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We wrapped up our Sustainable September Uniform Sale last Friday afternoon. Thanks to your efforts as well as those of our dedicated parent volunteers and student changemakers, this was our biggest Sale event to date by almost every measure!
166 parents or students came out to shop our sustainable selection. 5% more than last autumn’s sale.
We sold 135.8kg worth of uniform, 6% more than last autumn’s sale. This was the equivalent of 228 full primary uniforms saved from landfills. We recirculated 56% of the available stock within our community.
89 families participated by handing in outgrown uniform since June of last year. Of those participating families, 40 families cashed in their vouchers over the two days for new uniform. The number of exchangers is up 200% since last autumn proving more and more families are realizing how valuable their old uniform really is!
However, one of our primary goals with this project is to bring into 90-100% of our community uniform into the ‘fold’. This sale represented a little under 25% of our community; only a quarter of uniform out there. So encourage your friends, classmates and community members to join the fun!
This sale earned over 900,000HUF in straight sales, but exchanged an equivalent of 289,000HUF worth of uniform. That was just over 30% of the value of our Sale. Did I mention our outgrown uniform is still valuable?
The proceeds made during our sales are invested back into our project to help it grow. We will also be donating a percentage of our sales revenue in the future to charities or non-profits that are focused on sustainability or combating the adverse effects of climate change. We will soon be unveiling our new storage facilities and equipment as well as which organizations we will be supporting. Stay tuned!
As always, many, many thanks to the parent volunteers as well who are the driving force in setting up the and running the Sales while our student team members are in class.
Looking forward to seeing you at our next Sale!
Heather Szabo Holéczy
Uniform Stewardship Project
Year 12 have been spending a lot of time in Sports Hall One over the last week. Not doing sport, although they could tell you the science behind it…
There was a fun packed programme for the secondary students remaining on-site, which followed the 5 Co-Curricular strands. Students were immersed in languages, film-making, STEAM activities and cooking. They learned about children's rights and advocacy, and showed their creative talents through artwork. They hiked in the hills and formed friendships across year groups. See the Firefly page for further details and photographs
It has been a very memorable end of the primary journey for our Year 6 students. This last week of term has been jam packed. On Monday and Tuesday, the students performed the end of year production of ‘Olivia’, on Tuesday morning, there was a year group water fight and on Wednesday afternoon, they finally graduated with a special ceremony.
As a community, we've been actively promoting healthy eating habits through our weekly articles about life in the kitchen. With the summer holidays just a few days away and the heatwave this summer, we must all be more mindful of our fluid intake.
The British International School Budapest
1037 Budapest
Kiscelli köz 17
Hungary