Noss kids make donations of food and cash to the needy in Wick this Christmas

Children at Noss Primary School in Wick showed kindness and consideration towards local families struggling to make ends meet at Christmas with donations to Caithness Foodbank.

Grant Ramsay and David Miller from Caithness Foodbank turned up at the primary school on Tuesday morning to accept a cheque for £268 and a box of food.

Noss primary schoolteacher Suzanne Mackenzie said: "Primary 4 Yellow came in after their school day and volunteered to make reindeer dust in their spare time. We sold it around the nursery and school for £1 each and we made the total of £258 which we are donating to the Caithness Foodbank.

"A family [with a pupil] in our class gave a further £10 donation, so the total being handed over today is £268, which is fantastic."

Primary 4 Yellow also hooked up with Primary 3 Yellow to do a "reverse advent calendar" which involved the children taking in a different item each day as a donation for the foodbank.

Grant Ramsay from Caithness Foodbank said he was delighted to be taking in further donations from the children after a similar event took place last year. "We will use the money to buy food over the Christmas period to help people who are struggling for various reasons," said Grant.

"We're very busy at the moment because of the winter coming on, fuel costs going up and the price of food going up. Last week, we had 12 folk in on one day. We are getting really, really busy. The kids have obviously worked hard to make this money and it's nice for them to see it go to the local community. We rely on the local community as we have no income."

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