Category: Community service

Planting Project

Planting Project – a great chance for Community Service Saturday 8 August 1:30 – 4:30pm Vogelmorn Park Corner of The Ridgway & Mornington Road, Wellington Come and join us this Saturday for a planting project. We’re digging 200 holes in a steep bank, so school children can plant native trees on Monday at Ridgway School. …
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Storylines Free Family Day 2015

Wellington Storylines Free Family Day Sunday 23 August 2015, Shed 6 on Wgtn Waterfront  Are you passionate about helping kids read? Would you like to make a difference to children’s  literacy? Do you enjoy having fun? We have 6 weeks until Family Day and need your help! Storylines Free Family Days help kids meet New…
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Twisty Christmas Tales helps Muscular Dystrophy Association

Have Yourself a Twisty Little Christmas – and Help the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand Looking for a way to do good in the world AND get some of your Christmas shopping sorted? Support the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and enter a world of mischievous elves, revved up reindeer, and food-tampering fairies. It’s Christmas time,…
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Storylines Family Day – Joy Cowley

Storylines Family Day makes the Dominion Post! The Dominion Post ran a fantastic article about Storylines Family Day in their Capital Day page this morning. Joy Cowley mentions how Storylines Family Days “give children a love of reading.” At Free Family Days we open the world of stories and knowledge to them through providing stimulating…
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Storylines Family Day – War Zone

Storylines Family Day Michael Fowler Centre Wellington Sunday 24 August 10am-3pm Philippa Werry is a fantastic author, short-listed for the NZ Post children’s book awards, and a prolific writer for the School Journal. Most kids will know Pippa’s stories, even if they don’t yet recognize her name. In the last few years she has become…
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9 weeks until Storylines Family Day!

Storylines Festival of NZ Children’s Writers and Illustrators Wellington Free Family Day on 24 August 2014  We have 9 weeks to go until Storylines Family Day!  Are you passionate about helping kids read? Would you like to make a difference to children’s literacy? Do you enjoy having fun? Help kids unlock the meaning in books…
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Join Us for Storylines Family Day!

I have a new exciting role – Wellington Regional Coordinator for Storylines NZ. Are you passionate about helping kids read? Would you like to make a difference to children’s literacy? Do you enjoy having fun? Help kids unlock the meaning in books and bring their reading experiences to life — join us in planning the…
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Eileen Receives Special Mention for Homeless Flash Fiction

Just for fun, I recently entered a worldwide flash fiction competition run by Inscribe Media (based in Britain.) The goal was to create emotion using 20 words or less.  I had fun creating a few entries and was surprised when I received a special mention for this little story of 19 words: Scraps of rotting…
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