William, aged 12, has been asking for donations of bottles and cans for the 10 cents Return and Earn deposit and every few months he picks a charity for half the proceeds.

“I just usually collect cans in Wagga from other people and cash them in at the Return and Earn stations,” William said.

William’s campaign has donated to organisations like the Guide Dogs and Wagga’s Rural Fire Service brigades, as well as buying presents for children and nurses in Wagga Base Hospital.

William’s family came a across a Facebook plea for help from SMART Animal Sanctuary and Rehoming Centre in Batlow.

The sanctuary had put up a video asking for donations to help buy kitty litter and food due to increased numbers of abandoned animals over Christmas.

“They had a lot of animals, mainly kittens,” William said.

“I thought it would be a good idea to donate, plus we have two animals from the sanctuary.”

William’s charity campaign has its own Facebook group where he takes suggestions for charities to support. 

The family took about $300 from the Return and Earn fund and bought a car-load of litter and canned food for the sanctuary and delivered it to Batlow.

SMART founder Lorene Cross said the donation had been “awesome”.

“It was absolutely wonderful and really good timing because I ha just run out of kitty litter,” she said.

“Having them pull up the driveway was absolutely brilliant.

“It’s a great thing that he’s doing.”

William’s father Andrew said they bought 19 bags of litter and stacks of their preferred brand of cat food as well as the home-brand variety.

“There were 150 cans of cat food. Originally we brought 14 bags of kitty litter and that cleared out the shelves at the shop,” he said.

William’s mother Terri said the sanctuary was “ecstatic” to receive the much-needed goods.

“Were so super proud of him. He’s an amazing kid,” Terri said.

For now, William is working on his next stockpile of cans and bottles.

“I don’t really know what charity I am going to do next,” William said.

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