Fejo-McPherson, who are currently working at Mareeba Community Centre as trainees through Skilling Queenslanders for Work, decided to start the toy drive to help families who are struggling to buy toys for their children at Christmas.
The toy drive is one of the girls' last projects before graduating from the Skillings Queenslanders program, coinciding with MCC’s annual Christmas hampers.
“It all came about when Hailey approached us about the fact that we have our Christmas hampers, which have helped with dinners and lunches, but when it comes to the toys, the kids generally miss out,” MCC Skilling Queensland supervisor Sheree Tichborne said.
"This is our way of giving these kids a little bit of joy when they wake up because this year a lot of people aren’t able to afford presents under the tree.”
Packaged toys, perishable food items and monetary items can be donated for the toy drive and/or Christmas hampers at Mareeba Community Centre, located at 39 Byrnes Street, or at the front of Priceline Pharmacy Mareeba between 9am and 12pm every day this week.
