A talented 17-year-old Windaroo Valley State High student will have her colourful artwork displayed across Australia after winning the Coles’ national sustainable bag design competition.
As of this month, a new limited-edition reusable jute bag featuring Alyssa Brooker’s winning design will be sold at Coles supermarkets across Australia.
The launch of the new bags, designed by Alyssa, comes after she became one of six students to win Coles’ national bag design competition to support Coles’ commitment to remove single-use plastic bags in its supermarkets.
Alyssa, an aspiring creative arts and digital media student, said she was excited to see her shopping bag design hitting the shelves at her local Coles.
“I’m really excited that my artwork will be on the Coles sustainable bags and also a little embarrassed that my little art piece will be seen by so many people,” she said.
“It’s great to know they will help encourage shoppers to use reusable bags.
“I believe that looking after our environment is extremely important.
“All generations need to take care of the beautiful world around us for us to create a sustainable world.”
Windaroo Valley State High’s Head of The Arts Jade LIndon said the school was incredibly proud of Alyssa.
“The school community at Windaroo Valley State High School are all incredibly proud of Alyssa for her achievement and we are very excited to see her beautiful artwork on the Coles community bags,” she said.
Coles Group new bag design. Alyssa Brooker at Coles, Beenleigh. 30.07.2020 Picture: Renae Droop/RDW Photography
“Her success has inspired other students and also contributed to the establishment of an outdoor classroom space featuring stainless steel benches where students can create large art pieces in our school,” she said.
Coles State General Manager Jerry Farrell said the sale of reusable community bags is a win-win for Coles customers, the environment, community organisations, and young artists like Alyssa.
“We are so pleased to be able to support schools and celebrate aspiring artists like Alyssa by showcasing her work on our latest reusable bags,” he said.
“The bags will be seen and appreciated by millions of customers who shop at Coles each week.”
“Our range of community bags designed by Aussie schoolkids has been extremely popular with shoppers since they were first launched in June 2018.
“Not only have they helped the environment, but they’ve also raised over $4 million for our community partners like SecondBite, Little Athletics and Clean Up Australia.”
Alyssa’s koala inspired design is printed on Coles environmentally friendly jute bags and will be available in Coles supermarkets across the country from this week.
