For this year’s Winter Appeal, a range of fundraising events were held to assist the St. Vincent De Paul Society.

My mercy value as Prefect for this year is ‘Options for the Poor’, a pivotal mercy value at our school.

This year, in conjunction with Teen Vinnies, ‘Tinnies for Vinnies’ was created and students were encouraged to donate cans for the St. Vincent De Paul Society in order to help those who are less fortune around our district, especially during Winter. Teen Vinnies conducted a very successful Lip Sync Battle, with students from both Primary and Secondary very excited to participate. Everyone who came to support the event and cheer along their fellow classmates were required to donate a can, which were also donated. The winners of the competition, who lip synced to the Ghostbusters theme song, were Patrick Roberts, William Roberts, Jimmy Bell and Cael Armstrong. In second place was Ned Robinson with ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’, and in third place was Lara Beckett, Danielle Musumeci and Bridgette Kay with ‘Baby Shark’.

Alongside this, as my Prefect project for this year, for the Secondary students I held a “Guess the Jellybean” competition, in which students donated a can or a gold coin for a guess of how many jellybeans were in the jar for their chance to win. There were 3 smaller prizes for the three closest guesses. In 3^rd place with a guess of 310 was Grace Roberts and Hollie Daniells. In 2^nd place was William Furness with a guess of 293. The winner was Isobella Evans with a guess of 300 jellybeans, with the total number in the jar being 298.

The Primary had an inter-class competition, where the class that donated the largest number of cans won a pizza lunch. The Primary school put in an amazing effort with Year 3 and Year 4/5 OB both donating 150 cans each.

In total, in conjunction with the Lip Sync Battle, over 800 cans were donated across both campuses to the St. Vincent De Paul Society, an amazing outcome for the 2020 Winter Appeal.

Melissa Petroccitto
Year 12 Prefect