Next Tuesday is a ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ. Organised by students, there will be a collection for two charities: Children in Crossfire (as promoted by Martin Tierney, our speaker for the Gordon Wilson Lecture) and the St Vincent de Paul Society. The annual ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ก will also take place next Tuesday.
Our Amnesty Group has launched its ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ collection for the Pantry Foodbank. The Trussell Trust puts the current food poverty crisis into context. A charity with close to 1,400 foodbanks in their network, they have provided a record number of emergency food parcels in the last 12 months โ almost 3 million in total, with over 1 million of these provided for children. Many food banks across the UK are dreading the Christmas period as demand rises and donations drop. The number of referrals made to the Pantry continues to rise and they desperately need our help. We welcome donations of non-perishable items, such as tinned foods, tea, coffee, pasta, rice, biscuits, toiletries. The filled boxes can be dropped off in C1.
On Wednesday 20 December, students, parents, carers and members of the wider Shimna community are invited to attend our ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ. It will take place in our assembly hall at 6.00 pm on the Wednesday and feature a variety of student performances. Our Parents and Carersโ Council be on hand to serve refreshments.
Thursday 21 December will be a half day. At 11.00 am, our ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ will take place in Donard Methodist Church. Parents and carers are welcome to attend. Students will be free to leave for home immediately following the end of the service at noon.
Shimna News, our half-termly newsletter, will also follow in due course.
