28 Nov 2025
A Christmas Without Joy is No Christmas at All
As part of our Outreach activities each year we collect non-perishable items for the St Michael’s St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference (Vinnies) Christmas Appeal. We ask that you support this worthwhile appeal so we can help the members of our community who are less fortunate than ourselves to celebrate Christmas in a special way. Your generosity can help bring joy and comfort to our community this Christmas.
Students are asked to bring in an item/s listed for their class by Tuesday, 9th December 2025. To celebrate your generosity, your child may wear CHRISTMAS MUFTI clothes on Tuesday, 9th December. That could be a Christmas t-shirt, reindeer ears, a Christmas hat, tinsel or anything coloured red, green, white or gold. (A reminder that the students need to wear appropriate shoes if they have Sport or Creative Arts on Tuesday.)
Kindergarten: Canned fruit, salad items such as beetroot, asparagus, corn, bean mix etc
Year 1: Lollies, nuts, chips
Year 2: Condiments such as pickled onions, gherkins mustard, pickles and sauces such as cranberry, apple sauce, gravy etc
Year 3: Biscuits (sweet or savoury), fruit mince tarts
Year 4: Soft drinks, fruit poppers
Year 5: Long life milk and custard, tea or coffee,
condensed milk, carnation milk
Year 6: Christmas Cake, Christmas Pudding
If these items are hard to find, Vinnies will accept any non-perishable food items or Christmas decorations suitable for a wonderful Christmas celebration.
What does non-perishable mean? Food that is processed or packaged so it will last for an extended period of time. This means no fresh food only packaged or canned food.