Students from Saint-Joseph in Sète are setting up a clothes swap project to benefit hospitalized children

Les trois étudiants ont monté ce projet accompagnés par leur enseignante Sylvie Durand. Midi Libre – W. N.

Students in the Bachelor's degree in Import-Export Area Management will be holding a clothes swap to raise funds for the Gal’hopin association, which works to help hospitalized children.

Since December 10, two bins have been made available to students, and more broadly to the people of Sète, on the premises of the Saint-Joseph high school (Rue Max-Dormoy and Rue Doumet). Until February 7 (*), these bins will be used to collect clothes for the clothes swap project led by students in the Bachelor's degree in Import-Export Area Management. There are three students in the class of this training course created for the September 2024 academic year at the private Sète establishment.

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Playmobil for little sick people

As part of their school curriculum, Valentine, Lucie and Kévin must in fact carry out a civic commitment for a charity of their choice. Accompanied by the head of the bachelor's degree, Sylvie Durand, the students approached the Gal'Hopin association, which has been working for 25 years within the Montpellier University Hospital in favor of hospitalized children through various actions. “We knew that we wanted to reach out to the medical community and rather to help sick children. Finally, we fell in love with this association”, say the young project leaders. Who then decided to raise funds for Galop'hin and to buy Playmobil for little sick people, with the aim of “demystifying care through play”.

“A human experience”

To raise these funds, they came up with the idea of ​​holding a clothes swap within their establishment. “We are increasingly rummaging, we often buy second-hand, so it came naturally to us”, says Valentine. “The training also offers a CSR module with a speaker specializing in eco-responsible purchasing”, adds Sylvie Durand. After establishing a retrospective schedule of the various actions to be carried out, the students organize the clothing collection. “We already have two large wardrobes full”, they proudly announce. Then will come the sorting of clothes, the setting of prices (“which will be attractive”), the labeling, before the clothes swap, planned for April 4 and open to all.

A project that “makes us feel useful and allows us to gain in organization”, according to Lucie. “It's a pretty strong human experience, which also allows us to put into practice the project management courses”, adds Kévin. They now have to count on those wishing to get rid of clothes, in good condition, while doing a good deed.

(*) It is possible to drop off clothes, Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., until February 7.