Students at St Paul's International College have launched the Kids Helping Kids Christmas appeal, after noticing teens were "overlooked" in gift drives.
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00:00 So tell me how this initiative came about.
00:03 Through past appeals, we've noticed that there was always a lack of gifts for teenagers.
00:09 There was always the overlooked demographic.
00:11 There was always a surplus of gifts for older people and the young children, but the teenagers
00:15 were always left out.
00:16 So we thought we would fill that gap by doing the Kids Helping Kids appeal at our school.
00:22 And what have you got so far?
00:24 We've got a range of items.
00:25 So we've got snorkels, boogie boards, lollies, cosmetic cases for females, and just other
00:32 miscellaneous gifts for teenagers.
00:35 And how does it feel seeing students in the community get on board with this?
00:41 It's pretty exciting, actually.
00:42 We didn't expect the amount of support that we would get from not only our own school
00:47 community, but of course, everyone else in the greater community.
00:53 Having people, like you said, wanting to contact our school to give gifts, it's a strange feeling
00:59 that we would get this much support and so much backing just for our Kids Helping Kids
01:03 appeal.
01:04 And what do you think this will mean for other teenagers that are struggling?
01:09 I guess it will, for teenagers who haven't had a proper Christmas before, I guess this
01:13 will kind of show that there is still some good in the world and there are people that
01:17 care for them, and there's always a chance to, I guess, see that not everything's as
01:23 bad as it is.
01:24 And something as simple as some lollies or some boogie board could mean a very big thing
01:28 for someone who's not really celebrated a proper Christmas.
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