Borderlines

On Saturday morning we had the opportunity to volunteer at the St Stephen’s Church Early Bird Cafe alongside Ms Symons...

We helped serve breakfast to the homeless and met a variety of people, each with such different lives. The enjoyment we had from this is unexplainable, it has opened our eyes to so much more to what is going on in the world and especially the community surrounding us. It has also inspired us to adopt a more positive outlook on our lives, even when dealing with negative situations. Witnessing first hand the optimism of the people we met has encouraged us to approach our own problems with a new sense of gratitude and hope.

This opportunity was a powerful reminder that little acts of kindness can make a significant difference to someone's life and that we all have the ability to give back to our community. Seeing the gratitude of the people we served breakfast to made us stop and reflect on our own lives, realising how fortunate we are and how we often take simple things like breakfast for granted.

By Millie Spora, Ava Freemantle, Amelia Mason and Cecilia Tym.