WHAT Began with a request to crochet a single square grew into a community effort at Highbury Preparatory School, with 50 completed blankets donated to the Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust (HACT).

The initiative was started by a Grade Four educator, Hayley Kruger, who invited the boys to crochet squares that could be stitched together into blankets. As the project gathered support, mums, grannies, siblings and friends joined in too, sharing their skills and adding their own squares to the collection. It became an opportunity for families to contribute together.

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Some boys were learning a new skill, while experienced hands helped turn their efforts into something useful for someone else.

Each square required time and patience, and every contribution helped bring another blanket closer to completion. Once the squares were ready, they were carefully stitched together, transforming a collection of individual contributions into 50 blankets for HACT.

“For us at Highbury, the value of the project extends beyond the number of blankets donated. It gave our boys a practical way to care for others and showed them how much can be achieved when people each do their part. Having their mums and grannies involved made the experience all the more special.

“We are grateful to Mrs Kruger for starting the initiative and to everyone who picked up a crochet hook, contributed a square, or helped stitch the blankets together. We are proud to share this donation with HACT,” said the school’s marketing officer Roxanne Houareau.

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