Keeping the dignity in charity
đ We need your help to fill the Merry Vinnies toy shop! đ
Piloted in 2018, A Merry Vinnies Christmas came from our drive to give whÄnau seeking our services more choice over what they receive.
A Merry Vinnies Christmas offers a shopping style experience to families seeking help over the holiday period, giving them the dignity, ownership and choice to choose the presents they receive from us.
đ How:
The Vinnies Welfare & Service hub transforms into a festive toy shop over December. Unwrapped, donated gifts for children aged 0 â 16 years, are displayed for whÄnau to come and choose from.
Gifts are sorted and displayed in values of 1, 2 and 3 tokens. Each child receives 3 tokens worth of gifts â so a parent can decide if they want 1 big present, or maybe 3 smaller gifts to fill up a stocking.
A wrapping station is available so whÄnau can enjoy wrapping each gift from a variety of paper, ribbons and stickers â further fostering the feeling that each gift is coming from them and not a charity.
In 2018, 81 individuals and families chose gifts for 256 children from the Merry Vinnies toy shop.
đ We need your support!
We need supporters like you and your team to collect gifts for the Merry Vinnies toy shop.
Gift criteria:
â˘Appropriate 0-16 years old
â˘Unwrapped
â˘New/ near new condition
â˘Weâre always short on gifts for teenage boys (12 â 16 years)
â˘Drop-off by 28 November
đThe old saying goes âChristmas is the time for givingâ. Letâs go a step further and make sure this âgivingâ puts the dignity and mana of our wider community whÄnau first.
Contact: marketing@vinnieswgtn.org.nz
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Your festival vibe starts here at Red Cross shop Kilbirnie, hot looks cool gear and more waiting for you in store!
We are open 9am to 5pm Mon tons at and 10/am to 4 pm Sun at 27 Rongotai Road Kilbirnie, Wellington.
We hope to see you here soon!
The team at Red Cross Shop Kilbirnie
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Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, weâre a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature â and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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