Tag: Volunteer

GIVING IS THE GREATEST ACT OF GRACE

August 8, 2019

St Stephen’s School’s Service Learning program spread its wings even further this week with the launch of the brand-new Joondalup Food Cart service – a St Stephen’s initiative in partnership with Lakeside Joondalup, Rotary and for the benefit of UnitingCare West. The cart will be manned by volunteers, including our staff and students, to pick up unsold food from cafes and food outlets at Lakeside Joondalup to go to those in need through UnitingCare West Merriwa. Congrats to all involved! If you have always wanted to volunteer but don’t know where to start, visit our new-look Volunteers website where our Volunteers team can match you with a giving opportunity to suit your needs.

See more at volunteer.ststephens.wa.edu.au.

FETE NEWS 22 October 2018

October 22, 2018

Count Down – 5 sleeps!

It’s the place to be….Sat 27 October from 9am to 3pm.

Parking on Hamer Oval $2.

Please invite your family, friends and neighbours along to this great community event.

Come and discover these delights:

  • Edible and succulent plants – over 400 plants for sale in Plant stall.
  • Musical performances from SSS students
  • Quality second hand books – amazing books on offer at great prices!
  • Chocolate Toss
  • Mystery Jars
  • Make your own SLIME!
  • Glitter hair stall!
  • Delicious lemonade and popcorn served but the cutest Pre-Primary kids!
  • Delightful pampering – indulge in a nail spa experience!
  • Enjoy looking through and making a bid on our fabulous silent auction items.  Over $20 000 worth of items on offer!!!!!! There are simply too many items to list but some of the big ones are accommodation, meals, photography sittings, teeth whitening, car servicing voucher, signed Dockers Jersey, Wildcats tickets, Pizza oven, WA Ballet tickets, Grand Cinema family pass, Latitude party package, cooking classes, group fitness vouchers and LOADS more PLUS over 50 hampers!!!!!
  • Fire truck display and Police Car
  • Bungy Jumping
  • Rides
  • Smash a car
  • The food!  Tempt your tastebuds.  Delicious authentic South African delights and yummy Aussie Sausage Sizzle! As well as a selection of food trucks.
  • Craft Market – Over 30 market stalls with a variety of craft, jewellery, fashion, health, food and pet products and services on display. All of the stall holders have donated items to our silent auction.
  • One of our market stalls is AUSSIE POOCH MOBILE DOG WASH. Katie Farmer is running this stall to promote her business, and will be donating all proceeds from the stall to the fete proceeds. See the dog wash van and amazing doggie treats available at her stall.
  • Trinity North Uniting Church are running some craft activities for children. Visit their stall to find out what about their current church programs.
  • Black Pearl Network is a Uniting Church fundraising project which helps those in need in Papua New Guinea. Kerry Povey will be running a children’s activity stall so please pop in and support her.
  • Cambodia Raw Impact Tour – Sue Libbis and students are running a stall selling frangipanis, bush posies, jams and more.
  • Vintage LEGO display & LEGO for sale – Proceeds from this stall support the Cambodia Tour. See Christine to purchase one or two!
  • Year 9 South Africa Tour are running the White Elephant stall, selling slushies and lucky dips.

We still need donations for the Chocolate Toss too.

Parking attendants – if you can help out being a parking person on Saturday 27 October between 9am and 2pm it would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

General helpers on fete day – If you can help on Saturday 27 October between 7.30am and 4pm please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

We look forward to seeing you enjoy all the fun of the fete.

Parent Committee Fete 2018

 

FETE NEWS 15 October 2018

October 11, 2018

Count Down – 12 days to go!

Help, help, help!!!!  Strong able-bodied people required to put up fete signage just before event – please contact Amanda on 0448 995 341 or email mokes24@gmail.com if you can lend a hand.

Gazebo/Trestle Table call out – Do you have a trestle tables and/ or gazebos that they could lend for the day. They can be left at the shed on Tuesday mornings from 0745 – 1000am and on Tuesday afternoons from 1530 – 1630.  All care will be taken.

Parking attendants – Only one hour and you have done a great deed…..if you can help out being a parking person on Saturday 27 October between 9am and 2pm it would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

General helpers on fete day – If you can help on Saturday 27 October between 7.30am and 4pm please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

Secondary Swimming Carnival 2018

February 8, 2018

The 2018 swimming carnival was a great success with an excellent level of participation in so many events across all ages and genders. The weather was looking very ordinary first thing in the morning but the cloud cover meant that student’s weren’t getting overheated between events. Thank you to all the volunteers, parents, staff and students for an excellent effort on the day to deliver a fun carnival.

Below are a few snapshots from the day.

” All hard work brings profit.” – Proverbs 14:23 

Serve God, Serve One Another

February 2, 2018

Thanks to RAWimpactOrg for sharing this heartwarming video of St Stephen’s School’s recent Service Tour to Cambodia. Seeing our work in motion like this makes us very proud members of our community.

“And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.” – Thessalonians 3:13

Cambodia Service Tour Departs

January 6, 2018

Early this morning the first St Stephen’s School Service Tour of 2018 left for Cambodia. The tour is organised through Raw Impact who aim to empower families through innovative and sustainable projects.

We wish them a safe journey and a blessed tour.

Keep updated with their journey and adventure on the St Stephen’s Global Blog or Facebook:

Cambodia Service Tour 2018

RAW Impact – St Stephens 2018

“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.”  – Peter 4:10

Record Breaking

September 12, 2017

A record number of food was collected for Food Rescue last week by our Service Learning Coordinator Donna Lund.

Donna takes a food cart around to cafes and restaurants around Perth CBD and collects left over food for the homeless. 

Who is Food Rescue…

Food Rescue is a UnitingCare West program feeding disadvantaged people in Western Australia.It aims to alleviate hunger by rescuing perishable, fresh and nutritious food from cafes, caterers, supermarkets and wholesalers and delivering it to disadvantaged, vulnerable people.

The program assists a variety of people in need including people experiencing homelessness, women and children in crisis, vulnerable young people, indigenous communities, elderly people, refugees and new arrivals and families on low incomes.

Food Rescue relies on the support of public donations, corporate funding and the dedication of volunteers.

‘Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.’ – Isaiah 58:7