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Respect • Family • Trust

** Group 21: Believe **

**Mentor:** Ms Elmer (Blue Temperament) ** Group Members: ** KA: Krystyll Agarano (Leader) - Orange Temperament AA: Aevan Aguilar (Co-Leader) - Blue Temperament RM: Riley Meyer (Coolest Member - In charge of money) - Orange Temperament ML: Matthew Lenart (Member) - Blue Temperament NV: Nicolle Vergara (Member) - Golden Blue Temperament JF: Joseph Franzone (Member) - Gold Temperament JC: Joshua Ciardulli (Member) - Unknown Temperament **Organisations:** - RSPCA or nearest VET centre - Reach (Youth Foundation) - Working with Primary Schools

As we have just started putting our ideas, our main organisations has not been chosen yet.

** Aim: ** Our aim is still a work in progress because we are still early in our Outreach program but we really want to make a difference to the world, not only to people but to our environment and animals.

**Desired Outcomes:** By the end of this year, we hope to be able to help out all 3 programs we chose

Documents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r38-Gf6X41cbCUZLMFjZ5SV6GrXYqDox82mhxF1hofY/edit?pli=1

We usually worked in pairs and split tasks between us:





**Video Reflection June 26, 2012:** media type="file" key="Movie on 2012-06-26 at 11.38.mov" width="300" height="300"


 * Resources**


 * Considered Different Views And Factors When Making Decisions**


 * Taking Calculated Risks When Defining Tasks And Creating Solutions**


 * E-mail from A&A Jumping Castles**


 * Recipe for cookies**


 * Letter to ALDI**

** GROUP BLOG ** __**Tuesday May 1, 2012**__ Matt Lenart - Blog #1 [1/5/12] Today in D.E.A.L, my group used different ways to get our ideas for our project. In class we did a task where we explored what temperament suited us and the group. We were told, a variety of different temperaments would be the best to have in a group seeing that the different colours meant different things. I found out that I was a blue temperament. We learnt how to work with different temperaments, how to communicate with them and also how to calm each temperament down and settle them to work at their best potential. Ms Elmer taught us how to send a professional email and letter. When contacting companies we have to include our full name with no abbreviations, greet the person in a respectful mana. We were told that the easiest way to keep everything organised within the group would be to have a well constructed timetable with all information included, days we are leaving the school to help out companies and to know what we are completing on the day we walk into school.

Aevan Aguilar - Today in D.E.A.L, we learnt about effective techniques and approaches for OutReach Program and to be able to get our ideas and plans up and running smoothly. We learned about when contacting companies or people we must always write our FULL NAME no abbreviations, and to always find a name of the person we are trying to contact. We also noted that we had to check for limitations and specifications when trying to submit one of our projects and to research about the company we are trying to gain contact with. We learned about agendas, setting up rosters for meetings and gatherings within the group making it easier for us to be able to set up meetings and the different roles for each meeting. We also learned to have a timeline of what we should be doing on a week to week basis. We learned about the different temperaments within a group and how it can benefit the group when we have different temperaments available and how the group can flow much easier. I found out I was a blue temperament. We also learned how to communicate with other temperaments when working with ideas or situations, allowing us to unlock the full potential of each group member. Riley Meyer - [1/5/12] - I went to the lego excursion, therefore i wasn't at school to participate in the OutReach program. Krystyll Agarano - Absent. Nicolle Vergara - Absent Joseph Franzone-Excursion __**Tuesday May 8, 2012**__

Riley Meyer - Blog #1 [1/5/12] - Today in D.E.A.L, we learnt abut constructive ways to approach the companies/foundations for our OutReach Program. We learnt about having a timeline, to record everything we have done or things that we are doing. We also learnt about setting up rosters for gatherings and meeting within the group making it easier for us to be able to set up gatherings and meetings, we also learnt about agendas. We learned about the different temperaments in each of the group members, and how each colour temperament can help the group, and give our group a good perspective on how we should work. We also found out how to communicate with others using our temperament when working with situations or ideas, by doing this it allows us to retrieve the full potential of our group. I found out i was an orange temperament. We also watched Pay It Forward, that taught me about how to reach out into the community to help the world bit by bit. It was a good day. Matt Lenart - Blog Number 2 [ 8/5/12 ] - Excursion Nicolle Vergara - Absent, Excursion

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 1 (8/5./12) Today in DEAL we took notes on how we can keep our Outreach projects flowing easily.To do that we need to often plan meetings aswell as planning a meeting an agenda must be used and included in it should be time,venue,what you are discussing,who is and is not attending and also the leader of the meeting.Having a timeline is also another important component to the Outreach project.A timeline should include who is responsible,times,people involved,venue and also many many other components.In todays lesson I did not understand how much work that is actually needed to start this outreach project.Today we also watched a movie called play it forward.This movie was very sad and touching because the boy did everything he could to help people for example he helped a homeless person on the street who helped another person and it just continued.At the end of the movie a very very realistic thing happened where a boy that is getting bullied is getting beaten and the boy that starts helping others tries to help him but he gets stabbed and dies.This is very realistic because almost a year ago a middle aged man tried to help an older women because she was getting robbed and the same thing happened to him.The goal the boy tried to achieve succeeded and it spread all over the US and he became famous. Krystyll Agarano - Absent, soundhouse excursion. Aevan Aguilar - Absent, CSIRO excursion. __ **Tuesday May 15, 2012** __ Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 2 (15/5/12):Today in D.E.A.L we got to choose our mentors for the year but not in usual way.We got to pick our mentors in a 'The Voice' theme,we did this by planning out a few minute speech where all the teachers sat there and listened to,our speech consisted of our colour temperaments and also our values and we also got to choose a group name.While we were reading out our speeches after a few minutes all the teachers wanted us and we had to choose a teacher,we thought on the pros and cons of each teacher and finally cam up with a decision which was to choose Ms Elmer.The reason we choose Ms Elmer because we all know that she is good at what she does and knows how to keep people on task and perform at their best ability.We later discussed a meeting which might occur in the next couple of weeks to discuss what we want to do and how we want to achieve it.Our group was very happy with there decisions and are looking forward to start. Krystyll Agarano - Today in D.E.A.L, our group really became more of a group. Really worked together. We were given an agenda and we had specific times to complete each step. Having the leader experience, my group chose me to become chair person. Aevan was are minutes man which was the person writing down all that was being said in our discussions. Sometimes I could feel overwhelmed of what was being said and done so I decided I needed help. Aevan became my co leader. Together we were able to get the group together and think of the best ideas we could. Since I was absent for the last 2 lessons, I needed to catch up. My group were very helpful with telling me what I missed out on and one of the things were finding out our temperament colours. I was orange, very enthusiastic. Our agenda forced us to really think how our group can be really strong. With all our different personalities and strengths, we could be a really dominant team. The downfall for our group is that we can easily get off task and sometimes be very disruptive. Looking at other groups, everyone is deciding to join with projects that would benefit humans in need which is great but we wanted to do something different. Our 3 main ideas were animals, foundation work and community work. We looked more deeply into our ideas and thought of what we could actually do. For the animals idea we went on to the RSPCA website and saw that they want volunteers. We wanted to help out there but if it was too difficult we could volunteer at the nearest Vet centre which would be the Caroline Springs Vet. For the foundation work, we wanted to work with people our age or young adults. We felt it could be the best way to really connect to our Outreach project. Finding a project for this was quite difficult. Riley was able to find a program called Reach which was exactly what we wanted. We could either volunteer or fundraise or hopefully do both. Our final idea which was working with the community would be reaching out to primary school students. We would focus on sustainability. All these ideas are good but we know we will have downfalls. It may be because of the group or because our ideas are too difficult. To help guide us, we were given a chance to choose a mentor. This was setup like the TV show, The Voice. We talked about our group. Our values and ideas. All the teachers wanted us but in the end we chose Miss Elmer. We did not get to have a proper meeting with her because of time but we should next week. Matt Lenart - Blog Number 2 [ 15/5/12 ] - Today in D.E.A.L we had a chance to choose out mentors. The mentors which were volunteering were... Ms Elmer, Mr Jilbert, Ms Constantino, Ms Saunders and Ms Commadeur. Our group had chosen Ms Elmer because we thought that she would have given us a lot of help and support we need for our group to succeed in the Outreach program. What happened was we had to create a speech and the teachers would decide if they would like to mentor our group. We had a very hard decision because all of the teachers wanted to mentor our group. We organised to have a meeting with Ms Elmer to discuss what out next step should be leading towards success. We believe that we will do really well this year and hopefully get out of the school to do some work for other companies. Nicolle Vergara - Blog Number 2[ 15\5\2012 ] - Today in D.E.A.L we had to audition for our mentors, three teachers wanted our group Miss Elmer, Miss Constantino, Miss Saunders. We had to decide who we wanted as our mentor and as a group we chose Miss Elmer we thought she would help us more and encourage us to reach our goals. We had to select a chair person, that persons task is to control the meetings we thought that Krystyll would be the best for that. We had to chose a minutes man and that persons task is to write down everything that is said in the meetings, we thought he would do that job better. We were able to connect more as a group and we were able to decide what we want to do for our out reach. Aevan Aguilar - Today in D.E.A.L, we were answering questions about our group and researching organizations we would like to assist in helping out as a part of our project. We were aiming towards in helping local communities and gathering the locals for an event of some sort, we were also thinking of helping animals in need as a part of our project. We had our first meeting, which didn’t go accordingly well as everyone was not participating and mostly mucking around. Me and Krystyll managed to get most of the work done, We had to answer questions in relation to our group, which helped provide us some insight on what to write and say in our speech when we were auditioning for “The Voice”, in my opinion, it was a fantastic way to nominate mentors for our group, we got Ms Elmer as a mentor, and I believe she will be a good mentor because she is filled with great knowledge that will be able to assist us in our projects and group. She also asked to have a meeting with us next Out Reach lesson. Overall, I think we had a good day, we were able to accomplish a lot during the time. Riley Meyer - Blog #2 [15/5/12] - Today in D.E.A.L we had to audition to the teachers, to find out which teacher would be our mentor. Three teachers wanted to be our mentor, those three were Ms. Elmer, Ms. Constantino, and Ms. Saunders. We chose Ms. Elmer as we thought she would be the best suited for our team. We think that Ms. Elmer will help us the most, and encourage us to reach the goals we have set. We selected the chair person. ( the person who controls the group, and keeps us on task. ) We chose Krystyll for this job as she is very controlling. We also had to choose a minute man, we chose Aevan for this, as he can type without looking at the keyboard, and he can stay focused without getting off track. We connected more as a group and we all decided that we first want to reach out to animals in need. **__ Tuesday May 29,2012 __**

Matt Lenart - Blog Number 3 [ 25/5/2012 ] - Today in D.E.A.L we had to design and print a banner for the group which represented us and the group. We had to use photoshop to complete the banner and it looked really good. We put the poster up for display in the year 9 area for all the groups to see. We had arranged to call a VET to help the animals. We never got around to call them this week but next week we would call them and hope to work there in the next fortnight. By looking at this poster people would be able to detect who we are and what our values consist of. Afterwards we started making out engender which reflected on how the meeting was going to roll and what questions we were going to ask at what time. It was challenging day because we had to cramp in so many little tasks which can either lead to a successful group or an unsuccessful group. I think that the way we are currently going is very good because we look as if we will be leaving the school to complete some volunteering work.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 3 (29/5/12):Today in D.E.A.L we made and official logo and banner to promote our group and also to make the group stand out and be individual.Today we also made a poster which will be put up in the year 9 building to promote us and give people a small insight of what we are about,Our poster contains a picture that looks similar to the sun but different colours to show individualism,another good thing we did was included a quote which summed up our group,this quote says every human mind feels pleasure when doing good to one another.This quote is good because it is true and also it shows how we feel when we start our project.We also started looking into ideas that our group can participate in and help others in the community.Today was challenging because we had to start working on a project that we can do and also get a start on it before the term ends.Our group also planned an agenda which will tell us what we did today and what needs to be done next week to keep moving forward. Riley Meyer - Blog #3 [29/5/12] - Today in D.E.A.L We made a poster and an official logo for our group. We made the poster and logo to help promote and make our website look nice. We chose a quote that represents our group best. "Every human feels pleasure when doing good to one another." This quote is brilliant as I made it and it shows personality to our group.  We started looking into organisations and ideas that our team can volunteer with in the community. It was challenging today as we had to start working on a project that we can achieve to get a start on. Aevan Aguilar - Today in D.E.A.L, I started working on a simple but effective logo and banner to improve our wiki spaces page. We also started enhancing it and polishing it up to make it look better. The logo I have created will be used to promote our group and stand out towards the other groups. I also learned how to use Google Docs correctly in Mr Gilbert's masterclass, I also learned how to implement it within group activities to get a lot of tasks done and how the group can use it together to make communicating simple and easy. I had also created a  poster for our group which we will use to promote our group and show off what the group is about to others, the poster consisted of a sun-like image which contained different colours which presented individualism. We also managed to think of a quote which sums up the meaning of our group. The quote is very good because it shows what our group is about. We also looked at a few organizations we could perhaps volunteer or help in. We had a small meeting with Ms. Elmer, and we talked about how we were going and how we should set out the roles within the group so we are able to find organizations much faster. Me and Riley were looking for Youth Organizations, Krystyll and Nicolle were looking for Animal Shelters we could volunteer in, and Joseph and Matt were looking for primary schools where we could educate the children. Overall, today we got a lot of work done, it was quite challenging keeping the group together and making sure we were all on the same page but we somehow managed form time to time. Krystyll Agarano - Today in D.E.A.L we started by working on our banner. We used the tool Photoshop. Aevan is excellent at using this tool which is a huge advantage for us when it comes to graphic design. He started off with his own ideas and when he was done, he asked for our opinions and we changed it up a little. Our group being called Believe, we thought the sun would be our main representation. We incorporated our values in the logo as well. Green to us represents harmony and the yellow represents joy. This is what we hope to bring to our projects. Aevan also created a logo which includes our sun and B which represents our group name. While Aevan went to attend Mr. Jilbert's masterclass on Google Docs, our group focussed on how we could help out animals. The easiest way for us would be the company RSPCA because they really need volunteers. Our back plan would be Veterinarian centres but that would be hard to do because Vets don't really need volunteers but we decided that there is no harm in asking. When Aevan returned, he explained to me about Google Docs and why we need to use it. It is easier for us to access our ideas and agenda because everyone can log in and just check. Aevan also created a poster for us with the help of our group. It of course has our main symbol which is the sun but different colours which for us means individualism. Riley and I found a quote but made it our own to suit our group which is, 'Every human mind feels pleasure when doing good to one another.'. After having a meeting with Ms Elmer, she told us that we should go into pairs and find information on different projects we could do. Nicolle and I are working on the animals volunteering, Riley and Aevan are finding out about Youth Organisations and Matt and Joseph are finding out about primary schools and how we can help them. I believe today was one of out most successful days because we got a lot of work done and I feel like our group is really coming together. I felt the start was a bit messy and everywhere but towards the end we really started working as a team. Nicolle Vergara - Absent

**__Tuesday June 5th,2012__** Matt Lenart-Blog Number 4 (5/6/12) - Today in DEAL we were assigned to try and contact a company for our outreach program. Our group decided to phone a VET clinic to see if we were able to volunteer for them. The call was successful but we are currently waiting on a response from the owner of the VET. We are hoping that we are able to help them out because we know that it will make their lives easier. We also were looking to attend primary schools to help some classes work and teach them how high school and their future works. Most of the lesson we were told to research as much ideas which relate to this topic just incase we didn't get chosen to volunteer.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 4 (5/6/12):Today in DEAL we explored many different vets and also animal shelters.We also completed a very important task which was calling the Caroline Springs Vet to ask if they take in volunteers and they said we need to call back after ten in the morning tommorow to see if there is any positions available.Some things that we could possibly participate in such as playing with the animals,feeding the animals or even something very simple such as walking the animals.Today we also had a meeting and we already achieved something in the first half an hour which was good.Our group also looked at primary schools again.We have started narrowing down on our ideas and we are also going to try the animal vets and shelters such Pet Haven,Lordsmiths Hotel,Pet Hotel and Caroline Springs Vet.These places often need a large amount of volunteers to aid them and we may possibly be a group that helps them.Krystyll made the call and our group planned out a script which was successful and it worked when Krystyll went blank for a few seconds and she looked down and kept on going in a professional manner. Riley Meyer - Blog #4 [5/6/12] - Today in D.E.A.L we were assigned to try and contact a certain company that we liked. Our group decided to call a VET clinic to find out if we will be able to help out with/for them.The call was successful but we are currently waiting on a response from the owner of the VET. We are hoping that we are able to helpt them out because we know that it will help make their job easier. We also are looking to attend a primary school to help someclasses work and teach them how high school and their future works. Krystyll Agarano - Today in DEAL, we discussed with our group what we could work for today and what we could do with out three ideas. Our main objective is animals so we looked at companies we could have access to. We decided to call up the VET centre in Caroline Springs since they are a local VET centre. Since Miss Elmer was away, we had to ask permission from Ms Saunders to call them up. She said that before we make the call, we must make a script for the call. We decided to make scripts for different scenarios like if they say yes, no or they say that they are going to call us back. When this was completed, Ms Saunders proof read it and gave us the OK to contact the VET centre. They picked up and it sounded like we were talking to one of the assistants and she told us the unfortunately their manager was not there and would be back at 10am tomorrow morning. After the call, we decided to focus more on out other idea which was reaching out to youth and putting awareness to primary school students about the environment. Aevan Aguilar - Toady in DEAL, we held a meeting with our group and figured out what we could work on for today and what we could do with the three ideas we had initially planned. Since our main concept for our group is about animals, we looked at various different companies who could associate with. We decided to call up the local VET centre with the permission of Ms Saunders because Ms Elmer was away. Ms Saunders' instructions were that we had to make a quick script for our conversation on the phone. The way we approached our script was to make it so that we would have different answers for different scenarios (example if they said yes, or if they said no.) When we completed this, Ms Saunders proof read it and gave us the okay to call up. They picked up but the manager was not present at the time and told us to call back tomorrow morning. After the call, we looked around for other companies for back up incase this goes wrong.

Nicolle Vergara - Blog Number 4 (5\6\2012): Today in D.E.A.L we looked up places we can reach out to. I looked up the conservation volunteers and did further research to see how we could be of there assistance. There aren't any projects we can help with now, because they are in a different state or there unavailable. Joseph had an idea to go and help out the Caroline Springs Vet. While Matt, Aevan, and I researched things to help out in. Joseph and Krystyll wrote up a speech to call the vet to see if we can go and help out, we were all in the room to see what was happening. We need to call tomorrow again after 10am to talk to the person thats in charge. If this doesn't work out we will be contacting other vet's or animal help centers to see were our help is needed. **__Tuesday June 12th,2012__** Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 5 (12/6/12):Today in DEAL we made three calls one of which to the vet near the school and they said they would call back and within 15 minutes they called back.We then had to call back and they rudely said no and when we offered to donate they also rudely replied with no.We then researched Pet Paradise and we then made a call to their head office.Pet Paradise then said they have had all positions full and when we offered to donate objects to them.We now have to search up for bigger and better companies that could possibly accept donations of money or even objects.We would also be very happy to volunteer at a animal shelter or vet. Krystyll Agarano - Today in DEAL, Miss Elmer returned so we updated her on what she missed out on. Unfortunately due to the business of exams, we were unable to call back the VET centre. We called back today and the manager was in! We explained to her about our project so she told us that she would call us back. I left her with the school's number and Miss Elmer's name. 15 minutes later, she called back and she told us that unfortunately student workers were filling up spaces so there was non available to us. We felt disappointed but kept on looking for companies. We decided to try another direction and go for pet stores, There was one in Highpoint so we called them but they unfortunately said the same thing as the VET centre. We talked to Miss Elmer and she said it would be more successful to aim for companies such as R.S.P.C.A because their money come from charity. We were only given 2 periods for DEAL because of exams and spent most of out time planning but it was still 2 very productive lessons. Matt Lenart - Blog number 5 (12/6/12): Today in DEAL we had phoned the VET which is close to McDonalds three times. We spoke very professional and with a lot of respect which we thought could get us the job. But sadly, our group had been turned down once again and we are now trying to look for another VET. Our plan is to call Pet Haven next week and hope for our group to get accepted to be able to volunteer for the businesses. We were also thinking of calling R.S.P.C.A because we know that they are a big business but aware that they might be in need of help. Our group is hoping that we get the best of luck next week so we are able to leave the school to help businesses in need around melbourne. Nicolle Vergara - Blog number 5 (12\6\2012): Aevan Aguilar - Today in DEAL, Ms Elmer had returned so we updated her on what was going on in our group. Unfortunately due to the exams, we were unable to call back as expected. We called back today and the manager was present during the time. We told her what our project was all about. She told us she would call back so Krystyll had left her the schools phone number and Ms Elmer's name. Within 15 minutes, we got called back and we received a turn down as students were already participating in something that they were doing. Our group was disappointed but we still strived to look for more options, our group decided to go with Pet Stores. There was on in Highpoint so we decided to contacts them but they also turned us down. Overall, it was a fairly good day and we got a lot of things done. __**Thursday June 21st, 2012**__

Matt Lenart - Blog #6 [21/6/12] - Today in DEAL we participated in a rock and water session in periods 1 and 2. I found it interesting this week because we were all together as a group discussing different legal ways of self-defence and watched different youtube videos which showed us what happens to people when they are under the use of alcohol. In periods 3-6 we were working in our outreach groups and had thought that since we were not getting any companies accepting us, to hold a fundraiser at the school to buy supplies for the pet shelters around melbourne. Our group had thought that it would have been a smart idea to bake cookies which related to animals, first we thought that dog bone cookies were creative but our group thought again and we came up with scooby snacks. We are all hoping that our group keeps this idea and takes it to the end of term 3 and donates the good we need to the pet shelters.

Riley Meyer - Blog #6 [21/6/12] - Today in D.E.A.L,we did rock and water and we also gathered organisations/shops together on a list, and came up with ideas to fundraise, so we can send the things we fundraise to the organisations/shops. We got a new group member, his name is Joshua, he is nice, and is really good with photoshop. Aevan, Joshua and I worked on making a poster for fundraising things, but we made it on the wrong subject, so we had to start again. We came up with the idea to bake cookies and yum stuff, to sell so we can raise money to buy stuff. Krystyll Agarano - Absent. Aevan Aguilar - Today, we called up three different companies to see if they would accept our offer as volunteers in the company, unfortunately none had accepted us as volunteers. We managed to get an activity submission form which was a form we had to fill out submitting what we were doing and where we're going and also a development form to prepare for next term. Our group all tried to come up with ideas of where to head towards next, our first idea was to gather supplies and equipment for animals and donate them to the nearest animal shelters. Our group also thought of holding a fundraiser which we can make scooby snacks and sell them for some cash which will allows to buy the supplies we needed to donate. I began working on the poster to promote this fundraiser.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 6 (21/6/12):Today in DEAL we called three companies to offer if they would except us as volunteers sadly none accepted us.We also received the activity submission form and also development form to start preparing for next term.Our group were wondering where to go next until we were told to think outside the box.Our group were then discussing what to do next and we thought of donating equipment and supplies to animal shelters close to the school.Our group also thought how are we going to donate without any money so we decided to hold a fundraiser in which we make human scooby snacks and sell them for money and then buy supplies to donate.Our group also prepared a poster to start promoting the fundraiser

__**Tuesday June 26th, 2012**__ Matt Lenart - Blog Number 7 (26/7/12) - Today in DEAL we had to phone many companies to see fi they were able to donate any goods for our project to become successful. The companies we called were IGA and Coles. They said they could provide us with 20$ gift cards but we would had to have gone into the store with a written statement on why we deserve the donation. Other than that, we had no other option but to buy our goods. So our group had thought deeper and we had thought of collecting and donating animal goods such as, blankets, animal toys, food to help the organisation to their best.

Krystyll Agarano - Today in DEAL my group updated me on what they did last week. They said they were able to get a lot done and they thought of taking a different direction. Instead of volunteering, they wanted to fundraise. They were planning on getting sponsored by a supermarket for the food supplies to make cookies. I was very happy with this idea so we made a call to Coles Caroline Springs but they said they were not able to help us out because it was the companies policy. Straight after I remembered that I had a god brother who was manager of Coles in Deer Park but I wasn't sure if he was still manager. I contacted my dad but he said he doesn't work there anymore and now works at Toyota. That was a real let down but we decided to contact other locations where Coles was. While Nicolle and Matt did that, Joseph and I were researching on what RSPCA, Josh worked on making business cards to advertise our cause and Aevan worked on posters would could put around also supporting our cause. Joseph and I found a list of things we could do to help RSPCA on the website. Some options were them giving us RSPCA branded items and we sell them and give them the profits, collecting blankets and shredded paper for the animals and also Animal Day. On this day, we could invite the school to dress up as there favourite animal and bring a gold coin donation and give the donations to RSPCA. By the time this was getting figured out, Nicolle and Matt returned saying that they could give us vouchers. Ms Elmer also gave us the idea of getting Bunnings Warehouse to help us out with a sausage sizzle. We called them and they told us to go to out local store and sign up there. Aevan Aguilar - Today we decided to ring up a couple of large companies such as Coles and IGA to see if they were able to donate ingredients towards the food we're making for our fundraiser, but unfortunately we got rejected again so we decided to look for other places to call. We then called up Bunnings in Taylors Hill to see if they were able to host us a sausage sizzle as a part of our fundraiser and they told us to write down a letter explaining what we were doing and what we were raising money for. We also looked into the volunteering side of things by checking out the RSPCA website and listing down what we can do to volunteer which is what Krystyll and Joseph did whilst Josh and I were working on the ways we could advertise and promote our fundraiser with business cards and posters. We also came up with the idea of collecting blankets and shredded paper for the donations and we also came up of an idea called Animal Day where students can dress up as an animal or the colours of an animal and donate a gold coin for our cause. Overall, we did fairly good today. Riley Meyer - Blog #7 [26/6/12] - Absent. Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 7 (26/7/12):Today in DEAL we called various large companies such as IGA and various Coles to see if they would donate any supplies for our fundraiser and all said no.We then called Bunnings Warehouse in Taylors Hill to ask if we could host a sausage sizzle and they asked us to write a letter explaining what and why we want to do with the money raised.Our group also thought of a idea in which each student can wear clothing that has to do with animals at the cost of a two dollar donation which will go toward another fundraiser.Next term we will need to start preparing a letter to Bunnings and we may then host a sausage sizzle which will allow us to buy supplies for animal shelters.Our group has also designed two posters in which it can promote our group in a fundraiser we would like to run next term.

**__Tuesday August 7th, 2012__** Matt Lenart - Blog Number 8 (7/8/12): Today in DEAL we had to contact the food teacher to see if we were able to cook a few days before the festival. We are still waiting for a reply. We also had to contact local super markets to see if we were able to have some ingredients donated for our rum balls, this will help us so much because then we can start to cook earlier and make a lot more than should. Also today we were told that we are not able to leave the school unless we have a teacher or a parent who has permission to work with kids. I found this quite annoying because we have worked so hard to our animal project that it was all taken from us.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 8 (7/8/12):Today in DEAL we messaged the food technology team and asked if we could use the food room and cook rum balls the day before we have our fete.Our group also contacted Coles and other supermarkets to see if they would kindly donate some ingredients.Today we also had interviews for our subject next year and I applied for the certificate two in business and I think my interview went well and I think I have a good chance of making it in.We also looked at a rough estimate on how much the ingredients we need roughly are and we need to call and see how much can be donated.Our group is still struggling to re adjust to the major change and we are disappointed in the change and we will eventually work around it but it will take us alot to work.We worked very hard today. Aevan Aguilar - Today in DEAL, we were informed by the teachers that the whole OutReach was completely changed and that we were no longer able to visit places outside of schools because of a change in the government law. This had me extremely disappointed and somewhat less motivated for Outreach since our group was really lost and didn't know where to go. We were told that we would be holding a sort of festival as a replacement for this, I wasn't too sure about the idea but I couldn't think of any ideas regarding that either. I started feeling a lot of pressure. We picked our spot for our stall which was located in front/next to the library. We came up of the ideas of making foods and dressing up as animals to promote our cause. We contacted the Food Tech team and kindly asked if we were able to use the food room to be cook rum balls and other sweets for the festival. I also started working on the poster for the advertisement of the group for the day. Krystyll Agarano - Today in DEAL I came late to school. My group informed me that our Outreach project had completely changed. Now because of some regulations, we are not allowed to do Outreach outside of school. I felt really disappointed and stressed because my group was really lost and we were struggling to figure out what we were going to do next. They felt really dependent on me and I started to feel the pressure. I just told our group the basics like when we had to do all this by which was the week before the actual festival which was the new plan for our Outreach. The date for the festival was September 18th and I wanted to get everything done the week before so all we have to do the the festival was setup. We had to think of ways to show our cause and get donations. For out stall, we wanted it to be on the side of the library. We were thinking of making foods such as truffles or cookies and dress up as animals and sell small sweets. **__ Tuesday August 14th, 2012 __** Matt Lenart - Blog Number 9 (14/8/12) : Today in DEAL we had many people from all around Melbourne come to our school and talk to us about our education and their lives. There were lots of crew with cameras from SBS. I found that the presentation was alright but it just kept going on and on. People had stories about violence, education, sporting careers and much more. Some of these speakers related to how our life is going today with school and how they got through school and into the real world. Krystyll Agarano - Today we were lucky enough to be involved in a summit which was prepared by Les Twentymen. It involved a wide range of speakers to discuss a variety of topics. All this was being filmed. Honestly, I found most of the speakers quite boring because some weren't prepared enough, could not hear them or their topic just did not interest me enough. This made it quite difficult for me to concentrate but I pulled through. The footy player talked about how you need education no matter what career you choose. His speech I found quite interesting because he related it to his young life which couldKrysty strongly relate to our life's. My favourite speaker would be the detective because his speech was about gangs which is a big topic in our life's today so it was interesting to hear what happens behind the scenes. I found this summit very informative and learnt a lot of new things.

Aevan Aguilar - Today we were very fortunate to be involved in a summit which was conducted by Les Twentymen. There were several speakers which discussed a broad amount of topics. The summit mainly revolved around gangs, violence and the importance of staying and doing well in school. There were many speakers such as a famous football player, police men and politcally involved people. There were also students from nearby schools attending. The whole summit was being filmed and was later aired on SBS (?). It was a very long day, and I wasn't that interested three quarters of the time, it was difficult for me to concentrate on what was being said. I guess that the football player's story was the only one that got my intrigued because he was relating to a time which was pretty much the time for me as a Year 9 and about the importance of education. Although the summit was extremely boring and uninteresting, I still think it gave me a lot of knowledge and it was very informative and really opened my mind to new things. Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 9 (14/8/12):Today in DEAL we listened to a wide range of speakers that spoke to us about education and violence.The speakers that spoke to us today were football players, police men, background sporting staff and ex athletes and many more.This was a very long day which was packed full of information.Many people attended the event and some people I did not know who they were.Springside campus attended with a few students that I reconised that were my friends.They also learned alot of information.Many camera and TV channel camera people attended and filmed the whole summit and also took pictures.The most inspiring and interesting speakers were the detective who educated us on gangs and on how many fights and also how much people suffer and the consequences of being involved in this particular area.I also found the footballer interesting because he said how he had to sacrifice and have an education to get far in AFL and also it works for may things.This meeting was very informative and I also learnt alot from the large variety of speakers. Riley Meyer - Blog #9 [14/8/12] - Today in DEAL we listened to a large amount of speakers, speak to us about education and violence. They all spoke about different types of scenarios, and it was really interesting. At times it became boring, but most of the time it was interesting. I couldn't hear some of the speakers but it was alright. It was really draining, and i got bored, but i tried to fight the boredness, but it got the best of me. I still listened though. It was interesting how the detective was talking about the gangs, and all the scary violence.

Nicolle Vergara - Blog Number 9 (14\8\2012): Today in DEAL we had to participate in a summit there were a few people that spoke to us mainly about the same thing. They tried to explain to us how our education is the most important **__ Tuesday August 21st, 2012 __** Matt Lenart - Blog Number 10 (21/8/12): Today in DEAL we had to create a letter to ALDI containing what we would like donated. Soft drink cans was what we wanted donated because we thought that it would be an awesome idea because we know that it would make quite a lot of money. We also talked about where our profits will go towards.We decided that we would send it to RSPCA because we have been studying what they do mainly with animals in need. Nicolle and I are also trying to get in contact of Coles to see if we can have cans donated. We thought that calling more than 1 company would be the way togo because then if 1 rejects us and the other accepts us we would at least have a company to work with.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 10 (21/8/12):Today in DEAL we prepared a call script to Aldi and we called and they gave us a address which we should prepare and send out to Aldi Caroline Springs.Our group has a idea that we are trying very hard with and we want to achieve by the parade day.Our group has decided to split profits with each other and we will then do what we need to do with our desired groups group.We will be selling chocolate truffles and also selling soft drinks which we are trying to get from Aldi Caroline Springs.We are now writing a letter to them.The money that we earn will then be donated towards the RSPCA and we will then be successful.Our group has all been working on individual jobs because Aevan and Josh are working on decorating and planning posters and flyers for the stall.Krystyll and I are preparing the script and letter for Aldi and Matt and Nicole are looking at Coles and trying to prepare that.By the end of the day we would like to finish the letter and have a really good head start for next week and want to achieve highly. Aevan Aguilar - Today we decided to write a phone script to ALDI. Our group has come up with an idea that we are trying very hard to pull through before the festival day. Our group has decided to conjoin with the group Hands 4 Hope 4 Kids and they handed us over with the role of selling soft drinks instead of them, we decided to split the profits between the two groups and then continue what we needed to do after. We decided to sell chocolate truffles and soft drinks which we are attempting to get from ALDI Caroline Springs as a discount. Joseph and Krystyll were working on writing a letter to ADLI. We also came up with the idea of donating the money towards RSPCA that we earn from the sales. Our group has been applied jobs, Krystyll and Joseph are preparing scripts and letters, Matt and Nicole are looking at Coles and handing up the locker flyers, while Josh and I are designing the posters and flyers for the stall and the lockers. We are currently getting off at an amazing start for our stall and hoping we can get it all done before the fete day! Nicolle Vergara - Blog Number 10 (21\8\2012): Today in DEAL we had a meeting with Miss Elmer we finally decided what were going to do. We are going to be selling drinks (cans) next to the sausage sizzle stand. Krystyll and I are going to be walking around to try and bring people to our stand. My group and I called ALDI to see if they could donate some boxes of cans. They have told us that we need to write a letter and they'll see what they can do.


 * __ Tuesday August 28th, 2012 __**

Krystyll Agarano - Today in DEAL we started off by having a group meeting and separating ourselves into 3 groups. Nicolle and Matt were working on publisising our group. Their first idea was to dress up as animals and use a megaphone to tell everyone about our cause but that was rejected. Then they had the idea of printing out small brochures and putting them in the students lockers. Josh started working on that. Joseph, Riley, Aevan and I were working on our stall. Last week we sent a letter to Aldi in Derrimut asking them if they could donate cans of soft drinks to us or we would be willing to pay some sort of deal. Ms Elmer had not receive a letter back so we called them. I spoke to the reception and they said that they did not receive a letter from us so I just told them about what we were about. They apologised and said that they couldn't support us because all their donations go to one charity which was 'Banardos'. Ms Saunders then gave us the idea of asking Ms Corban if she would be willing to help us out so we sent her an e-mail. Hopefully we can get a reply before next week.

Aevan Aguilar - Today, we started off DEAL by having a group meeting and separating ourselves into three groups with different designated roles. Nicolle and Matt were working on publicizing our group and raising awareness for our cause. The first idea we had was to dress up as animals during lunch time and use a megaphone to explain to everyone our cause but that was unfortunately rejected. Then another idea came, which was about printing out flyers which we would wedge into every student's locker so that they will see it. Josh started working on the design for that while Joseph, Krystyll, Riley and I were working on some ideas for our stall. We still hadn't received a response back from last week's letter to ALDI in Derrimut asking them if they could donate boxes of soft drink cans so then we decided to call them. Krystyll had spoken to them and we were informed that they were unable to donate boxes of cans due to them already being inclined to donate to a particular charity. Ms Saunders gave us the idea of contacting Ms Corban and see if she's willing to help us out by providing discounts in bulk for soft drink cans. Krystyll had sent her an email and we'd hope to get a reply soon. We also might be getting a fairy floss machine, popcorn machine and a jumping castle donated to us for free for the festival. We were also given a rubric to fill out to show evidence and documentation on the progress we've made so far in DEAL. Overall, we worked fairly well and we are a bit worried because the festival is nearly here but I think we can pull it off very easily.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 11 (28/8/12):Today in DEAL we called ALDI and asked if they have gone through our letter and they responded by saying that they have nor even looked at our letter and told us on the spot that they cannot do any deals or can not donate anything to us.We were then told that we were to prepare advertisement and we did and we planned to make small flyers promoting our stall and also promoting the RSPCA.We also prepared a email to Ms Corban asking if she has any connections and if she could pass on any of them to assist us in getting the boxes of cans.We asked her to give us a suitable date to organise a meeting with her to discuss the things we could possibly do.We also prepared a small plan of our stall and area prepared and set up and decorated how we would imagine it.We also prepared some small flyers and posters to decorate and advertise.Our group has started to got through each and every documentation evidence we need in the DEAL rubric to pass DEAL as a group.Today we worked especially motivating and we also did the most work today.Our group also might be getting a jumping castle or getting a popcorn and fairy floss stall for free.Our group is so excited for the stall.

Joshua Ciardulli Blog Number 1(28/8/12): Today in deal, the group told me I had to do a small flyer in which the cans will have on them. these flyers will be needed to be taken off the can and read before-hand to be able to drink the soda. In This flyer I Included the DEALS group name and a really short title which had RSPCA fight against animal cruelty. the preferred size a7 paper for each flyer making it stand out from the can and hopefully make the message reach out to people and tell them that animal cruelty is bad and needs to be supported by more people. Ms Elmer helped me in the ideas on what I should also have don on this flyer. I was given the role Matt and Nicole was organizing what what everyone did this meant that they organized the how many flyers they were going to print out and placing the flyers in pages to conserve paper. One of the intentions was to dress up in animal costumes and use the megaphone to get peoples attention.

Matt Lenart - Blog number 11 (28/8/12) : Today in DEAL Nicolle and I had to work out how we were going to promote our idea into the school community. We had about 9 ideas and 8 of them were rejected due to the other groups already submitting them. It was a very tiring day but we stuck to our task and though of an idea with the help of Ms Elmer. We had thought do make little flyer/poster things to slip into all the lockers around the school. With doing this, students from the college will get an idea of what our group will do and what they are expecting to donate for. By next week we should have all our ideas ready and have everything we need to make our day successful and raise as much money as possible.


 * __ Tuesday September 4th, 2012 __**

Matt Lenart - Blog Number 12 - (4/9/12) : Today in DEAL we had arranged a meeting with Ms Corban to see if she knew anyone that could donate cans for our charity and to see if she was able to get them cheaper. She had said it would be better to buy them rather than have them donated, but we thought that it would be a better thing to was to get the cans from ALDI because we would make plenty more profit that would do well to RSPCA. We also had a fairy floss machine that would be donated. We thought that this was an awesome thing and lucky to get it because Krystal's sister's boyfriend was able to donate it for our group. We were all very thankful for letting this happen because we know that the day should go quite successful.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 12 (4/9/12):Today in DEAL we to Ms Corban and discussed possible ordering of the soft drinks.Ms Corban helped us look at many different prices and helped us look at the most profitable way to go.We ended up sorting out after our meeting that going with Aldi would be the most profitable and successful way to go.Ms Corban also offered us to purchase them but ideally did not want to from Aldi.We concluded that Ms Elmer could purchase the many cans we would like to purchase using her own personal money from her pocket and we will then reimburse her.We figured out pricing today and also started painting a banner and also printed 300 copies of a small flyer and we did a locker drop to advertise our project to the students.We also received the fairy floss machine from the company and we now need to organise dates for the can to be purchased and stored and the machine to be delivered, stored and also picked back up.We have completed a great deal of work today and next week should be the finalising of all of the project and the week after would be all preparation.

Aevan Aguilar - Today, Krystyll was absent due to the SACCS Tennis and we had contacted over skype the night before and she gave me a list of thigns to complete and assigned me as the leader for the day. She had informed me to make sure the group holds a meeting with Ms Corban and confirms on what we are doing. We started off with a meeting talking about what we needed for our stall and what we are already getting. Then we talked to Ms Corban about our plans for the day and she helped us decide the most profitable way to go about this whole situation. We talked about her not being associated with ALDI because the schools don't hold any associations with them, but she is able to purchase soft drink cans from Ms Elmer's budget at Coles. We were also informed that we needed a float in order to run the stall and Joey has politely volunteer to provide the float. We also concluded with the price for the soft drink cans to be at the price of $1.50, we also decided not to share the profits between us and Hands 4 Hope 4 Kids group as we are two separate 'businesses' and we are raising money for our OWN charity. Fortunately, the group agreed to our offer and we decided to go on our own from there on. We were also told that we should put the drinks before the sausage sizzle so the money comes to us first rather than the sausage sizzle group (thinking in a competitive sense). After the meeting with Ms Corban, we decided to make a banner for our stall which Matt, Nicolle and Josh started working on. We also confirmed that the fairy floss machine will be delivered to us. I started printing the 300 copies of small flyers to place on the can when people are buying it. Overall, we did a fair amount of work and got a lot of things done even when Krystyll wasn't here to conduct us.

Joshua Ciardulli- Blog Number 2 Krystyll Agarano - Absent.


 * __ Tuesday September 11th, 2012 __**

Matt Lenart - Blog Number 13 - (11/9/12): Today in DEAL we had been mailed back and ALDI said that they were able to donate the cans to us and told us to pick them up whenever we are ready. We were all so happy that they were able to donate it for us and we couldn’t thank them anymore. The problem was how we were going to get them from ALDI to the school. We had talked amongst ourselves and decided that Krystal’s Dad has a van that he would be able to take the cans from ALDI to the school. All we know is that we worked really hard to be able to achieve this and we are so happy as a group to have been given this donation.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 13 (11/9/12):Today in DEAL we recieved good news which was after Aldi turned us down and said that there was no chance of the sponsoring us.We recieved a note from Ms Elmer saying that Aldi will give us thirteen boxes of soft drink cans and for free.We then had to arrange for someone to pick them up and we decided with either Krystyll's dad or my dad.We also are preparing a certificate of appreciation to give to her as we invited her to come by and pick it up and have a look at what we are all about.She said she might be able to make it.We also prepared a new banner and three or four posters and also some little cards we will place on the cans.We have worked very hard today and we will also show how hard we worked next Tuesday.Today we also sent a email to the fairy floss company and are awaiting a reply from them to discuss pick up and drop of times.We have finished our project with no cost involved which was good as we do not owe anyone any money.I am also bringing money to prepare a float to start the day off and I will reambearse myself.We also went through our rubric and checked what we needed to do and what we have done to recieve good marks.

Aevan Aguilar - Today in DEAL we were told the ALDI was actually going to donate thirteen boxes of soft drink cans (twenty four in each box) for free! This was brilliant news to us because we were finally prepared for the sale at our stall next Tuesday. We had to arrange a meet up at CS Sqaure so we could all help and carry the boxes over to whoever is picking up the boxes which would probably be Krystyll's Dad or trolleys being taken to school. We are also preparing a certificate of appreciation to Carol the manager and thought of getting a picture with her and the group. We also confirmed that the fairly floss machine will be delivered to Krystyll's house and then Krystyll will be taking it to school. We have finished the design of our stall and all the things surrounding it. The banners have been completed, the posters have been completed and so has the flyers. Krystyll and I decided to put up some posters during recess and lunch around the school to get people aware of our stall. Our banner looks magnificent and we also decided of a price we can have for the fairy floss. Krystyll and Joseph went through the rubric and checked what needed to be done. While I helped Josh finish making the banner after printing out the posters that needed to be put up. We are extremely happy with our progress so far and we are fully prepared to pull off an amazing stall for the festival. Krystyll Agarano - When Aldi turned us down it was a big hit on our group because that was our major idea. Then Ms Elmer brought the good news and the manager from Aldi Caroline Springs agreed to donate the thirteen boxes. The transport was no problem and we decided that Thursday morning we would have to come late to school because all of us except for Joseph would pick up the soft drinks. My dad has a van and had plenty of room to place the boxes. We e-mailed Ali about the fairy floss machine and confirmed the date and time. Now we had to focus on making are stall more attractive and make everyone know what we were raising money for. After sorting everything out, Joey and I focussed on the evidence guide and got heaps done.


 * __ Tuesday September 18th, 2012 __**

Matt Lenart - Blog number 14 - (18/9/12): Today in DEAL was the big day that had finally come! We had to show the school the hard work we have put in to make this day happen and to also sell the products we had gotten donated to us. We thought that we would make around $500-$600 but we raised much much more! Our final earning was $1000. We are all so happy that we raised that much and we are pleased that we worked very hard this year to get that amount of money to be donated. We had to change the price of the cans and fairy floss because we thought that the prices were a bit expensive so we had changed it to $1.50 for a can and 2$. These prices really did make us sell out quick because they are easy to keep in hand and easy to pay up. I really did enjoy this day and hope the many other year levels get to experience this day.

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 14 (18/9/12): Today was the day where we showed off how much work we have put into our outreach program.Everything went to plan and we earned so much money.We earned over 1000 dollars and there was not much left to sell towards the end of the day.Our fairy floss machine was a massive success because the line was always full and big and we used so much of the ingredients we had.The cans also sold bu not as much as the fairy floss because that was the most that sold and earned the most money.We did not encounter many problems today because we were very prepared but we encountered some smaller problems.They were the long queue which meant we needed to speed up production times.We also encountered the problem that the fairy floss at the bottom was building up and it was harder to put it on the stick.To fix this we needed to continuely turn the machine off and empty it every 20 to 30 minutes.Apart from these small problems today was a big success and everybody was very happy with our success.We will now next term call the RSPCA and tell that about the money we earned and that we will donate it to them.We also need to figure out some small gifts to gift some people as a sign of thanks for helping us.We would not change many things majorly but one thing that could be changed would be more advertising because what we did was good but we could always make our name more out there.

Joshua Ciardulli- Blog Number 4(18/912): Today in DEAL was the day in which the group had to show the hard work that was put into this program. The banner I made for the main stall was finished and was to attract people and show the prices of the products sold. According to Krystyll we sold a lot of soda cans and fairy floss. Since all of the cans were given for free to the group it was all profit. I was at the second stall selling the cans for $1.50 the coke cans were the most desired soda can and was sold out quickly. since our stall was next to the group which was selling sausages a lot more people came to buy a can after buying a sausage, this was a great plan in which have succeeded better in selling cans than another area. The bundle for the can and fairy floss could not be sold at this stall since there wasn't any there. There wasn't any problems with money since Joseph came with lots of coins.

Aevan Aguilar - Today was absolutely amazing. This was the day where everyone and especially our group, got to show off all the hard work they have been doing for the past two terms for Outreach. The set up was amazing, seeing all these wonderful stalls all around, people having smiles of their faces and enjoying themselves especially our group has definitely shown that everyone is proud of their work. We had two stalls set up, one was the soft drinks only store which was located next to the sausage sizzle and the main one was the fairy floss stall located infront of the library, where we were selling fairy floss and soft drink cans. We had posters set up around both stalls and the banner set up at the main stall. We had four people working at the main stall, while the rest were at the secondary stall. Krystyll, Joseph, Riley and I were at the main stall. We all got designated roles, I was the one managing the line. Riley was in charge of the money and the drinks. Krystyll and Joseph alternated between the role of making the fairy floss and pouring the sugar into the machine. We managed to gain a lot of people's attention and we had plenty of people buying fairy floss and soft drink cans. We came across a couple of problems which was that the fairy floss machine wasn't working but it was only because Krystyll had forgotten to turn the heat on. Another problem we faced was there was lots of excess fairy floss at the bottom of the machine which caused the fairly floss machine to work slowly and eventually begin to overheat. We fixed this problem by getting the excess fairy floss and wrapping it in tissue paper and selling it for just 50 cents for a handful of fairly floss. This excess fairly floss was immediately sold. We had a long queue of people and some even took pictures with Riley because he was dressed up as Pikachu. We had an amazing day, and we raised over $1,000 just from selling soft drink cans and fairy floss. Everything went as planned and we were noted as one of the most popular stalls through out the day. We also have been assigned to sell more fairy floss (bagged) on the Friday as well as some sweets and lollies which would be added up towards our final amount raised. Krystyll Agarano - All the hard work paid off and everyone really dedicated their time to their stalls. The fairy floss machine was dropped off at my house last night and Nicolle's mum drove Nicolle and I to school with the fairy floss machine. We left it in the library. We had a quick briefing in the morning about how the day was planned out and then went straight to setting up our stalls. Most of the soft drinks were set up next to the sausage sizzle area and some were left with the fairy floss machine. Matt and Josh were at the sausage sizzle area and Joey, Riley and I stayed with the fairy floss. Nicolle was helping out with both. We originally were going to sell the fairy floss for $3.00 but changed it to $2.00 because we didn't think they would by it for $3.00. The cans were $1.50 and we made a combo which was both of them for $3.00. The year 7's came out and it took a while for the fairy floss machine to start so the line just kept getting longer. As soon as it started off, the lines were going very fast. Riley was on cans and money and Joey and I were on the fairy floss. We had a break and there was a lot of very floss at the bottom so we put it in a napkin and starting selling it for 50c. Lunch time was very busy and a lot of groups came to advertise near out line to go to there group because of how many people were lining up. It rained at the end of the day and people were still wanting drink and fairy floss. I was very proud of our group today for selling about 12 and a half boxes of soft drinks and around 400 sticks of fairy floss. All of us worked extremely hard even when we did argue a bit throughout the day. We were very successful in raising money for RSPCA in their fight against animal cruelty.


 * __ Tuesday October 9th, 2012 __**

Joseph Franzone-Blog Number 15 (9/10/12): Today in DEAL we had to prepare certificates of appreciations and formal letters for all the companies that assisted us throughout the time we were working on the Outreach project.We also have to recieve and cheque and prepare a letter to the RSPCA saying that we will be donating the money and explaining the Outreach project to them and what we did.The formal letters were very challenging because you have to use large words and follow the steps to create an effective and meaningful letter.We prepared letters to A&A Jumping Castle, Aldi,Parents And Friends Association and also the RSPCA.The RSPCA,Aldi,Parents And Friends Association and A&A Jumping Castles will recieve their letter, certificates of appreciation and the cheque will be sent out within this week.Today we will also find out how much money we earned for the two days operating the stalls.Today has been one of the most busiest DEAL days because we have to finish everything as quick as we can and also the evidence has to be ready to submit by next DEAL lesson.