Mini Vinnies
Meet the Mini Vinnies
Our Mission
As a member of Mini Vinnies, I promise to make a difference in my world by:
- Caring for, respecting and loving myself.
- Strengthening my friendship with Jesus by praying each day and talking to others about him.
- Caring for others in my school and social community by befriending those who are alone, needy or in trouble.
- Contributing to the happiness of my family by my willing help, respect, consideration, joy and kindness.
- Caring for, appreciating, enjoying and maturing God’s creation, the environment.
- Treating others the way I would like them to treat me.
Our Responsibilities
As Mini Vinnie's it is our role to lend a helping hand to those in need. Our goal is to help as many people in our local community as possible.
It is our responsibility to give alms by;
- Organizing and running of fundraising events,
- Working alongside the Prayer Leaders to help our community grow their faith by sharing our love of God,
- Donate our time to better our school areas such as litter picking outside the school gates,
- Working alongside the Eco-Warriors to keep our school as sustainable as possible, bettering children's understanding of how to keep our community safe and sustainable for all,
Mini Vinnie Prayers
Lord, thank you for our gifts and talents.
Lord, show us who needs our help.
Lord, use our hands to help those who are hungry.
Lord, open our hearts to love and
comfort those who are sad and lonely.
Lord, let us share our time, gifts
and talents with those in need.
Lord, help us to care for the sick.
Lord, may we all help and support each
other as Mini Vinnies to build a better world.
Amen
Lord, open our eyes that we may see the deepest needs of your people.
Move our hands that we may feed the hungry.
Touch our hearts that they may bring warmth to those who are sad.
Let us share our time and possessions with those in need.
Give us the care that strengthens the sick.
May we all be a source of support and encouragement for each other as we strive to build a more loving society.
Amen.
Previous Events
Harvest Festival: Food donations,
Christmas Fair: Buy your parent a gift,
Come Have Breakfast with me Event: All funds donated to the children of Zimbabwe.
The BIG clean up
Upcoming Events
Summer Community Raffle: Term 6
Term One
Meeting Discussions
- Children met the rest of their Mini Vinnies Team.
- Children discussed our mission and what we do as a team.
- Children discussed their charities and what they do for the community.
- Children came up with and discussed fundraising ideas for the year.
- Timetable discussed.
- Photos taken for social media.
- Meeting about Harvest Festival.
- Children made posters and hung them around the school asking for donations.
Term Two
Meeting Discussions:
- Children organized Christmas event.
- Children decided to create a stall at the Christmas fair called: Buy your parents a gift.
- Children attended lunch time meetings once a week to wrap donated presents.
- Funds raised: £
Term Three
Meeting Discussions:
- Children discussed previous funds raised and how we can improve on this next year.
- Children discussed large event planned for next term.
Term Four
Meeting Discussions:
- Children discussed how the breakfast event will run.
- Children planned who would be coming in on what day for the event.
- Year 6 children will attend multiple days to help run the event.
- Event ran: Over the course of a week and a half the children ran their breakfast event. Each year group having their own day to celebrate a breakfast morning with their grown-ups.
- All funds raised are donated to the children of Zimbabwe.
Funds raised: £250
Term Five
The BIG clean up.
The Mini Vinnies, worked with the Eco Warriors to clean up our local area. The children noticed that our local area was full of litter, making it unsafe and unclean for others in our community. The children worked hard to clean up streets around our area by litter picking. They collected 4 black sacks full of litter found on the streets.
Amazing work!
Term Six
The Mini Vinnies have been out in the community. Chatham Highstreet shop owners have generously donated to our cause ready for the summer raffle! We are so grateful to them for their donations and all money made from these donations will be added to the funding already raised by the Mini Vinnies and distributed fairly just as we know Jesus and St Vincent de Paul would do!
You can win these amazing prizes at the Summer Fair on Monday 14th July! All you'll need to do to enter is buy as many raffle tickets you want for a chance to win. We'll see you there!
Some of the exciting donations include:
Costa Coffee vouchers,
Waterstones Book selections,
Hairdresser voucher for Walderslade village salon,
Blowdry appointment,
Wax melts,
Central Theatre tickets
and many more...
With promised donations from stores such as:
Life is Sweet!
D&A Toys,
The Entertainer,
The Works,
Chocofellas,
House Charities
Each house at St Michael's has chosen a charity that they wish to help by fundraising and donate what we can. These charities will receive the donations from the events the Mini Vinnies lead. Please do take a look at the websites for these charities if you're looking for any way to help our local communities.