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Home » Christmas Gifts

Tag: Christmas Gifts

Bunkhouse Children’s Christmas Party

by Melinda J. Irvine22 December 20152 September 2016

Being forcibly relocated away from your birthplace, work and friends due to a natural disaster is hard at any time of year, but maybe even more so at Christmas. It's easy to be forgotten. A big thanks to my friends…

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Giving Back Christmas Gifts, Merry Christmas

The Grade 1 (Squid) Christmas Party

by Melinda J. Irvine17 December 201518 December 2016

My first official parenting duty: attend the Grade 1 (squid) christmas party. Not sure if my favourite part was the brawl or when they managed to pull down the entire candy frame. Definitely loved taking back the video two weeks…

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Family, Finding Jerry Christmas Gifts, Finding Jerry, Merry Christmas

Christmas in April

by Melinda J. Irvine23 April 201512 November 2015

Last November I posted to the Philippines two boxes of relief goods (clothes, swimwear, craft materials, jewellery making equipment). They also included Christmas gifts. Due to some weird miscommunication they sat in the Estancia Post Office for nearly four months…

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Giving Back Christmas Gifts

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PLEASE NOTE: I am unavailable during Holy Week and Easter 2021.
Sharing stories of real people, everyday magic, and the places I held my breath as a child.

About Mel.

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, designer, and musician living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a professional writer is used to support Jerry’s recovery — plus help the other kids from his village go to school.

neXtDRAFT zine # 68.

neXtDRAFT 68. February 2020

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When I'm not writing, designing or playing music, I'm actively building an online learning centre for the kids of Botongon (Philippines). If you'd like to help out, please make a donation via PAYPAL. You'll get a proper tax receipt and regular project updates. More info.
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