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= Stefano S, Michael Di, Chloe H, Nathan C, Mitchell G, Christan D =



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= Organization and Shared Values =

= C r e a t i v i t y = = H u m o u r = = I m a g i n a t i o n =

**Mentor: Miss williams**
www.jwilliams@crccs.catholic.edu.au

Aim and Purpose:
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Originally, we were going to join Make-a-Wish Foundation, but we realised there was very little we could do to support them. Now, our aim as C.O.T (The CRCCS Outreach Team!!!!!) is to join with scope. We want to do something where we can not only help the people at scope but change a part of there life. We know that sounds a bit farfetched but we don't just want to fundraise and get some money for them (plenty of people do that on a daily basis), we want to give them a day to remember, even if it's just setting up some things and cleaning up, because it's making it easier for the people who organise Scope and it gives them more time to spend with the people they support.

Desired Outcomes:
-To help, support and play sports with people with disabilities. -To join with Scope. -To be able to help more than just once.

18/10: If any new emails are received, read through them. Next, we'll see if all members
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=== 25/10: Possible last day of organising and finalising before we begin our outreach actions. Another meeting with Ms. WIlliams to check again for anything odd or something that doesn't match up. Other things could be done. ===

Questions you need to ask and answer:
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 * How are we going to get there ?
 * What will we do if our plans go down the drain again ?
 * What will we do ?
 * Can we do something ?
 * How will we deal with them ?
 * How will we prepare ?
 * Do we have a back up plan ?
 * Is there more than one way to help out ?
 * Is fundraising good or not enough ?
 * Could we make a different in there life's ?

Website
http://www.scopevic.org.au/index.php/site/home

THE WALK PAGE!!! http://www.scopevic.org.au/index.php/site/supportus/scopeseemeseptemberdraft1/walkwithme

Google Docs http://goo.gl/iYHXI

=A bit about -=

Scope is one of the largest services to people with a disability in Victoria, and one of the largest organisations where people work and don't get paid in Australia. Their mission is to make people with disabilities feel like they are part of the world and not someone different by involving them in day to day activities. Scope started in 1948 but the organisation wasn't known as Scope-it was the <span style="border-bottom-color: #0066cc; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-left-radius: 2px 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; color: inherit; display: inline; float: none; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; top: -1px; width: auto;">Spastic Children 's Society of Victoria. Today Scope's services include areas such as therapy and psychology, home and respite, day and lifestyles and employment services. They are a sustainable organisation which receives 81.5% of funding through the State and Federal Government. The rest of their funding originates from fundraising.

Blog
THIS IS THE CRCCS OUTREACH TEAM BLOG

6/9 CH-Last week we found out how we can help kids with disabilities: we could go on the 4 km walk with them, so we could give them a day that they will never forget. Ms. Williams will be coming with us. I think this day will be great for the kids as much as it will be for us. I am very excited about the walk that we are going on.

6/9CH-Today we had a guest Speaker for the Western Bulldogs, and he told us that there is more to helping a person out than giving money-it could simply just be giving a hand with something, or just by being there when someone needs you.

6/9 SS-For the past few week our group has been trying to figure out what we could do for an organisation called Scope. Scope works with autistic children. We found out that they are holding a 4km walk-a-thon around Melbourne city. During the walk, volunteers walk with an autistic child to help support them along the way. We will be participating in the event as volunteers to support their cause. We now have to register for this event.

6/9 MG-For the past weeks we have been trying to find a organization that matches our values, and we managed to find a great one called Scope. They help children with disabilities. We are plan to go on 4km walk around Melbourne (organised by Scope) with kids with disabilities so we can brighten their day and take their mind off their disability for one day. During the walk we are planing to get sponsored for every kilometer we walk so that we can also raise money for Scope to help them help children with disabilities.

6/9 NC-For the past weeks we have been trying to find a organization that matches our values, we found a great one called Scope. They have a program where we can take the kids for a walk to help them forget about their problems for a day. One of the problems we came across was that we need to be 18 to be by ourselves so Ms. Williams is coming with us. Can't wait :)

6/9 MD-For a couple weeks we’ve been looking for a charity/organisation that have similar values to our group and who we could pick to do our outreach program with. First, we chose ‘Make-a-Wish foundation’, but we continued looking for a better representation of our values and eventually found Scope. Scope is a organisation who work with autistic/disabled children, helping them have a better day. Out of a list of all the events that were offered to us to volunteer in, we chose the 4km walk, which would take place in Melbourne city. Basically this involves walking 4km with autistic/disabled children. The only problem is you can’t do this unless your over 18 or have supervision from someone who’s over 18. We overcame this by asking Ms. Williams to come with us. It should be good.

6/9 SS-Today we had Chris a guest speaker from the Bulldogs come in to talk to us about what the Bulldogs do to help people in need. He told us the Western Bulldogs is one of the only teams in the AFL who help the community. We also found out who our mentor teacher was-lucky it was Ms. Williams as she was the teacher we planed to come with us on the walk as supervision. We also did master classes in how to approach our organisations in the most respectful way. We also learnt what to expect from the children on the walk in Mr Jilbert's master class.

6/9 MD-Today we had a guest speaker from the Western Bulldogs. His name was Chris and he talked to us about how the Western Bulldogs is much much more than just a football club, but a charity and an organisation that helps out the community. I was surprised by the fact that they do so much more than just play football. After he spoke we went to go and find out our group's teacher, which is Ms. Williams (YES! :P). We then went on to do activities. First activity was called "respectful support"-we learnt how to talk to the elderly or people with a disability, and what lines you can and can’t cross. Then we moved on to "teamwork", we learnt how to work in a group and which people in the group were the thinkers or the //__**do**__//ers. The task was to make a house of cards, and we found it extremely difficult. We found out that Stefano can build an awesome house of cards. Our next activity was how to write good e-mails and letters, and the differences between them. We learnt that e-mails are much better for asking our charities for an interview. We learnt that we must keep the e-mail short and straight to the point. The final activity was phone manners. We learnt that you can’t get too nervous on the phone or you’ll probably stuff up. We also learnt you should introduce yourself when you call, ask to talk to the person you actually need to talk to, know what you want and have notes next to you to jog your memory.

6/9 MG-Today we had a guest speaker and his name was Chris. He worked with the Western Bulldogs and explained to us how the Western Bulldogs help their local community. He showed us a powerpoint presentation, but it was a bit boring. We found out who our mentor was going to be and luckily we got Ms. Williams (YAY) who we planned will come with us on the walk as a our supervisor. We also did a master class-we rotated around the room and each class showed us different ways to approach to organisations and the right way to do it.

6/9 NC- Today a guy named chris came to speak to us. Chris worked with the Western Bulldogs and then told us how the western bulldogs help out around with the community. He showed us a boring powerpoint and we hate sitting on the floor because it hurts our legs, so we didn't hear most of it because we were focused on the pain. We then got a list of what teacher we would get for our mentor and thank god we got Ms. Williams ("celebrate good times come on"). We also did a master class-we rotated around the room and each class showed us different ways to approach to organisations and the right way to do it.

13/9 MD- Today we started of watching music video clips of people all over the world from different countries singing. It was really cool to see all these different people come together through music. We then started to work on our blogs and our charity work. After that, we came back inside and watched the movie 'Pay it Forward'-it took us right through to lunch and we had to finish it off after lunch. The movie was very touching to watch, and the ending is absolutely shocking. We then listened to songs which can relate to our outreach programs.

20/9 CD-FIRST BLOG OF MINE! :D Today, sadly, we realised that the actual 'Walk with me' event created by Scope that we wanted to attended had just happened on the previous Sunday (we had problems with our time management), so we had to think of a new plan. After having a meeting with Ms. Williams, we saw the large number of events that we could attend. An example is this "ping pong" day, organised by the Melton Shire, for people of all abilities, and we thought we could help set up equipment or something like that. Another example is this day is this event called "Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Melton", again organised by the Melton Shire. The page is asking for possible support volunteers who could stand beside the disabled person and help them. We emailed the contacts for their respective events plus Scope to inquire the foundation about any possible future events that we could help with.

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20/9 NC-Today, plan A was shoved down the toilet because our walk was on last Sunday and today is Tuesday so we missed it. After we met with Ms. Williams we found out there were a lot more events for us to do but we still wanted to stick with Scope. Now we have emailed all these places to see what we can do. Wish us luck. ======

20/9 MG-Today we were working on our outreach program. We have started to e-mail SCOPE to ask them if the have any upcoming events because we didn't have enough time to prepare for the "Walk with me" event. We also had some year 12 guest speakers-they told us about one of their RE projects at school which is called "community service". They said it was a great subject-it gave them fulfilment and it helped them take their mind off school work.

SS 20/9-Today in DEAL we unfortunately discovered the what we had planned was now outdated. We planned to go to the "Walk with me" event with Scope but as we discovered, the walk was on Sunday which we thought was later on in the month. Due to the problem we now have to do something else. We came up with a few ideas which involved looking into the Melton Council, who are planning various events that will happen next month. For the time being we have e-mailed Scope and have asked if next month they have any events that we could participate in. We are now waiting Scope to reply. We also had three year 12s from CRC Sydenham who take on the class of community service. They told us about some of their stories through their class. They have helped out a lot of people and a lot of organisations in order to fulfil their missions. They told us that they get a lot back from what they do and it makes them feel good about themselves as they help out there fellow human beings.

4/10 MD-Today we were very disappointed that Scope hadn’t got back to us so we started looking at other charities. We looked EVERYWHERE, but in the end we failed because none of them got back to us. But with luck, out of nowhere, Scope e-mailed us back. Our team was over the moon, and finally we can get back on track with our program.

NC 11/10-Today was a bit of a bummer because Mitchell, Michael and Stefano were away and all our emails we sent out last term have probably been answered by now but we cant see them because they're all on Mitchell's laptop, GREAT. So, after we ripped out all our hair, we then talked to Ms. Williams-it was very awkward having to tell here we could't do anything, AGAIN, but after a good 20 minute talk with her we decided to make a timeline to plan ahead so we know what to have to do for next week.

11/10 CD-After a somewhat non-achieving morning and a meeting with Ms. Williams, we had decided to create a timeline that will help and assist us in our outreach plans. This will help us manage our time and remind us when we have to start our outreach.

11/10 CH-Today we couldn't do that much because, all the emails that were sent were on Mitchell account, and he was at the music excersion, so after we had out meeting with Ms. Williams to tell her what we have done so far, we decide to make plans if they didn't reply back, so we wouldn't be wasting anytime. We also made a timeline.

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18/10 NC-This week we got a me ssage back from scope but it said that they would get back to us, that's it. Lucky it had a phone number on it so we rang them up to see whats happening, they then said that they would call back. They didn't. ===== 18/10 CH-Today we found out that Scope messaged us back, so we called them as well as Melton Shire so we could help out in our community. Scope said that they will call us back with the details, but they didn't and we didn't get a call back from Melton Shire, so now we just have to wait till one of them do get back to us.

8/11 CH-Today we got an email from Scope and the events coming up or this month around Caroline Springs, we found out that they have a a cricket program which is held at St Albans Cricket Club at 11 am to 12 pm every Saturday so we are going to go this Saturday and on the 26th.

8/11 MD-Our time for working on our outreach programs is coming close to an end, so we don’t have that much time left to organise a day for us to volunteer at Scope. Luckily today Scope got back to us with good news, we can volunteer to play cricket with disabled people. They do this every Saturday, and we’ll be volunteering for 2 Saturdays: the 12/11 and the 26/11.

8/11 CD-Finally, after so many weeks of let-downs, we have a breakthrough :D We had received an email from our contact, and we were able to apply for this event that is to be held in St Albans. We will be playing modified cricket and helping people with disabilities. There were some minor problems with availability and transport, but we're pretty much set. We sent an email with the outreach organisation form to our contact. So, right now, we're just waiting for a reply.

12/11 CH-Today all our hard work paid off, we have finally done our outreach after almost 15 weeks of hard work for this outreach to happen. Today we went to St. Albans Cricket Club. We meet David who was the coach, we also meet Greg who was a true Aussie who loved to play cricket. I had a great day, I learnt so much and seeing David enjoy playing cricket as much as he did made me feel very happy. It's a grea t feeling to know that all out hard work has paid off, it was so worth it.

12/11 NC-Today was a great day. Me, Michael, Mitch and Chloe went to St. Albans Cricket Club. There, we meet a women named Amy who we had been talking to for about 2 weeks, trying to set this up. The first thing Amy got us to do was set up a cricket machine for people in wheel chairs. One of the machines was a cricket bat attached to a motor that when the person presses the button the bat would swing. The second machine was a ramp looking thing, and when a button was pressed it released a ball that rolled down the ramp and rolled to the bat. Anyway it was a great day and i can’t wait for the 26th of november (thats when we go back).

12/11 MG-Today was great, not all of our group came but most of us did, Michael, Chloe, Nathan and I went to the St Albans Cricket Club. We worked really hard to get to today and it was all paid off, we set up some machines to help people who can't bowl or bat to join in. Only two people showed up but it was still good, we learnt a lot of drills and skills, and got free powerade at the end. Also by the end we had a great feeling that we helped out and we completed our outreach program.

15/11 CH- Today I have been working on the Assessment Outreach Program form, and I also completed my Outreach Reflection Sheet, so today was basically just to finsh everything off so then next week I wouldn't have to rush around and do everything.

15/11 CD-Everyone agrees that the last Saturday was successful, even though I wasn't there :( Anyway, today is all about updating our page with blogs and other stuff. Michael was able to create an awesome GIF image with some pics from the day, and now it can be seen on our page. Also, we worked on our criteria sheet, the page where we evaluate ourselves.

22/11 CD-My last blog :( :( Well, this outreach program is close to an end. It's been an enjoyable and unique journey and I think it's opened my eyes to volunteering a bit. Throughout this whole program, there was very little that I would wish to change. If I were to change something, it would be our time management. We didn't really set dates which we said we had to do certain things by, and because of it, the first event we wanted to do we missed. During this program, it actually helped us, but I doubt that it would again. Aside from this, it's been a fun time. :)

22/11 SS- This is probably my last blog post fro the out reach program, this program was a very good experience it really opened my mind to what is really out there it showed me that i should appreciate the little things that i have that other people. I agree with what christan said that we have to work on our time management so that we could of had a much smoother and easier experience, I think that this also have to do with our organisation skill we should of made a time line straight away to keep us notified about what had to do next. overall i enjoyed to experience i'd do it again anytime. :)

22/11 MG- Last blog :( This outreach program was a great experience, I agree with Stefano when he said "It showed me that I should appreciate the little things that we have." I think this is very important as the people we helped out at the Cricket program couldn't hit the ball with the bat and some people can't even hold a cricket bat. I agree with Christan completely when he said "If I were to change something, it would be our time management." It was a great reward at the end and we got a sense of fulfillment.

22/11 CH- My Last Blog ☹ Today we had our final meeting with Ms. Williams about our outreach program, I had a great time with everyone from Scope and in my group. There have been few errors like Christan said about our time management but a part from that everything work out the way we planed. This outreach program has made me realise how lucky we all are in life, and as Christan and Mitchell said it has opened our eyes to volunteering, to be honest I think it has opened everyones eyes.