Fia Fia Day 2012

Our Fia Fia Day (Gala) this year will be on Saturday 31st March. Set it aside in your calendar. It is a day for all of us to be involved in fundraising support for our students’ learning. Sheila will be sending out weekly notices from next week and needs as much support as possible in organizing this event. Please encourage wider whanau, workmates etc to come along and be involved to make this the very BEST Fia Fia Day ever! It is our major fundraiser for the year.

What to donate

You can donate bottles of anything at any time leading up to the big day, but here's what we'd like you to bring in each week:

Weeks 2-3 (6-17 Feb): items for hampers - beauty items, food, wine, oils etc. Bottles of anything for our bottle auction.

Week 4 (20-24 Feb): White Elephant - items (in working order please) to sell.

Week 5 (27 Feb-2 Mar): Clothing - clean bagged clothing and shoes.

Week 6 (5-9 Mar): Books.

Week 7 (12-16 Mar): Bottles of anything from whiskey to water.

Week 8 (19-23 Mar): Toys and children's equipment (sports etc).

Week 9 (26-30 Mar): Baking and food donations for cooking stalls.

Fia Fia Day 2011

A fantastic day of community spirit and fun in the sun was had by all and thanks to everyone who worked, came and helped us to enjoy it on the day.  This year we had a super line up of activities, entertainment, food and stalls which all contributed to raising around $13,000 for the school. Outstanding!

Our kids had the chance to try out horse riding, remote controlled boats, a bouncy castle, badge-making, the lucky dip, a sandpit dig, the tennis ball into a bucket shoot, sack races, fishing, bowling, selecting a mystery bottle, visiting the nail bar and getting their hair wrapped.

We were entertained and informed by our amazing MC Mr Ian Hughes, the quick fire raffle team, a fire engine and firefighters from Auckland Central Fire Station, Petaia our Jimi Hendrix impersonator, the Avondale Soul Band, Ramone's Band, a Kapoeira group, our lone Newtone Mr Mark McCarthy, Mr Wilson Tawhiti on guitar, and Josephine with our school councillors in the Information and First Aid tent.

We feasted on mussel fritters, jelly & icecream, hangi packs, pasifika kai, sausages from the sizzle, vegetarian and chicken pita pockets, pizza slices, shaved ice and drinks, waffles & pikelets, sweets and & fruit kebabs, and coffee, tea and cakes from the library café.

And we shopped till we dropped (or ran out of money anyway) at stalls selling flax flowers, Shona Tawhiao’s clothing and weaving, Bethany’s weaving, funky Freaky freNZ plus jewellery and badges, Newton crafts and clothing, helium balloons, haircuts, baking, pre-loved books, children’s toys and equipment, clothing and white elephant.

Finally, our thanks and gratitude to all the businesses and individuals who donated supplies, prizes and equipment on the day:
Victoria Park New World (hamper), State of Grace (clothing voucher), Dalston (clothing voucher), Trent Bray Swim School (holiday programmes & fitness squads), White Refrigeration (loan of fridge for the day), SkyCity (passes), Rainbows End (super day pass), Supreme Coffee (all coffee for our café), The Fridge (voucher), Atomic (voucher), Glengarry Wines (raffle), Roasted Addiqtion (lots of coffee packs for raffles), the Greenstone Factory (pendants), Phoenix (vouchers), Smudge (stall signs), French Country (raffle), Fairfax Media (raffle), Middle Earth Tiles, Event Base (inflatable tents), Kwick n Ezy (gazebos), Pet Magazine (beauty products for raffles) , Wavetech (planters), Fresh & Clean (serviettes), The Great Catering Company (cupcakes for café), Leigh Lobster Ltd (crayfish raffles) and Junior Ngariki & Bernie Ngariki (fruit & vegetable donations).