Operation Christmas Child Appeal

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OAlERATION Christmas Child Appeal

ALL Saints' College students worked hard to bring Christmas cheer to underprivileged children around the world by again taking part in the Operation Christmas Child Appeal.

Junior and Senior School students, along with their families, collected various small items for inclusion in shoeboxes. They wrapped some of these in colourful paper in readiness for distribution by Samaritan's Purse, a non-denominational Christian humanitarianorganisation.

Items collected included teddy bears, soft toys, coloured pencils, soap, toothbrushes, t-shirts, caps and scarves. These items are not readily accessible to children living in certain parts of the world, but no doubt brought a smile to a child facing a bleak or sad Christmas.

Operation Christmas Child started in the early 1990s when Samaritan's Purse President and Chief Executive Franklin Graham, was approached by a man in the UK. He spoke to Mr Graham about filling up shoeboxes with toys and giving them to needy children around the world. Initially, 5000 boxes were collected and distributed to children in war-torn Bosnia.

Since then, the appeal has grown significantly. In 2007, 7.5 million boxes were distributed world-wide with 250,000 collected in Australia alone. All Saints' students have supported the appeal for several years, and 2008 was no exception with 260 boxes collected. "I am thrilled to see the All Saints' College community support the true meaning of Christmas in so many ways, for it is in giving that we receive," College Chaplain Father Braden Short said.

Annual Art Exhibition lives up to high expectations

TEXTILES, sculptures, paintings, ceramics and print-making were just some of the artistic media on show at the 2008 annual Art, Design and Technology Exhibition.

ONCE again, the impressive talent and quality of work people have come to expect from the exhibition, were evident in both the Junior and Senior School students' work.

The event was officially opened on Friday, 17 October 2008 in the College Performing Arts Centre attended by many students, staff and College community members.

A highlight of the exhibition was a student parade of wearable art, created from a variety of materials and scrap products.

The exhibition also included selected pieces across the areas of food, metal work, wood work, photography and childcare. Paintings and journal extracts inspired by the Senior School students' Art Trip to France in April, were also on display.

Thank you to Acting Head of Art, Design & Technology Ms Erin Blair, Senior School Art Teacher Miss Jaelle Wiedemann and Junior School Art Teacher Ms Deborah Cullen, for coordinating the event and encouraging such wonderful creativity in the students.

Congratulations also to Year 12 student Brooke Yallop, who had two of her art works selected for the 2009 Perspectives Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. This exhibition displays and recognises the magnificent achievements of Year 12 TEE Art and Art & Design students from across WA.