After all the hard work that has gone into creating The Little Christmas Tree
video, we have now got to the stage of being able to compile the artwork and
narration together to re-tell the story. Here is the result...
The Little Christmas Tree
Monday, 6 May 2019
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
St. Joseph Vinnies Tactile Mats Finished at Last
The tactile mats made by the St. Joseph Vinnies last
year have now been finished. These mats were donated to Ma's Place and will be
used by the preschool children of the families Ma's Place caters for. Well done
to all those who were involved in creating these mats and to the Garin College
Vinnies who dropped these mats off.
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.
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