Mini Vinnies

At our meeting last Thursday, 2 August, Mini Vinnies planned our focus for Term 3. Some Mini Vinnies were interested in participating in ‘Pens Against Poverty’. We also elected to organise a fundraising activity and visit Southern Cross Apartments later in the term.

Pens Against Poverty is a creative writing competition for students in Years 3-10 living in the Canberra and Southern NSW regions. It is an official activity of Anti-Poverty Week (14-20 October 2018)  https://www.antipovertyweek.org.au/about/about-anti-poverty-week and aims to heighten empathy among readers and writers on the topic of poverty. The theme for this year is ‘On the Edge’. Entries of short stories or poems of no more than 500 words will be judged by author Jackie French and Canberra-based poet John Foulcher. Entries close Monday 24 September and must be submitted through Mrs Mingay. This is an optional activity. An ‘unofficial Mini Vinnies meeting’ will be held this Thursday, 9 August at lunch time for interested Mini Vinnies.

Our next ‘official Mini Vinnies Meeting’ will be Thursday 16 August (Week 4) after eating time at lunchtime in the Afters Area. We will organise our fundraising activity.

Feel welcome to visit or contact me on 6249 8869 or send an email to sonja.mingay@cg.catholic.edu.au .