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Vinnies Christmas in a Box Appeal - The Joy of Christmas is giving 

Families in our College have the opportunity, once again this year, to contribute to someone else’s Christmas by ‘packing a shoebox’ for someone struggling in our local Tasmanian community.  Please help to bring joy to a child this Christmas.  The Vinnies Christmas Box Appeal is to provide a young person between the ages of 2 -14, a shoebox filled with new small toys, books, personal hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children. These gifts of love are distributed by St Vincent de Paul Society to children affected by poverty or natural disaster within our Tasmanian community. These gifts are given without condition and without regard to the race, creed, gender, religion, or ethnicity of the beneficiaries.

If you would like to contribute to this cause, please respond to the upcoming EdSmart correspondence and the College will provide your child with one of the shoeboxes to take home to decorate and fill. An information sheet which suggests some appropriate gifts will accompany your box.  We are encouraging all families to please be mindful of the amount of single-use or disposable plastic being put into the boxes and its severe environmental consequences. This is a wonderful time to be mindful of the way we manage our impact on creation while helping those in need. 

More information on the impact of plastic in our world can be found at https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/

All boxes must be returned to the College by the end of November, to allow St Vincent de Paul to deliver them in time for Christmas.