Sunday 10 April 2016

Vinnies Present Beth Hunter from Tedz4Kidz with Basket of Goodies for Comfort Packs
   On Monday 11 April, the St. Joseph Vinnies were able to present Beth Hunter, Coordinator of the Nelson Tedz4Kidz Organisation with a basket filled with notebooks and pencils created by the St. Joseph Vinnies along with a soft toy, felts, coloured pencils and a colouring book all of which are able to be put into the Tedz4Kidz comfort packs for children who have come out of situations of trauma. This was a great end to a term which saw us busy with this project to assist in making a positive difference in these children's lives.

Sunday 3 April 2016

Ex-Vinnie shares news of her missionary trip to Africa
   On Monday 4 April, the St. Joseph Vinnies were fortunate to have Rebecca Nott share with us details of her trip to Africa  where she assisted in Malawi at an early childhood centre, secondary school and learned more as to the life led by the World Vision children she supports. Rebecca was able to share with us just how different life is for the people there; how many of the things we take for granted simply aren't available or are in limited access and how malnutrition affects the health and wellbeing of the people living in this country.  Rebecca, who was a St. Joseph Vinnie in 2009 and 2010 is a fantastic role-model for the Vinnies coming through, her enthusiasm for helping others is great to see and we look forward to finding ways of supporting the work she has begun over there as the year progresses.