Monday 11 February 2019

Putting the Message of Faith into Action

After being approached last year as to whether the Vinnies could put something together to assist residents in resthomes to celebrate Christmas, the Vinnies at St. Paul's and St. Joseph's began work based around the story of The Little Christmas Tree which tells the story of Jesus. Unfortunately with so much happening for the students in Term 4 we didn't have the opportunity to finish off this project. However with the nature of the story, this will be a useful resource for Easter instead. In the meantime here is a sneak peek of some of the artwork that has gone into the retelling of this story. 

   

Dyslexia Awareness Display Goes Nationwide

The Vinnies Dyslexia Awareness Display which was up at the Elma Turner Library in Nelson to coincide with Dyslexia Awareness Week during the first week of October last year has developed national interest. SPELD New Zealand are keen to use the Vinnies work to promote Dyslexia Awareness Week throughout the country. The Vinnies work that has since been donated to SPELD, a non-profit orgranisation that works with students who have specific learning disabilities has been delivered to their head office in Auckland where it will be photographed and turned into posters for this use. It's great to see our young Vinnies making such a positive difference not only locally but on a national scale as well.