Easter Raffle

As in past years we will once again be conducting our Annual Easter Egg Raffle. All families are asked to donate an Easter related item for our raffle. Your generous donations in past years have meant we have had over fifty prizes draws which is quite incredible. Raffle tickets for the Easter Raffle will be sent home with the eldest in the family in the next few days. The raffles will be drawn in the last week of term.

Many of these donations will include the iconic Easter Egg.

There’s no denying that the almighty Easter egg you gift this year will be delectable, but will it be ethical?

"One of the first questions to ask is ‘what is a ‘good’ egg?" “A good egg is an ethical egg. But the next question is what is an ethical egg?”

An ethical Easter egg is one that uses chocolate that has been ethically sourced. That means everyone involved in the production chain must be of working age. No slave or child labour should be used at any step of the chocolate-making process, from gathering the cocoa beans to packaging and distributing the choccie egg.

Why would anyone want to use a child to carry out hard manual labour, you ask? Why - because it’s cheaper. When consumers demand cheap chocolate, some production companies in developing countries may find ways to cut costs. Child labour, sometimes, is one of those ways.

A further reminder for us come though the words of Pope Francis. In 2015, he said that “every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act.” 

So this year, when buying chocolate check for ethical certification by looking for a 'stamp of credibility' on the egg’s packaging. Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade and UTZ Certified are the three principal certification bodies in Australia so scan the packet for their logo. The World Fair Trade Organisation is an international logo that can also guarantee that what you’re buying is ethical.