Four pupils from St Patrick's RC Primary sold their own toys to raise money for the Benarty Community Shop.
Lake McMaihin, Logan Shovlin, John-Henry McPhee and Austin Seymour, who are all in primary five at the Lochgelly school, decided that they wanted to give back and help others.
They decided to sell the toys they don't play with anymore and also held activities to raise £70 for the shop. Lake's gran also helped the boys by making knitted Santas to sell.
Lorna Gallagher, manager at Benarty Community Shop, said: "To say we are grateful is an understatement. We are very proud of them and their parents will be too.
"Young people get a lot of bad press nowadays. It’s heartening to see these young lads doing something for others."
The boys sold slinkies, snapbands, bubbles, squishies and also created 3D printed toys in their own time at break and lunch in the Lochgelly school.
Discussing why they decided to do it, Logan said: "I wanted to do something nice to give back to the community."
And Lake said: "I thought if we raised money for charity, then people could afford to buy presents for their little kids."
Lake's mum Sallyanne regularly visits the shop, alongside her family, and said: "I am super proud. The fact they did this all on their own, coming up with the idea themselves, I am beaming with pride."
Fiona Millar, headteacher at St Patrick's, said: "I am incredibly proud of our primary 5 pupils, who showed real initiative in raising money for charity before Christmas.
"Their creativity, willingness to take the lead, and determination to make a difference are wonderful examples of the Meta-skills we value so highly—creativity, initiative and leading.
"They didn’t wait to be asked; they saw a need and took action, and that is something to be truly proud of. Our school tagline is #St. Pat's Proud and we most certainly are.”
Lorna added: "It was really lovely to see they had considered us like that. They have done really well.
"They think it's just a little bit but I think it's a lot. What they've done is going to go towards one of the projects in the community. They should be really proud of themselves.
"All the volunteers in the shop are over the moon about it."
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