1816 days ago

Food Bank Running Low

St Vincent de Paul Society Wellington

The Vinnies food bank is running low on a few key items:

🥫 Tinned fruits
🥫 Tinned tomatoes
🥫 Tinned vegetables
🥫 Tinned soup
🥫 Instant pasts meals
🥫 Cooking oil – 500ml bottles
🥫 Female sanitary pads
🥫 Deodorant
🥫 Shampoo and Conditioner
🥫 Dishwashing liquid and cloths/ sponges

If you can spare an item or two in your next shop, or have unwanted items in your pantry, please think about donating them to the Vinnies Food Bank.

Items can be dropped directly to the Vinnies Welfare & Support hub in Newtown or to any of the Vinnies Op Shops in Wellington.

💙 Did you know we run the food bank by a choice-based model? This means people accessing food support choose the food they want and need in their parcels.

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13 hours ago

Happy Friday neighbours, the last riddle race of the week is on!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I can be long or short,
I can be grown or bought,
I can be painted or left bare,
I can be round or square.
What am I?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.

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4 days ago

Poll: Is it rude to take a full trolley to self-checkout?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Luckily self-checkout is pretty common in supermarkets these days and we generally use it to quickly buy a few things without the long lines. But perhaps it's appropriate to head there with your full trolley to skip the lines?

What are your thoughts? Is that rude?

Share in the comments below if this has ever happened to you.

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Is it rude to take a full trolley to self-checkout?
  • 53.6% Yes!
    53.6% Complete
  • 43.8% Nah, it's okay
    43.8% Complete
  • 2.6% Other - I'll share below!
    2.6% Complete
2538 votes
3 hours ago

What flowers are blooming in your garden?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours,

In our September mag, Amy Roberts from Villaleigh Plants has a list of her favourite blooms for long display. "If you want a long season, look beyond the flowers," is her advice. Here are her picks: Geranium phaeum 'Mourning Widow', Salvia leucantha, Hylotelephium 'Autumn Joy' (pictured), Eryngium pandanifolium and Alchemilla mollis.

Have you got them in your garden? In fact, we'd love to see what you've got in bloom now. Post a photo and share the joy!

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