A group of first year culinary arts students put their chefs uniform shoe boxes to good use with the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal.  The Shoe Box appeal is an annual event, which ensures children living in extreme poverty are given presents at Christmas.  The students filled shoe boxes with gifts which will be delivered to children living in Eastern Europe and Africa.  For many of these children these are the only presents they will receive.

Pictured is Ms Liz McKenzie, Programme Tutor, with all the students giving the boxes to Ms Vanessa Purdy, Team Hope Donegal.  Included in the photograph are Mairead O’Kane and Roisin McCormack of LYIT Student Support Services; Tanya Russell, Students’ Union Welfare Officer; Tim Dewhirst, Programme Tutor; and Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, Head of Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts.