"It means all of the kids' car seats have been updated and upgraded for their health and safety - we were having difficulties trying to get more support for us."
She said even the children were excited to get new car seats for their journeys.
"They all know where they sit, and rush into the van."
Elia said they use their vans to pick up and drop off more than half of the children at the school, making several round trips daily.
"It's our way of helping the families because parents also need to work - we pick them up and get them to school without any worry," she said.
The centre is comprised mainly of low socio-economic, new or first-generation immigrants wanting better opportunities for their children and family.
The trust also has the only completely Samoan immersive early childhood education experience for the Samoan community in the area.
"We're a Samoan-based language centre but it's multicultural, we take everybody and we make sure that we care and value other children's backgrounds," she added.
The foundation was established in 2005 as a public charitable trust to provide assistance to a broad cross–section of worthy charitable entities, causes and individuals.