WelCom February/March 2025
Stacey Mackenzie, St Peter’s College, Palmerston North
You call us to live lives that matter, lives that change our world for the better. Give us eyes to see that needs of others, and hearts to reach out to fill those need,’ are lines from St Peter’s College school prayer.
Later last year, St Peter’s Junior Leaders invited Years 7 to 10 students to donate unused toys for our 2024 Toy Drive. We had learned at assembly, many families around New Zealand struggle at Christmas time with rises in food costs, power bills and medical fees. As a school, we wanted to spread some Christmas magic to families around the Palmerston North community.
Whānau and students donated over 1000 items, allowing the Junior Council to wrap over 60 presents to go to those in need.
As a fun competition, junior students were asked to decorate a shoe box with a Christmas theme with the winner getting chocolates lollies for their class. The stunning range of decorated boxes to help with the packaging added to the magic of the mission.
Junior Council members had all the gifts organised before the collection date and Vinnies were blown away when they came to collect the presents – their truck was full!
St Peter’s College is an amazing school and community. Our prayer is not just words on a page, it is the actions we live by.
