Just before the end of the school year St Joseph’s School received an award from the Jump Rope for Heart Foundation to acknowledge and thank Miss Emma Martin and the students for the hard work they did in raising $19,892. This was proudly accepted by Miss Martin on behalf of the School.     

When the decision was made that St Mary’s Parish Fair would be cancelled for 2020, Miss Stephanie March came up with a very creative idea – have 12 weeks of Christmas with each week having a different activity. So with the generosity of the local businesses, the parishioners, and the families of St Joseph’s we comme

nced! There was fun and laughter after Sunday Mass when the parishioners had to try to place a fifty-cent coin on a lemon. The ladies of the parish ran two street stalls with great success while the iconic ham wheel was transported to the Commercial Hotel where tickets were sold out very quickly!

These weeks of activities brought both the school and the parish closer together and the parishioners were overwhelmed by the generosity of people. All in all, $14 000 give or take was raised, more than was anticipated. To show St Mary’s appreciation for the hard work Stephanie put into running this, they presented her with a gift of amethyst earrings.

Sr Helen Archer rsj