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Schools Schools

Warming hearts with wholesome soup

For many preschoolers, it can be hard to differentiate between wants and needs. But for students in Blackfriars’ Early Learning Centre Purple Room, that differentiation has become a little easier and has culminated in a very special charity donation.

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Local

Increasing demand for Vinnies services

An increasing number of people are struggling with cost of living rises and reaching out for assistance from Vinnies for the first time, according to one of the leaders of the St Vincent de Paul Society in SA.

Schools

Small sacrifice, big impact

Year 6 students at St Thomas School, Goodwood, swapped their beds for cardboard boxes and slept in their classroom last month to raise more than $4000 for Vinnies.