Touched by her visit to the Ronald McDonald House, Year Seven student from Sacred Heart College, Mia Agostino arrived at school recently with in a tin weighing 4.5kg, which held her pocket money from the last 12 months.
Following the trip with The Sacred Heart Young Vinnies, Miss Agostino collected the money to donate towards the Ronald McDonald House, where she went to prepare and serve the evening meal for the families.
“My experience at the Ronald McDonald House was life changing,” Miss Agostino wrote in a note to accompany her tin.
The rest of the note stated that Miss Agostino loved cooking for the people of the house and enjoyed caring for others.
She went on to thank God for allowing her to be able to help those in need and she prays that He keeps them in His care.
“Our core values are to go beyond ourselves with compassion, courage and respect and Mia has responded to Jesus with these core values at the heart of her actions.” Peter Bothe, Principal of Sacred Heart College told The Record.
As a new Year 7 student at Sacred Heart College, Miss Agostino is an example to others of faith giving life direction.
She has been described by people at the college as a wonderful role model, living out the spirit of the Young Vinnies group, Sacred Heart College and of the founding sisters, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions.
Sacred Heart College Young Vinnies’ Coordinator, Rossana Hywood also spoke to The Record. “It truly warmed my heart that someone so young could be so in touch with their faith that they could act in this way,” she said.
The tin is currently placed in the Technology and Enterprise Learning Area being pried open before the coins will be added up.
The money will be used to buy food for the Young Vinnies projects, including Shopfront, Manna Industries and the Ronald McDonald House.