Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School
Leadership in Action:
Serving through Sandwiches
One of the defining qualities of our School is service – the idea that we give back not because we must, but because it is in our nature.
Among our many service initiatives, our ongoing partnership with Eat Up Australia stands out as a deeply meaningful program, bringing our School community together to support children in need across the South West region.
Eat Up Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation working to ensure that no child goes without lunch at school. Every week, volunteers prepare and deliver thousands of sandwiches to students who might otherwise go without.
Our School joined the Eat Up network several years ago and has since grown to become one of the most active school-based partners in the state. In 2024 alone, Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School students, staff and families worked together to make over 4,000 sandwiches for delivery across the South West, from Collie to Capel.
Eat Up sandwich sessions offers students from Years 5 to 12 the opportunity to contribute in a hands-on, high-impact way. With gloves on and assembly lines ready, students laugh, chat and work together with purpose. For many, it’s a reminder of both the privilege they enjoy and the power they hold to uplift others – even through something as simple as making a sandwich.
As founder Lyndon Galea shared when he addressed our 2024 Speech Night, ‘Many students struggle to concentrate in class simply because they don’t have access to lunch. With the support of schools like Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, we can ensure more students receive the nourishment they need to learn and thrive.’
Participation in Eat Up aligns closely with our School’s House-based service framework and the Christian ethos that underpins our Anglican identity. Students are not mandated to serve – they choose to. In doing so, they embody a core School belief: we give back not because we must, but because it is in our nature.
Each sandwich represents more than a meal – it is a message of kindness, a gesture of hope, and a reminder that small acts of service can add up to something truly significant.