Nun’s Cross National School recently celebrated our annual Harvest service. A service where we give thanks for the harvest and all the work that farmers do for all of us. We enjoyed hearing stories from the Bible, listening to songs from various classes, the children shared stories and art work and Rev Rue gave a wonderful sermon.

In addition to our service, the children and families of our school very generously donated food supplies at our service. These food supplies have been distributed to families and households in need within our community with the help of Sean Olohan from the Wicklow Lions club and the Saint Vincent De Paul Charity. Our 6th class children worked very hard to parcel up the huge amount of food that was donated and had it ready for Sean to collect.

Our collection has benefited 12 adults and 13 children in our community so far, with some of the non perishable foods still left to be distributed in the near future. Saint Vincent De Paul said ‘This food has gone to help feed a number of families who we help every month or two. One family have very serious health problems, another is just struggling to manage on low income and contract work. A few households where there is a major struggle to stay afloat with the rising cost of heating and electricity have been so grateful for this donation which has made all the difference to them. Another family is struggling to pay a large amount for very regular hospital visits and this has been a great help’.

Thank you to all who contributed to this very special service, and thank you for making a real difference to the lives of so many families in our community.