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1823 days ago

Keeping the dignity in charity

St Vincent de Paul Society Wellington

šŸ’™ We need your help to fill the Merry Vinnies toy shop! šŸ’™

Piloted in 2018, A Merry Vinnies Christmas came from our drive to give whānau 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.

šŸŽ How:
The Vinnies Welfare & Service hub transforms into a festive toy shop over December. Unwrapped, donated gifts for children aged 0 ā€“ 16 years, are displayed for whānau 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 ā€“ 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 whānau can enjoy wrapping each gift from a variety of paper, ribbons and stickers ā€“ 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.

šŸŽ We need your support!
We need supporters like you and your team to collect gifts for the Merry Vinnies toy shop.

Gift criteria:
ā€¢Appropriate 0-16 years old
ā€¢Unwrapped
ā€¢New/ near new condition
ā€¢Weā€™re always short on gifts for teenage boys (12 ā€“ 16 years)
ā€¢Drop-off by 28 November

šŸ’™The old saying goes ā€˜Christmas is the time for givingā€™. Letā€™s go a step further and make sure this ā€˜givingā€™ puts the dignity and mana of our wider community whānau first.

Contact: marketing@vinnieswgtn.org.nz

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