• Chelsea Brown has been working with Eddie's Meals, a fun service opportunity run by Janine Jones and former All Black Ian Jones.
  • Carmel has recently joined FoodTogether, a faith-based social enterprise which encourages sustainability in the environment.
  • Year 11 students at Carmel College spent a whole day collecting donations for Hospice Week. They did street collections around the city and in Ponsonby and visited Mercy Hospice in Ponsonby.
  • On Saturdays, Carmel students volunteer and work together at the local Vinnie's Op Shop.
  • Petal & Posie, a non-profit business run by Year 12 girls at Carmel.

Carmel College students share their community service experiences

Service Programme: “I will show you my faith by my works” (James 2:18)

At Carmel College, one of our Core Mercy values is Service. All students from Year 7-13 are expected to complete community service hours each year. Several students share their Service Experiences:

Eddie’s Meals Chelsea Brown, Year 7

Eddie's Meals is a fun service opportunity run by Janine Jones and former All Black Ian Jones. I volunteer to help them with this service and I help setup, then help prepare and serve the food. Throughout I talk to the guests who are generally people who are older or a bit lonely so when I see them smile, I feel happy that I have helped make their day a little brighter.

IDFNZ Fun Run Lily Farman, Year 7

WOW, where can I start? It was an amazing experience with IDFNZ, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting children, teenagers and adults with diagnosed Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) disorders. On Saturday 26th May we stepped out for IDFNZ joining a fun run/walk on One tree Hill. Members of all ages participated in the 5.25km walk/run, relaxing afterwards with a sausage sizzle which I was helping out with. It was great to be able to give back to the community in this way and to work alongside other Carmel students as we worked as a team.

FoodTogether Katelyn Wareham, Year 12 

Carmel has recently joined FoodTogether, a faith-based social enterprise which encourages sustainability in the environment. This service opportunity is about connecting the Carmel community and supporting charities by donating funds raised. It is being run by a group of students for their service hours. All money raised will go to Hospice.

Helping Hospice Christiana Marsh, Tiffany Lau and Charlotte Lampen-Smith, Year 11  

On the 15th of May, Year 11 students at Carmel College spent a whole day involved in service. The aim was to encounter Christ through collecting donations for Hospice Week. We did street collections around the city and in Ponsonby and visited Mercy Hospice in Ponsonby. This was a really great day as it helped us to learn about what really happens behind the scenes of Mercy Hospice. Furthermore, we were able to grow in our confidence through engaging with the public who may not have known about the importance of Mercy Hospice. It was definitely a valuable learning experience outside the classroom that we will never forget.
 

Op Shop Volunteers Alexa Bunanta-Dimas and Siena Seeto, Year 12 

On Saturdays, Carmel and Rosmini  students volunteer and work together at the local Vinnie's Op Shop. The busy day consists of doing many jobs such as item pricing, sorting through donations, maintaining the shop’s cleanliness, attending to and warmly greeting customers and handling the cash register. We find it extremely rewarding and enjoy being able offer service in this way.

Petal & Posie Orla Cuffe, Grace Hand and Petria Kirk-Symon, Year 12

For our level two economics project, we created a business group called Petal & Posie which is a non-profit business run by seven Year 12 girls at Carmel. On the 5th of May we produced 38 flower bouquets that we sold at Takapuna markets. We also produced 49 flower bouquets that we sold on the 2nd of June at the Coatesville markets. At both markets we were very successful and sold out. One hundred percent of our profits from the markets will be going to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation as a part of our economics internal. We chose the NZBCF as our charity because breast cancer mainly affects women and being an all-girls college, we think it is important to support this cause.