Aquinas Young Vinnies

05/09/2022

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22/02/2022

MEET THE 2022 COMMITTEE!!!

Name- Mackenzie

Role- Social Media and recruitment

Course- Primary Education

Why do you love young vinnies?
Love getting out into the community and helping those in need. Kids can provide you with so much joy and laughter so it’s nice to give some back to them.

What would your superpower be?
Ability to talk to animals! Aspire to be like Eliza Thornburry everyday.

Favourite animal?
Whale and Wombat 🐋

Who is you biggest inspiration?
My dad and Julia Child, big difference between the two haha.

Serious question here, do you count your steps-
I always forgot to charge my watch!

22/02/2022

MEET THE 2022 COMMITTEE!!!

Name- Ella

Role- Secretary

Course- Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary Teaching)

Why do you love young vinnies-
I love being able to give back to the community and its such a fun team to be apart of. I also can’t wait to see the kids enjoying themselves with the events we run this year!

What would your superpower be?
I would either like to be invisible or time travel to the future or the past.

Favourite animal? Dolphin

Who is you biggest inspiration?
Ash Barty or Dylan Alcott - they are both incredible leaders and role models in everything they do and are an inspiration to so many.

Serious question here, do you count your steps?
No, I don’t think I would want to know 🤣

22/02/2022

MEET THE 2022 COMMITTEE!!!

Name- Sophie

Role- Treasurer

Course- Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Paramedicine

Why do you love young Vinnies- It’s a great way to engage and connect with the Ballarat community. I cannot wait to see the kids enjoy the events this year and help be part of creating them!

What would your superpower be? I would love to either be able to move things with my mind or teleport to anywhere in the world.

Favourite animal? – Emperor Penguins

Who is you biggest inspiration? My Mum and Dad

Serious question here, do you count your steps? Hahaha I do, have to close all my rings on my apple watch to feel like I had a good day.

22/02/2022

MEET THE 2022 COMMITTEE!!

Name- Laura

Role- Vice President

Course- Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary

Why do you love young vinnies-
I love connecting with the kids through the events that we do and seeing the smiles on their faces when they are enjoying themselves!

What would your superpower be?
Teleportation - so I could travel anywhere without having to go on a plane!

Favourite animal?- an elephant 🐘

Who is you biggest inspiration?
Mary MacKillop - she was the teacher and the person that I aim to be like.

Serious question here, do you count your steps?
No way!! (Not unless I know I would have done enough!)

17/02/2022

MEET THE 2022 COMMITTEE!!

Name- Lucy

Role- President

Course- Bachelor of Education- Early Childhood/ Primary

Why do you love Young Vinnies-
I love Vinnies because it’s a great way to meet so many people and build connections with the Ballarat community. But the best thing of all is getting to see all the kids enjoy our events!!

What would your superpower be?
I would love to be able to fly

Favourite animal?-
Giraffe

Who is you biggest inspiration?
My Mum

Serious question here, do you count your steps?
Sadly yes

31/07/2020

Last week we had the privilege of delivering our gift packages to the families who would usually participate in our regular programs.

The packages were greatly appreciated by the families and we feel fortunate enough to have provided them with a little bit of joy during these times.

A big thank you to everyone involved in planning, sourcing items for, and delivering the packages with a big pat on the back to our Vice President Elyse who dedicated so much time and effort to this initiative!

25/06/2020

Although we unfortunately are unable to run any of our events for the time being, we are still hard at work planning some new initiatives which we can deliver to the families we serve during these unprecedented times.

Is there anything you would like to see or find out from our committee through this page? Let us know! Get in touch with our committee through this page to let us know what you would like to see and learn more about from us.

12/06/2020

Today marks the end of our 'Meet the Committee' series with our Social Media Coordinator, Olivia Cottier

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Name: Olivia Cottier

Nickname/s: Liv/Livvie/Samosa Jo (courtesy of Elyse)

Role: Social Media Coordinator

What made you want to be a part of Aquinas Young Vinnies:
I heard about Vinnies during first year and went on my first camp in semester 2 that year and I’ve been hooked ever since.

Favourite Young Vinnies memory:
There’s too many to pick just one! But seeing the kids get so much out of the events makes me so happy. Also, the nights on camp after the kids have gone to bed and we are all just a little delusional and hyper. There was one night in particular with a giant inflatable soccer ball…

Parmi or Parma: Depends, but usually a parma gal

If you could be anyone for 24 hours who would you be: An astronaut. Don’t care who, I just want to go to space!

Most annoying member on the committee: honestly, it’s probably me hehe.

Who would you choose to play you in a movie about your life: Georgie Henley

Favourite hobby: Netball and spending time with my pals

Favourite song: super tough one since its always changing but honestly loving anything by Bliss n Eso, Niall Horan and Harry Styles lately

Netflix go to movie/show: Brooklyn Nine-Nine for sure! But in terms of movies a classic 90s Disney movie or a sports movie of some kind

What would you say to someone thinking about getting involved with Young Vinnies:
Just got for it! You have absolutely nothing to lose. The kids we work with will learn so much from you and you will also learn so much from them. You will get to spend time with some pretty awesome, like-minded people and learn so much about yourself and what you are capable of.

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Liv is our social media and promotion guru. Anything you see on our social media accounts or promotion around campus is probably attributed to Liv’s hard work and dedication. Last year, she also had the role of recruitment and worked tirelessly to ensure new and old members’ forms were up to date, so they were able to attend our events. Her creativity and eye-for-detail has helped to form an online presence for Vinnies and increased the number of new members joining our conference over the past year. Liv’s bubbly personality tied with her commitment to fulfil her role to a high standard makes her a very valuable member of our team.

11/06/2020

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria North Western Central Council Youth rep, and former Aquinas Young Vinnies President, Bec McGrath, is taking part in this year's CEO Sleepout on June 18.

Bec, along with other members of the Victorian State Youth team will be sleeping outside as part of an eye-opening experience to raise awareness and bring home the realities of homelessness.

Along with the rest of the team, Bec will raise much needed funds which plays a critical role in helping people restore dignity to their lives. It will go towards providing education, counselling, employment, health services, food, and accomodation to help people overcome homelessness in both the short and long term.

You can support Bec by following the link below and making a donation of any amount you can. This is a difficult time for all, especially for those doing it tough.

Everyone at Aquinas Young Vinnies would like to wish Bec and the team luck as they take on this experience.

Donations and more info can be found here:

This winter, I'll be raising money for people experiencing homelessness in my city. Click here to help me have the biggest impact I can by supporting the Vinnies CEO Sleepout today. Your donation will help the St Vincent de Paul Society provide housing, food and empowering support to the people who....

10/06/2020

Today we meet the other half of our Recruitment Officer duo, Lucy McNamara!

Get to Know Your Committee Questions:

Name: Lucy McNamara

Nickname/s: Luc

Role: Recruitment officer

What made you want to be a part of Aquinas Young Vinnies: I thought it would be a good opportunity to get to now more people at uni as well as volunteer in a meaningful way.

Favourite Young Vinnies memory: Definitely the camps

Parmi or Parma: Parma

Most annoying member on the committee: Laura Turley because she calls a Parma a Parmi (only joking of course!!!!)

Favourite hobby: Sport

Favourite song: ‘If the World was Ending’ – JP Saxe

Netflix go to movie/show: Brooklyn 99

What would you say to someone thinking about getting involved with Young Vinnies: Definitely give it a go!! Come and give a camp or a KDO a try and see if its for you!

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Lucy is another of our new committee members to jump on board this year. We are all incredibly excited to see the work which she will complete with Turls in their new role of recruitment. Lucy is a little ray of sunshine. She has a positive attitude which is so admirable and radiates through everyone she interacts with. Lucy has a passion for everything she undertakes and the committee is incredibly excited to see what she brings to the conference.

08/06/2020

This week we get to know our recruitment team, starting with our first of two Recruitment Officers, Laura Turley!

Name: Laura Turley

Nicknames: Turls, Laurs

Role: Recruitment Officer

What made you want to be a part of Aquinas Young Vinnies: I love working and spending time with kids, giving back to the community and helping, in any way, to make a difference.

Favourite Young Vinnies memory: Seeing all the kid's smiling faces at camps and KDO's when they achieve something, or are having fun.

Parmi or Parma: Parmi!!! It's the only way to say it (I'm from SA, so a bit biased!)

If you could be anyone for 24 hours who would you be: Kate Middleton

Most annoying member on the committee: Lucy Mc (not really but I live and study with her so have to say it!)

Who would you choose to play you in a movie about you: Anne Hathaway

Favourite hobby: Reading and listening to music

Favourite song: Anything could happen - Ellie Goulding

Netflix go to movie/show: Brooklyn 99. Always.

What would you say to someone thinking about getting involved in Young Vinnies? Do it. It will be so worthwhile for not only you, but you will make a difference in the life of a child and others less fortunate. Plus, you will be working with really cool people and have a lot of fun!!

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Turls has joined the committee this year in a revamped Recruitment Officer role and she shows incredible promise to play a key role in her new position. She has an incredible ability to put up her hand to help out in any way that she can, a valuable asset for any team member to possess. Laura brings a positive attitude and a ray of sunshine to everything she does and we are all very excited to see what is to come for her.