Category: News
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Updates
From the first school day of the last term we will be working with Glen Taylor School in Glen Innes, our fourth school. Three of these schools are in close proximity in the Glen Innes area and all have school roles of around 200. Their combined total is about the same size as Randwick Park…
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Sports Retreat
This week Zion Ministries’ Breakfast Club organised a Sports retreat for 6 schools at St Kentigern College. Approximately 200 attended for three days of various sporting games, from flags, soccer, rugby, netball, basket ball culminating in a game of dodgeball between the St Kentigern Students and our children.
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Sports Academy Rugby Team Win!
Breakfast Club’s Sports Academy Rugby Team played in the Counties Intermediate Schools finals to see who would go through to the Auckland Intermediate Schools Tournament. Our boys did not have enough rugby boots and had to use donated boots from St Kentigern College … and also had to use three players from Wiri Primary to…
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First Update in 2014
We must first apologise for not putting pen to paper (so to speak) and keeping you updated with the amazing things that continue to happen as we make a difference in children’s lives. We have been updating our Facebook Page regularly, all 292 subscribers … but have neglected our email supporters – until now.…
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Randwick Park Sports Academy
The Randwick Park School Sports Academy continues to be one of our greatest success stories. When we started in 2013 (with the financial backing of Rotary Epsom) 40 children applied for the 30 positions available. In 2014, 78% of the eligible children that could apply, did apply. Almost 90 children applied for the 30 positions…
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Dan Maireroa Sponsorship
Dan is one of the nine children of Anne-Marie, one of our valued volunteers at Randwick Park Breakfast Club. Dan started Taekwondo in 2012 and quickly rose up the ranks where he is now #1 in New Zealand. This year Dan has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Junior Olympics being help in China. Anne-Marie…
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Breakfast Club 2013 Financials
Due to the increasing level of donations we received during 2013 we decided to create a brochure to let people know what was received and where it went. We place a nominal value on all tangibles such as food, appliances, clothing and furniture etc. received every month, keeping record of where those donations come from and where…
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Christmas Banquet @ Glen Innes School
On the 23rd of December 2013 we held a Christmas Banquet at Glen Innes School (with 300 people attending) after hearing that a number of the families that attended this school either did not celebrate Christmas with a special meal or went into the City Mission Luncheon. What turned out as an idea between my…
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Soo many generous people
At the start of this week we announced our plan to host a Christmas Banquet for the children and families at Glen Innes School. Most of our families can not afford to celebrate Christmas and are unable to attend the City Mission Christmas meal so we decided that having one at the school was the perfect…