On Friday morning our newly elected president (Lillian) and I met with Shelley who was the winner of the raffle that we ran over the 3 Clubs Days on Campus.  The prize was a brand new DVD of the 2006 Toronto Independent Film Festival people’s choice award winner, Bella.  Congratulations Shelley!

Lillian gives Shelley her prize

I reckon Bella is a magnificent film, currently number one in my list of faves.  Here’s a very brief summary from a blog post I wrote a while ago.

It is a film that we all need to see.  It is the story of one day in the life of a young waitress who has discovered that she is pregnant, and her workmate, the caring, quiet and thoughtful chef who spends the day with her.  The acting is superb, the film captivating and the score riveting. I won’t tell you anymore – I knew little enough when I began watching, save that it was a “pro-life” film. But I’ll leave it up to you to determine what sort of film it is.

Click here to watch the trailer

We had our first two clubs days on Monday and Tuesday, and have one last one tomorrow, Wednesday. We’re happy with the positive response from people who stopped by our club. We handed out about 100 (?) pamphlets informing people about our club. They also got a free gingerbread cookie, shaped as a hand.

One idea Andy Moore (on our Exec.) had was a free raffle. Anyone passing our club stall can join this raffle to win a free copy of the DVD Bella. It’s a neat film, one highly recommended, and took the people’s choice award at the 2006 Toronto Independent Film Festival.

a basket of the hand cookies – very popular!

These are big days on Canterbury Campus. We have brought the prolife message to many people, and had almost 20 members sign up. Hopefully tomorrow we can tell more people about human life before birth. It’s so cool to be able to show the wee baby models, from 30 weeks right down to 7 weeks after conception.

Aside from clubs days, we’ve got a few thoughts going around our heads. First of all, a prolife club party. Seems like a good way to kick-start the year!:) And then we’ll get into business with organizing lectures, seminars, question and answer times, poster campaigns, debates, and possibly panel discussions.

a student signs up…

We’d also really like to have sessions discussing how to talk to your mates about abortions or how to help a friend who’s considering/had an abortion. That’s because the most effective way to bring a message is on a friend-to-friend basis.

the team

That’s a few of our ideas to keep the prolife message spreading throughout the campus this year. Any more ideas? … Please do email us at canterbury@prolife.org.nz

- Lillian Hoyt, Prolife UC President