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Thursday <strong>April</strong> 6 <strong>2023</strong> 3<br />
Dining hall transformed for Grace appeal<br />
IN A JOINT initiative with St<br />
Margaret’s College, Christ’s<br />
College students have supported<br />
the Love Grace x Handbag<br />
Appeal <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
In the college dining hall, instead<br />
of food being packed onto<br />
plates, essential items – such as<br />
hair products, tissues, toothpaste<br />
and sanitary products – were<br />
packed into handbags for the<br />
Christchurch Aunties as part<br />
of the recent Love Grace x Handbag<br />
Appeal.<br />
The aunties group mobilises,<br />
co-ordinates and donates to<br />
help domestic violence agencies,<br />
while the Love Grace x Appeal<br />
aims to empower victims of<br />
domestic abuse in honour of<br />
Grace Millane, a young British<br />
backpacker murdered in<br />
Auckland.<br />
Packed by about 30 students,<br />
the handbags will go to women<br />
in need of an escape from partner<br />
or family violence, supplying<br />
them with personal essentials for<br />
up to a month to help find safety<br />
away from harm at home.<br />
Enthusiastic comments were<br />
heard around the dining hall,<br />
with students remarking on the<br />
importance of knowing “it’ll<br />
help someone out” and suggesting<br />
“we should do this again.”<br />
A rhythm was soon formed<br />
as everyone started packing the<br />
handbags, and this continued<br />
until the very end, with exclamations<br />
at the sheer volume<br />
of packing, fist bumps, and<br />
inspirational comments from the<br />
aunties. More than 100 handbags<br />
were packed.<br />
“To be honest, by the time we<br />
were nearing the end of the essential<br />
items, everyone was a bit<br />
disappointed,” said Christ’s College<br />
head of service Elliott Grey.<br />
“We were right into it, and<br />
everyone loved knowing that<br />
they were getting stuck into<br />
something that’ll go a long way.”<br />
Said students: “We were impressed<br />
with the effort, and having<br />
the straightforward task of<br />
simply stuffing as much stuff in<br />
a handbag as possible and starting<br />
again was very satisfying for<br />
everyone.”<br />
“We should definitely run<br />
something like this again<br />
sometime – all we need are the<br />
handbags.”<br />
For Aunties Christchurch<br />
manager Karon Storr, it was<br />
great to see the students’ enthusiasm.<br />
“Set in the glorious college<br />
dining hall, the teams selected a<br />
bag and made their way around<br />
the bins of basic, extra, and<br />
luxury products until each bag<br />
was brimming with much aroha,<br />
support and hope,” she said.<br />
“It was awesome to find the<br />
students were so engaged in their<br />
task and made such a wonderful<br />
effort to present their filled bags,<br />
in honour of Grace Millane’s<br />
memory.”<br />
• Students sleep in quad to<br />
highlight homelessness, page 5<br />
oN sAle Now!<br />
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APPEAL: In honour of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane (top left). Christ’s<br />
College and St Margaret’s students packed essential items into handbags for the Love<br />
Grace x Handbag Appeal,<br />
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