Residents of Cleveland Manor Retirement Village in Brisbane have generously donated Woolworths ‘Earn & Learn’ stickers collected from almost $8000 worth of grocery shopping to the remote Ubobo State School and students.

The school is located in the Boyne Valley south of Gladstone, with their closest Woolworths only two hours’ drive away. The 12 young students wrote to Cleveland Manor asking for their help to collect stickers on their behalf, that could then be traded for much-needed school equipment.

Cleveland Manor Village Manager Wendy Rogers said the village residents were quick to respond to help the students, a gesture of their community-minded spirit.

“It’s the second year we’ve collected for the school and we had a great response,” Wendy said.                                                        

“All the residents really got on board, and we collected and sent off more than 13 sheets of stickers, tallying up to 790 stickers in total."                                                           

Resident Barbara Woolven helped coordinate the collection and posting of the stickers.                                                           

“I think it’s great to do something for the kids in the country who probably don’t get much help,” she said.                                        

Over 15,000 schools across and early learning centres across Australia took part in Earn & Learn this year, and participating schools can trade their stickers for a wide variety of necessary educational equipment.                                                           

“Because everyone jumped on board we got quite a few stickers, and we hope the students can get good use out of them,” Barbara said.