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NOVEMBER 2012
Two Wells & Districts
Est 1978
Christmas Parade
broader community to highlight and acknowledge the efforts of young local residents. Bev said the parade prince and princess were on hand to meet and greet event guests and to also assist Father Christmas. “We want to honour young people who are participating in their community,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to meet new people, and for the community to acknowledge their efforts. There are many young people out there doing wonderful things and this is one way to showcase them.”
Planning for this year’s Two Wells Christmas Street Parade is starting to gear up, with organisers having a special Channel 7 guest on board and also securing a number of new attractions. Two Wells Regional Action Team vicepresident, and event organiser, Bev SmithTrim, said planning for the December 14 event was well underway but a call needed to go out to younger members of the community to nominate for this year’s parade prince and princess. The roles were initiated for the first time last year as a way for TWRAT and the
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Youngsters the share joy of Christmas with boxes of love
Santa’s s r e p l He
Students at Two Wells Primary School have shown their generosity and thoughtfulness by participating in a program to help those less fortunate celebrate Christmas. Operation Christmas Child is organised by the Samaritan’s Purse and presents under privileged children in overseas countries with “boxes of love”. TWPS Christian pastoral support worker, Tania Cattell, organised the school’s involvement with the project and was overwhelmed by the support and en-
thusiasm of the students and their families. “The children who receive these boxes are going to be overwhelmed,” Tania said. “Even though these are very simple things to our children, to a child who has nothing, it’s all their Christmases come at once.” The project required each box to consist of something special, something to love, something hygiene related, for school and clothing, with all goods donated brand new. Each box was also age and gender
TWPS Year R/1 students, from left, Riley Woods, Maddison Gort, and Chelsea Mason, with Baylee Carter pushing the “sleigh” full of Christmas boxes bound for under privileged kids. The R/1 class contributed 10 out of the school’s 37 boxes. specific, targeting children 2 – 4 years old, 5 – 9 years old and 10 – 14 years old. Some of the items placed in the boxes included hats, tennis balls, pencils and paper, toothbrushes and hairbrushes, stickers, head bands, watches, teddies, crayons, skipping ropes and clothing. An information sheet compiled by the students about Two Wells was also placed in each box. Tania said the school had managed to put together 37 boxes with a value of between $15 and $20 each. They would
be sent to children in the Torres Strait Islands and South-East Asia. “This project has taught the kids so much,” Tania said. “They’ve learnt about compassion for other kids, they’ve learnt not every child is like them, and they’ve learnt about giving. “It shows the community our children have spirit.” The school also held a casual clothes day, which raised around $320, to contribute to the charity and to help with postage costs.
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