By Eleanor Wilson
Teachers and students at Narre Warren South P-12 College added an extra layer to their school pyjama day on Monday 25 July, collecting socks for Melbourne charity 2 Pairs each.
While students paraded around the school in colourful Oodies or their favourite pair of pjs, they also brought a pair of new socks to donate to homeless Victorians.
The school collected 629 pairs of socks from students, while an additional 400 pairs were donated by under garment brand Underworks.
“It was an amazing effort collecting over 1000 pairs of socks in total,” said teacher Vicky Kanteres.
“It was a really great day and everyone had so much fun.”
2 Pairs Each provides socks and hot meals to homeless people throughout Victoria, in a bid to stop the spread of frostbite and nasty skin infections.
The charity was started by Victorian local Joshua Berry, who was just nine-years-old at the time the initiative was established.
Student Zoe came up with the idea to rally support for the charity at school by asking students to donate socks at the pyjama day, Ms Kanteres said.
