Dallyce Rose is on a mission. She's aiming to collect 200kg of bread tags, to bring in enough money to provide a wheelchair to someone in need in South Africa.
The 10-year-old put the call out at her Blaxland East Public School, and has collected 2.3kg of tags in three months.
"I want to keep going 'til I collect 200kg. I don't want to stop, and I'm not going to let anything stop me," a determined Dallyce said.
The bread tags are sold to a plastic recycling company in South Australia, which turns them into items such as seedling trays, door knobs, coat hangers, floor tiles and picture frames. It takes 200kg of bread tags to fund a wheelchair.
Dallyce saw bread tags for wheelchairs promoted in her mum Elle Towner's Facebook feed, and thought it sounded like a good idea.
"It's the tiniest bit of effort to get the bread tags and it helps people and saves the environment," Dallyce said.
"In three months I've collected these bread tags from one school, so just imagine how much is going into landfill."
Ms Towner was proud of her daughter's commitment to helping others.
"She's always been very aware of the economical differences between people that can't afford things. She has the awareness that we are fortunate and others aren't."
They hope that Blue Mountains businesses will get on board the initiative. More info at: www.breadtagsforwheelchairs.co.za.
The Mountains' closest official collection point for bread tags is at St Nicholas of Myra, 36 Higgins St, Penrith.
