Category: Challenge 2000
Christmas Hamper Appeal
Many of the families we work with really struggle to survive financially. The Christmas period is always a time of both happiness and intense pressure and stress for our families and young people. Challenge 2000 fortunately receives Christmas Hampers from the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Wellington City Mission which we deliver on 23rd/24th December.
While these hampers are full of Christmas goodies, they do not include meat, vegetables and fruit. With your help, we can add these to hampers. Please spread the Christmas message of love by helping us to help others. Please donate $12 for a frozen chicken, $20 meat pack, $50 for a small Christmas Ham or $80 for fresh fruit and vegetables for a family of five children.
So please if you can either post a cheque to Challenge 2000, P O Box 13059, Johnsonville or direct credit to Challenge 2000: ANZ 01-0519-0057660-00 reference Christmas Food.
All amounts are tax deductible as we are a registered charity. Thank you for helping us to make a difference. For further information, please call Trish or John on 04 477 6827.
Holiday Programmes
On a stunning sunshining Tuesday morning we waited in anticipation to start the first holiday programme in Wairarapa. It was a fun filled day!! We made a variety of pizzas – heart shaped, vegetarian, cheese crusted and normal!
In the afternoon we made friendship bracelets under the glorious sun. It was a day filled with fun, laughter and great friendships were formed.
What an adventure we had at the zoo!! 15 young children between the ages of 5-9 years old learnt about all the animals at the zoo. We went exploring through the wildlife, stroked an ostrich, looked at baby chimps and said a big HELLO to the giraffes! We had many great stops but the particular favourite stop was at the jeep and tutu bike! All in all, it was a great day filled with excitement and oohs and ahhs!
Cross Fit!!!!
Students from Taita, Naenae and St Patrick Colleges are participating in this intensive fitness and wellbeing programme and real progress has been made so far!
The work out this week focussed on:
Pairs: 200 bar pull ups; 20kg 4 students; 30kgs 4 students, followed by 100 hand release press ups!
The power clean was difficult for some and not so challenging for others. Sometimes technique beats muscle! Our students are loving it and the staff enjoy the challenge too!
Thanks to all our sponsors – our students are really getting lots out of it!
Personal Development Leadership Camp
Recently a group of young women from the Porirua Colleges were selected to participate in a Personal Development Programme.
The purpose of the programme was to provide a developmental experience for growing healthy relationships within themselves and others, leadership skills and encourage confidence, based on a holistic view of wellbeing.
With support from Mana Community Grants Foundation, the group were able to go on a three day camp in Taupo.
Using Adventure Based Learning, the group worked on team building, trust, communication and problem solving while at the same time experiencing new activities and gaining valuable skills facing and overcoming their fears.
In the evening the group would take the experiences of the day, reflect on them and discuss the fears and challenges that they faced and how they felt when they overcame them. Here is some of the feedback from the group – “M” – “being in the face of one of my biggest fears, I overcame my fear by keeping calm and trusting my leader to guide me”; “T” – “I overcame my fear by keeping my mind positive”; “B” – “If I push myself, I can do it – even if I am not comfortable with it”, “H” – I learned that my capabilities are not limited”.
Amazing Race Holiday Fun!!
In the October holidays Challenge 2000 and some young people saw the return of the Amazing Race, held around the Wellington CBD! Participants started out at the Botanical Gardens and worked their way down to Waitangi Park via Parliament, Frank Kitts Park, the Waterfront, Civic Square and Te Papa.
Along the way they had to complete a variety of challenges and activities.
It was an incredible day with participants managing to complete the entire race on foot!!
This is what some of the young people had to say:
“B”, 15, (Lower Hutt) – “Enjoyed getting around Wellington because I don’t live in the area”; “L”, 15, (Porirua) – “I liked the fact that it wasn’t just in one place (eg Botanical Gardens and Wellington CBD)”; “H”, 14, (Naenae) – “I enjoyed meeting new people and the food”
Youth Justice Camp – August 2015
In August we headed off on another week long, Youth Justice camp. The group included two young men, 3 staff and 2 gap year students. This camp took us on a journey of self-discovery, thinking about who we are, what’s important to us and who we want to be in the future.
The camp allowed everyone to try new things, explore and develop their thinking and be involved in things we wouldn’t normally do. It also allowed for the group to explore and discover new and different parts of New Zealand and visit places that reminded the young men of many special stories and memories. Along with this the young people were exposed to a range of pro social activities and exercises including bungee swing, white water rafting, cooking and bone carving.
Throughout our camp journey many laughs, stories and memories were created and it was great to watch the two young men explore who they are and who they want to be.
With the experiences and relationships built during camp we look forward to watching the boys continue to grow at Challenge 2000, with their whanau and in their own communities.
Careers Expo – Mana College – Thursday 17th September 2015
In association with Foundation for Youth Development – Career Navigator, Mana College will be hosting a Careers Expo for their Junior and Senior students on Thursday 17th September 2015 and also to selected students from other local colleges.
Career Navigator is a ready-for-work programme that’s designed to help secondary school students in need of direction and supports teens in their decision-making around future employment.
Where: Mana College, Awarua St, Takapuwahia, PORIRUA
When: 17th September 2015
Time: 9am – 12:40pm
Cost: No cost to providers
Objectives of the day are to:
¨ Encourage students to look at a range of possible career pathways
¨ Promote a wide range of industries with a positive adult experience
¨ Motivate students to continue their education with clear career goals
¨ Let students know what they need to achieve to gain entry to an industry
¨ Have greater awareness of what is expected of them in the workplace
Kathleen Frost
Office Manager
The Learning Shop – Whitireia NZ
Ph: 2377422
Fax: 042377416
7 Serlby Place
PO Box 50453
Porirua
kathleen@thelearningshop.co.nz
STREET DAY APPEAL – TODAY – 4TH SEPTEMBER 2015
Challenge 2000’s Street Day Appeal is today – Friday 4th September 2015.
We are out and about in Johnsonville and on the streets in Wellington City all day! Please give generously if you see one of our collectors – “Give a little, so we can give A LOT”!
Thank you so much for your generosity and support.
New Youth Initiative!!! We need YOU!
Calling any Senior College or University students who want to get involved in our new youth initiative!!!
We need you – to get involved in tutoring junior students, helping out with homework or offering your services as a reader-writer for different Colleges around the Wellington region at exam time. This month our youth volunteers and leaders are already booked in for 80 hours worth of reader-writing at different Wellington Colleges. If you are interested in being a reader-writer, a tutor or helping out with homework, please contact Courtney at Challenge 2000 on 477 0045. There will be an induction process and training given.