Where to Next

The Elderly Group.

We have planned to go to George Manning House on Friday, we talked to Robyn Macdonald and she told us that we could come to the rest home. We will be shown around the facilities and possibly doing some crafts and paint the nails of the women in the rest home. On Friday we will have the chance to meet and discuss what we will be doing next time. We are feeling confident and nervous- we are happy to chat but singing and dancing??! -Kathleen and Meimei

Family Support Group

We are going to visit Alice Macdonald, who is the sister of a girl at our school. She has a burst lung and has been in and out of hospital . We are going to visit her at her house and help think of some interesting ways that she can do blowing competitions, as she is getting sick of doing them the same way each day. We might also chat to her Mum and see what else we can do to help. -Noah

Sick and Hurt Animals Group

Today we went to SAFE and we talked to a man called Hans Kriek, and he talked to us about how there are so many caged animals and the conditions they live in. It was really sad to find out about the conditions chickens and pigs live in so we can eat them and use their products. It is very hard to find a place where we can volunteer, he suggested a place called Dog Rescue and Bird Rescue so we will talk to them this week. We felt like we were going in loops a little so we have changed our focus and decided to focus on hurt birds. We rang Jackie Stevenson who works for Bird Rescue. She told us that we can come in and talk to her about her job and see if we can help at all. There is a possibility that we can adopt a bird and foster it while it recovers.

Mental Health Group

After talking to two Metal Health organisations we discovered that patient confidentiality issues made it difficult for us to help. Most people helping in these areas have specific qualifications. After discussing this with our teachers, Senora Ryan told us that she had a connection with 'All Right' which is  a company dealing with emotional distress now that it has been three years since the Christchurch earthquake. We also have the number for Harakeke which is a family and children institution that helps with mental wellbeing. They are nice and local so we are hoping we can call and meet with them this week.


Helping Native Animals Group

Jennifer researched some of the companies that help with native birdlife. We found a website that dealt with forestry and wildlife and we rang the Christchurch branch. We originally thought of stoat trapping, but then found out that the Travis Wetlands, which is close to us, needs volunteers. We are visiting them next week, getting dirty and getting involved. We have been told to bring spare socks and a pair of gumboots!


Assisting Children that Need Care

We have emailed the City Mission and we have organised a date to have a meeting, we want to talk about things we could do to help them. One of our ideas was to get schools involved to donate a can of food for their Food Bank as there is a need in this area at the moment. Our other option is to look at some low decile pre-schools that have been affected by the earthquake. We will call and see if there is anything we can do to help.







Working with Sick Children

First we rang up Ronald McDonald House and we organised a meeting to talk to Zucchi who works there. We discussed how we can help work with their organisation. They said we couldn't volunteer because of our age, but we could help out by doing some baking or a dinner programme. So today we baked with some help from Genevieve's mum. We had to use bright and colourful decorations to cheer them up. Our next step is to contact Kids at Heart and see if we can help there.