They received enough to make 30 family-sized chickpea curry meals, three black bin bags full of items and many bags of shoes, all of which was given to the St Vincent de Paul foodbank.
The donations were given after pupils from the Green Island school, Tomasi Tili, Josie Tua'i, Bella Bentley and Dominic Rowe, asked people from their school community to bring unwanted clothes and food to school earlier this month.
They were part of a school group called Young Vinnies and with help from St Vincent de Paul youth co-ordinator Jo Bell, they cooked the food and made the items ready for donation.
"[Young Vinnies] help out people who don't have as much as we do and they help people in need and give food and clothing to help people with no homes or not enough," Young Vinnies president Tomasi said.
He encouraged other children to make donations themselves, as it paid to "help out the community and whanau".
Secretary Bella said they wanted to give people warmth.
"It feels good helping someone that needs it."
The other three pupils agreed, with Bella saying it felt good to make the donation and she planned to make another in the future.
St Vincent de Paul centre and pastoral co-ordinator Sarah Strang said donations at the foodbank were slow and the donation from the pupils had been "excellent".
"It's a funny time of year for donations. People haven't started thinking about Christmas yet and everybody's doing it hard. So donations have been way down."
Getting the donation was "great", as the essentials, such as food, often took priority, she said.
"They made a big focus on toiletries, which was terrific, because toiletries are kind of a nice to have for a lot of people."
