Group5

=M.A.D (Making a difference)=

A White, A Egan, B D'Silva, T Anderson, C Loiacono, A Gebrail, S O'Sullivan,

**//__Aim and Purpose:__//**
To raise awareness around our school and in the community for Cancer Council, buy fundraising and hosting our own "Girls Night In" at school.

**//__ Desired Outcomes: __//**
To host our very own "Girls Night In" to raise money and awareness for the Cancer Council.

__//** Questions you need to ask and answer: **//__
Are we allowed to have a sleep over or only the night? Can we afford this? Can we do this? Are we capable. Will people want to come?

__//**Google Doc**//__ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cK_jn5vWlfUH2OaiVvOmUA2AFiVi3zfEWCuxs9RUA4s/edit?hl=en_US

Blog
This is where you write you weekly or daily achievements and logging of events.

30/8 AE - Last lesson was our first proper lesson. We started our researching for the Outreach program. We made a final decision on what foundation we were going to work with and what we are going to do with that foundation. We did many research and came across a program that is run at PeterMac which is called MacChat. It matched perfectly with what we wanted to do because it is a program that is on Tuesdays which suits with DEAL. After this we just did more research on how we can raise money and what fundraising we can do to buy products that we are going to take to the program.


 * 30/8 AG - This was the first lesson that I had started to work on the Outreach Program. We decided on what place we were going to choose which was the 'PeterMacCallum' foundation. I really wanted to do something that has to do with Breast Cancer and so the group decided to order a box of merchandise for Pink Ribbon day which is in October and sell them and all the profits go to the Breast Cancer Foundation. We were also lucky enough to find that our organisation runs a program on thursdays called the 'MacChat Program' which offers a range of activities that we were already planning. Our group also came up with many great ideas including giving them an afternoon tea and baking cupcakes for them as well as making bracelets from wool and selling them (with the money we will buy things for the patients at the PeterMac institute). **

30/8 BD Last week me and my group decided on what outreach we were going to do and how we were going to do it. As a group we all decided on the Peter MacCullum foundation. I thought was a great idea because i think it would be a real eye opener for me, because i dont actually know what its like to have cancer and no one close to me has suffered from it. I really hope we bet the opportunity to do something with the Peter MacCallum foundation because it will benefit a lot of people.

30/8 SO- During this lesson we got everything organised with deciding on our last few changes,which included choosing the final organisation we were going to support, and the steps we were going to take in order to make the things we would like to accomplish happen. We finalised that we were going to go with the PeterMacCallum foundation, we then decided that we wanted to not only raise awareness but to also to give up our time to do something for them. Lucky for us we came a cross a program that is already run on tuesdays called MacChat, so we started writing a letter to try and get involved in that and maybe do something extra and with that we want to use Pink Ribbon day to help raise awareness for more than just breast cancer and the dangers and effects if has on loved ones of the ill. In that process we will be selling bracelets at the school on pink ribbon day to raise money so that we can buy the equipment that we need for when we go and visit at the PeterMacCallum foundation in the city. We decided that we would go in and supply morning tea, which includes baking cakes and then spending time with them bring in games or just so they have someone to talk to. If we have any additional money left over we would like to maybe do something extra with it, but that is soon to be decided.

30/8 AW - I was away last lesson, which was a shame because i am really passionate about this out reach program. We now know that we are supporting and working with the PeterMac foundation which helps cancer patients. We now know our plan and what we want to do. We are going to buy and make products to raise awareness and support this foundation.

**6/9 AG** **After listening to the guest speakers talk it really makes you realise all the opportunities there is in just the Western suburbs which is where we live and how people can change other peoples lives.** **For the rotation groups, we firstly looked at the conversations that we will be having with our organisation whether it be on the phone or in the actual interview. We wrote a list of all the different things that will improve us, whether it be our tone of voice or the choice of vocabulary. They showed us actual examples and many things like body language. Then we looked at team work with Mrs Saunders and we got to build a house of cards.**

6/9 AE - Today we had a guest speaker who came out from Western Bulldogs and talked to us what they do as a club to reach out the the community and help. It made very aware of how hard some people do live and that we can make a difference. After this we did rotation work and one of ours rotations was team work which is going to be very important as part of our project, we had to build a house with cards and our group learnt many things about us.


 * 6/9 TA - Today we had a guest speaker from Western Bulldogs who talked to us about how they help the community. We shared with him what we plan to do to make a difference. It made me realise that the these people with disadvantages would very much appreciate our help. When the guest speaker left we did rotation work on how we should organise our reach out project. We rotated to different teachers. They taught us phone manners and how to meet and greet and what not to do for example, you should speak clearly with confidence and know what your are going to say in the phone conversation. For an interview you need to dress smart casual. I then moved on to teamwork with Mrs Saunders and we slit up into groups and had to work together to make a house of cards. i learnt to work in groups we need patience and teamwork skills which our team lacked. After that we sat with Mr Gilbert and he talked to us about how we should treat the disadvantaged people and that we should treat them like everybody else, and don't say inappropriate stuff and that you really need to think before you speak. The last teacher we went to was Miss WIlliams who taught us how to email. You need to Keep It Simple Stupid (K.I.S.S.) which means you need to be straight to the point because no one wants to read a massive email that drains on about the same thing. Today was a really good lesson which taught me lot of things. **

6/9 BD Today we had a guest speaker from the Western Bulldogs who talked about how the club participate and help in and around the community. I found out that they do some really amazing things like running a vet program for the kids that have dropped out of school. I didn't actually know any of the things they had done for the community. After the guest speaker we did rotations for phone and greeting manners with Ms Jusup and Ms Pham, teamwork with Ms Saunders, how to treat the disadvantaged with Mr Jilbert and lastly e-mailing with Ms Williams. All of them were helpful but mostly teamwork because it showed us that we really needed to come up with a strategy that would let us accomplish our outreach to the best of our abilities.

6/9 AW Today we had a guest who represented the Western Bulldogs Football club, he talked about ways that they help the community. Everyone shared their idea's of their outreach programs and he gave his advice and opinions on how we can get started. This presentation made me realise how much the Western Bulldogs actually helps the community and it gave me motivation to do the same thing. We then rotated in our group to different teachers which each presented a topic. They taught us phone and email manners, and how to act in an interview and how it is important to have teamwork which is going to be a major part in our project. We also learnt facts about the disabled and how to act around them, i learned many things i did not know and it really helped me. All of these rotations taught me lessons which are going to help me all the way through my life. It was a really informative DEAL lesson and i enjoyed it.

6/9 SO This morning we had a little bit of time to work on our progress, and in that time we were able to start making a few bracelets. We then had a guest speaker from a member of the representatives of the Western Bulldogs Football Club, and he was able to talk to us about his progress in reaching out to the community through football and what he has done to help others. It was really great seeing that even a sport like footy has a program that helps give something back to the community. The rest of the day was dedicated so that we could rotate as groups into the teachers rotations, that taught us values, steps, and simply making us aware of the process's that we need to consider in conducting our outreach program. They were really helpful and quite enjoyable, there was something that i learnt from each rotation that i will be able to take into consideration now and progress further in our program that will hopefully help us to succeed.

6/9 CL I am disappointed to have been away from school last week and to have had missed out on what the group had planned and/or changed. After looking at these wikispaces blogs it seems like the group has done a great amount of work in my absence which makes this outreach program a lot more likely to work out!

13/9 CL Today in DEAL we watched a movie called "Pay it Forward". It was a fantastic movie that not only had an interesting storyline, but also included a message of helping people out. This movie took up most of the day despite the first two periods being time to work on our project outlines. The movie was a real eye opener and made us realise that no matter your age, you can achieve whatever you want to achieve and make a difference in the world.


 * 13/9 TA - __ON R.E. EXCURSION__ **

13/9 AE I am very upset that I missed out on today's DEAL lesson because I heard great feedback from our group that we watched a really intriguing movie which eye opened us with our project. But it seems our group is well on the way from reading this blog.


 * 13/9 AG - Was absent. (Excursion) **

13/9 SO - Was absent. (Excursion)

13/9 AW- was absent.

13/9 BD - Absent, on R.E Reflection day

20/9 CL Our "Make a Difference" program is well underway. After talking to Ms Saunders about our project, we outlined our two project priorities at this point in time, which are our phone call transcript and proposal. The transcript will be developed to ensure that when contacting our organisation we are fully prepared and speak in a professional manner. A proposal will need to be created for our fundraising idea which is to sell cupcakes and/or bracelets to raise money for cancer research. At lunchtime today, three students from Sydenham completing their community service VCE subject were guest speakers and spoke to us about their social justice projects. After hearing their experiences, my group and I felt further inspired to complete our outreach program.

20/9 AE I missed out on today's DEAL lesson once again, due to the SACCSS athletics carnival. But it seems to be that our group has made a big step in our project by actually calling Peter Mac and discussing our outreach project. I was so shattered when I found out that I missed this because I really wanted to be there with my group and help them out.

20/9 AW Today in DEAL today we realised the reality of the project, and we have found out that there might be an age limit so our project may not go ahead, we need a backup plan.


 * 20/9 TA - Today we had an interview with Ms Saunders about our project, she really helped us understand what we need to do. We finished writing a transcripts and called Peter Mac. unfortunatlely the call didnt go as planned as we didnt have a phone number prepared for them to call us back on. We then realised we needed a plan b. **

20/9 BD Today in DEAL we worked on our transcript for a phone call to Peter Mac. We were all very happy with our transcript so we made the phone call. It didn't end up going the way we planned because we didn't have a phone number prepared. I hope we hear back from them because we all feel very strongly about this cause. After this phone call and hearing feedback from other groups we have realised that we need to come up with a plan B. I have some ideas for plan B such as a lost dogs home or the Lort Smith Hospital.


 * 20/9 AG - Was absent. **

20/9 SO - Was absent.(Excursion)

11/10 BD Today in DEAL we had a meeting with Ms Costantino she was very helpful because she focused more on a plan B. We were thinking about the Lort Smith animal Hospital but we didn't want to totally change our outreach. So Ms Elmer and Ms Costantino gave us the idea of hosting a Cancer Council "Girls Night In". We thought this was a great idea and we decided to go through with it. We are still making the bracelets and we are thinking of fundraising cupcakes as well. We have a lot of great ideas and there is a lot of work to be done.

**11/10 TA - Today in DEAL we had a meeting with Miss Costantino and came up with some alternative ideas as it was very unlikely Peter Mac would accept us. We stuck with the cancer awareness idea and Miss Elmer said there was a event the Cancer Council hold which is "Girls Night In". It sounded great and our group was very keen to commence with this new idea. We started our proposal and continued working on the bracelets and organising movies as well as food and lolly bags. We looked at dates we could have this event.**

11/10 AE Today in DEAL we had a meeting with Miss Costantino, she helped us make a huge step in our process. We also talked with Miss Elmer, and we, as a group made a decision to go with a new plan we found out that Peter Mac would be difficult to work with. So we decided to stay with the cancer awareness, and host a "Girls night in" at school. We started to write our proposal, still working on the bracelets and looking at things we could do such as what movies, food and bags we could make up. We were all very happy with this final decision and a lot of work was done, we are on the track and are looking at dates we can host.


 * 11/10 AG **
 * In DEAL today, Miss Costantino and Miss Elmer were a lot of help, giving us a second option to the one we had been looking at for our overall outreach program. The PeterMac Foundation was to hard to cooperate with and so we had to try and find a way to change our plans without completely letting go of all our work we had already done. As we still wanted to work with a cancer foundation, the teachers came up with the 'Girls Night In' idea which had actually been something the cancer council used to raise money for awareness and to donate.To host our own 'Girls Night In', which is what we want to do, we have to look at a lot of the different aspects to make it work overall. The food, goodie bags, the movies watched and even the price for everyone to get in. In this lesson, we have started looking at the dates we could have it on and filling out the submission form. **

11/10 SO In DEAL today, We were approached by Miss Costantino and Miss Elmer and they informed us that it is really hard to get work with the PeterMac foundation and reassured us that there was something better we could do that still included what we had already started preparing.

11/10 AW We realised the reality of our ideas and faced the fact that we would not be able to go ahead with out outreach with Peter Mac, so we had nothing. Then Ms Elmer and Ms Constantino came up with the fantastic idea of sticking with our plan to help cancer patients, and holding a girls night in! It was a great idea, we came up with the idea of the admission price, and the food and that we were going to supply dinner and now we are deciding dates.


 * 18/10 AG **
 * Today in DEAL, we continued preparing for the 'Girls Night In'. I was looking at finishing the submission form which was then sent to Ms Costantino. We figured out a date and decided on the final price which would be $10. This $10 would include dinner, snacks and also the goodie bag which will include the bracelets that we continued to make. So far for the bracelets, we have made them in many different colours and styles. **

18/10 SO In todays lesson we established the costing if out girls night in, we decided we would provide the dinner and snacks as well as a donation towards the cancer council. We looked up websites of ordering box sets for merchandise to sell to the students. Alexandra G and I started working on the submission form to send into the leadership team to get our event approved.

18/10 CL The date for our "Girls Night In" is being decided. Both of our mentors have given us the OKAY to go ahead with the idea so now the proposal is currently being written up. We are hoping that money from the entry fees will go to the cancer council and help to fight against cancer.

18/10 AE We decided the date we are going to hold our "Girls Night In". Our mentors gave us the heads up and now our proposal is getting written up. We hope everything goes well and that we raise awareness for cancer.

**18/10 TA - In todays Deal class decided what date we are going to hold //Girls Night In//. The girls finished the submission form and our mentors gave us permission to go ahead with our idea. The proposal is getting written up at the moment and we have decided the price will be $10 to include pizza, snacks and a lolly bag. We have also continued making bracelets.**

18/10 BD In todays lesson we finalised the date for our "Girls Night In". So now that we have all

18/10 AW In todays lesson we agreed on a date for the Girls Night In, and we have made a submission form, we are currently writing the proposal and still deciding on idea's.

25/10 AE Absent

25/10 SO Today we made bracelets and discussed the different thing we wanted to include on the night, we will be watching a movie, providing pizza as a dinner, snacks will also be provided. we will be selling cupcakes for 50cents. This lesson we dicided on the date of which we will be holding our event and Alexandra G and I started working on the letter to send out to the school.

25/10 AW Absent

**25/10 TA - Today we continued to make bracelets.**

1/11 Today we didn’t have school.

8/11 AE Today was a very productive day for our group as we got a lot done. Connie and I made a poster to promote our "Girls Night In" and hung them all around our school. We also wrote a short paragraph about what we are doing in the bulletin which will be another way we are spreading the word. We continued working on our bracelets and researched costing of the food and entertainment. We also made a survey for attendance which was posted on edmodo.

8/11 CL Today we finally got the word out there about "Girls Night In". Alanna and I put up posters around the school to get people interested in the event. We also wrote a message that will be put in the bulletin until next Wednesday. By getting word out we are hoping that people are enthused enough to come to our event.

**8/11 TA - __ABSENT__**

8/11 SO Todays day was dedicated to finding organisation and seeing what deals we could make with food companies to supply for our Girls Night In, Alexandra G and I sat in the office all day ringing up companies to see the best possible deals we could make. As well as ringing up Pizza places, we rang up the cancer council so that we could order merchandise boxes to sell, we were very professional on the phone and achieved a lot during this time. I spend a good 45 minutes on the phone discussing different ideas and what would be the best possible choices for our group to go with. We printed out posters that were stuck around the school later that day to then discover we had to change the date of our event as the date organised was not appropriate. Alex G and I had to go around taking all of the posters down after talking discussing with Miss Costa the dates that would be better available. This was very hard as it is coming to the end of the year and obviously no many days were free due to disturbances.


 * 8/11 AG **
 * Today in DEAL, Samantha and I spent the whole day researching the best possible solutions for getting dinner on the night and also organising the merchandise to be sent to us so we could help raise more money for the cancer council. Samantha called the number the weboste gave us on Girls Night In and she spoke to a lady and we all helped to organise how many we would need, but it would also depend on the number of people coming. We finally agreed on 1 box with then seperate orders of other things like the bears. For dinner, we agreed that pizza would be the easiest and best possible solution. I called for the pizza places and altogether called about 10, but many weren't open. We found that dominoes could do pizzas for $6.95 each and that Godfathers would do them for $8.50. In the speech I gave when asking for an approximate price, I explained how this was for a charity (a fundraiser) and asked them what the best deal they could offer us. Many could give 10% off the total price once they knew it was for a charity. **

8/11 AW Today in Deal we started advertising the girls night in, we finalised everything and gave out forms and also advertised the Girls Night In in the bulletin, we decided on the final date and we put up posters and went to classes and let them know what was happening.


 * 15/11 AG **
 * Today in DEAL we put up the posters all around the school, finalised the forms, gave them out and also worked on our competency sheet. Sam and I put up all the posters in classrooms and then later, had to change the date on them as they were wrong. We looked over the forms, seperated them into the class groups and then gave them out to the classes and gave them a speech as to what the night will include. We also decided on the final date and finalised all the details. **

15/11 SO Today 3 of our members were away we printed new posters with the correct information, and hung them around the school. we also printed out our letters to the students for their attendance explaining the event. We separated all the forms into class groups and Alexandra G and I went around handing them out to the class’s giving them a brief description on the night. We also completed our reflection.

**15/11 TA - In DEAL today I helped Samantha and Alexandra .G put up the poster around the school with Bethany. Then me and Bethany worked on the competency sheet which was pretty hard. We also called Aces Places several times to see if they could give us some kind of deal on the pizzas but they must not of been open because they didn't answer our calls. We received our package from Cancer Council and their merchandise which we will sell on the night.**

**22/11 TA - Today in DEAL we had a few complications as we didn't have many people attending //Girls Night In// so we were contemplating on rescheduling till next year at the end of January. The entire group disagreed with this idea as we want to do the //Girls Night In// this year. We convinced the teachers that we should do it this week on thursday and Miss Saunders supported us on this decision. Miss Saunders offered to pick up the pizza and whatever was spent on the pizza Miss Constantino would put into the fundraising. We are going to make the cupcakes before the event and sell them that night along with the merchandise. Everyone in our group will bring at le** **ast two bags of lollies or chips to contribute to the snacks and we have decided on watching //She's A Man// for the movie.**

22/11 CL Today in DEAL we were considering changing the "Girls Night In" to first term next year to boost up attendance. After much deliberation, we decided to keep the date for this Thursday. Each of us have decided to bring two items each, providing dinner purchased on the night. Bethany has bought cupcake mix for the night, which we are going to colour pink to keep the theme. Seeing as this is our last DEAL lesson, we are glad to see that everything is being finalised and that our hard work has paid off.

22/11 AE Today in DEAL we had a few problems with the date and the amount of people attending our Girls Night In. We had a few ideas of post-poning it to next year because only a few people gave back their form, but then we agreed that we should keep the date to Thursday because Mrs Saunders backed up our decision and said that she will get the pizzas for us and help with the fundraising. We are going to stay at school Thursday and make cupcakes before the event that we will sell with the merchandise.

22/11 AW Today in DEAL we faced a massive problem, we only had a few people who confirmed coming on the night, we had the idea of postponing the event to next year or a couple of weeks but none could work out, but then we decided we will keep the date and Ms Saunders backed our decision, we are very glad! We are going to make cupcakes, sell the merchandise but also promote the event more in the hope of getting our numbers up.