St Mary's students helped to raise money through a colour run fundraiser they initially held to raise funds for the school.

The money went towards buying a large number of kids Christmas presents that will be distributed to families by the Dubbo St Vincent de Paul volunteers.

"We felt that, instead of our kids getting all of the incentive prizes from the fundraising, seeing as most of our kids are quite fortunate in that they are well looked after, we would instead give them to kids in our community who may not be as lucky," St Mary's Principal Luke Wilson said.

Mr Wilson and six Dubbo St Mary's Catholic Primary School minister's met with St Vincent de Paul representatives Pat Yeo and Pat Thornton last week to hand over the toys.

Mr Yeo said this year is the biggest amount of toys they have received for Christmas.

"We're very thankful to St Mary's Catholic School for their donations," Mr Yeo said.

The volunteers at St Vincent de Paul Dubbo will be working hard to distribute the toys, along with the Christmas food hampers they donate annually, to families among our community who may otherwise have had to go without.

School minister Bridie Zell said all six of the school ministers felt "proud" to be there.

"I think all of us here feel quite proud that we've helped raised money for people who are less fortunate, who can't afford these presents, and I think that's what every adult wants, is to be able to make their child happy," she said.

"So, being able to help them to do so indirectly is quite amazing.

"It's incredibly special. A lot of these kids whose parents may be struggling for money might not be expecting gifts, so I think they will appreciate them a lot more."

Student and school minister Charlotte Cooke said; "It's a great opportunity for us to show our support to our community, especially during the hard times of the drought with so many more people not being able to afford a lot."

Student and school minister Malakai Butcherine said he thinks it is "fantastic" that children are going to get a present this year, and that so many are going to be so happy.

"I feel good about giving the presents to Vinnies because I think we can trust them to give them to the right people," he said.