Mini Vinnies
See - Think - Do!
As Mini Vinnies we are dedicated to helping those in need. We meet each week to pray, discuss and support in any way that we can to make a difference in our school and community. Please keep your eyes peeled for ways that you can support us in our mission!
Thank you and God Bless
Doncaster Christmas Toy Appeal!
Our wonderful team of Mini Vinnies are asking for help gathering as many Christmas presents as possible. These presents will be collected by the Doncaster Toy Appeal who will distribute them across needy families who cannot provide Christmas presents this year. If you can help us put a smile on children's faces this year then see a few stipulations below:
*Gifts must be new!
*There are many gifts on offer for less than £5 so please don't feel the need to spend more than this.
*To be in school by Tuesday 17th December, ready for collection
The powerpoint that our Mini Vinnies delivered to school today can be accessed below.
Harvest Food Drive!
Our Mini Vinnie team have done a fantastic job encouraging their peers and families in our community to donate whatever they can to our Harvest Food Drive this autumn. The children put together an informative powerpoint which they delivered to the whole school with a little help from their CAFOD Club friends. This was the beginning of their campaign. Over the last 2 weeks the children have been reminding everyone around them of the cause we are trying to help any why they need us! Mexborough Food Bank were thankful for the donations provided when they came to collect from school this morning. Our cheerful Mini Vinnies stacked up bag after bag of much needed food products in the back of the food bank van ready to be distributed where needed. We are proud of our efforts and thank everyone who donated!
Mini Vinnies Team 24-25
We are delighted to introduce our new Mini Vinnie team for the 2024-2025 academic year. The children are already busy planning their first project aimed at helping those in our community who may not have enough food this harvest. Their ideas involve the help of the whole school which the Mini Vinnies will communicate to the rest of the children later this week. Watch this space to find out how you can help!
Mini Vinnies - Toy Appeal 2023
As we enter the season of Advent, lets take time this year to think about the true value of Christmas...
'It is better to give than to receive'
At Christmas, it is easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of what we want, when actually we can get so much enjoyment out of giving to others.
This year we are donating toys to Doncaster Children's Hospital - Please help us with our mission!
Toy Appeal Update! 11/12/2023
Our Mini Vinnies supported with some year 4 children have been busy wrapping gifts this week to take to the Children's Hospital
Toy Appeal Update! 11/12/2023
Mrs. Diver delivered all of the toy donations to Doncaster Children's Hospital today!
We are so happy that all the Children in Hospital at Christmas will receive a gift!
Toy Appeal Update! 11/12/2023
Today we received a lovely message from the staff at Doncaster Children's Hospital...
'Today we received a very generous donation from staff and children at St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School in Denaby, Doncaster!
Mrs Diver, who teaches year 4 students at the school, brought round 12 gifts to the Children's Ward Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
The Gifts were neatly wrapped by year four students, who are around eight-years old, as part of the Mini Vinnie programme, a scheme run by the catholic school to help people in need.
Thank You so much to all of the pupils of year four- Mini Vinnies - what fantastic wrapping skills!
Mini Vinnies - Work in 2022
Sponsored run to Lourdes Lent 2022
Thank you to all who supported our Lenten journey at St Alban’s. We are delighted to share with you that we raised £1510 from our sponsored run to Lourdes and £227 from the Easter Egg Raffle totaling our Good Shepherd Appeal contribution to a grand total of £1737.00
God Bless,
Mini Vinnies
Good Shepherd Appeal 2022
Please find attached the news report that our Mini Vinnies have produced as part of our Good Shepherd Appeal and Lenten learning journey at St Alban's.
Following the News Letter Report our school received a lovely reply from a lady called Candida from the Good Shepherd Appeal!
Take a look ...
"Dear St Albans - and especially the Mini Vinnies,
What a fabulous Newsletter you have written - and to celebrate such wonderful news too!
I was absolutely AMAZED to hear that your sponsored run covered the distance all the way from Doncaster to Lourdes... Wow!! And how wonderful that everyone at school - children, teachers and their families - connected together to make that possible!
And I was equally amazed to hear how much money you managed to raise for the Good Shepherd Appeal too - £1,737 is INCREDIBLE!!
I am also delighted to hear about your faith garden, and how you have all been exploring mindfulness during Lent. We all need to find times of peace and calm in our busy lives, and I am sure your faith garden will become a much-loved 'happy place'. And the best bit is that it will look very different at different times of year!
Well done also on your Easter cards and prayer cards, and well done to Year 5 for their performance of the Stations of the Cross. It sounds as if the whole school has been spending time looking after the needs of other people... And that reminds me of Jesus himself! What a loving community you are!
May God bless you all, and your families,
Candida."