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NEWS UPDATE!
Oct 02 & 03 Just a quick word to keep you up to date.
Well we have completed our first 3 day MADD project at the Mcmillan environmental educational centre at Wrotham Kent.
I am pleased to report that we have made improvements to the educational nature trail, cleared two ponds, and more importantly built the new sound garden.
The weather was against us for the 3 day's but the volunteers came through with flying colours, and have worked in fog, rain, thunder, strong wind and bitter cold to make a real difference for the 4,500 young people that use the Mcmillan centre during the year.
The sound garden offers the young people the chance to both sit in a garden and work quietly and in peace, or to enjoy the instruments we have built.
There are drums and bells, spin round shakers and wind chimes and last but by know means least a xylophone, all made from recycled items.
This project was a partnership between CSV Action Queen Mary's (AQMs) Millennium Volunteers (MV) and Greenwich Police Cadets (MVs with AQM,s).
AQM's will be finishing the MADD week of activities this Friday with a project at the Whitehall centre in Slade green (a resource for people with Physical & Sensory Impairments)
2003 has not been to bad, more great work by the MVs at the Connexions 1 stop shop garden,Womens Aid garden, back to Mcmillan for some of the best sunshine we have ever had and lots of good work at Queen Mary's.
so much done in so little time. (and lot's more)
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANTS WE NEED SOME PLANTS FOR THE BUNGALOW, JUST A FEW FLOWERS OR SHRUBS TO BRIGHTEN UP THE GARDEN. WE HAVE AN MV. WHO COMES IN EACH WEEK TO TIDY IT UP.
SO IF YOU OR YOUR PARENTS ARE GREEN FINGERED AND COULD SPARE US A FEW PLANTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW OR DROP THEM OVER TO THE BUNGALOW (WE COULD FIND A HOME FOR ANY OLD GARDEN PATIO POTS AS WELL)
maybe have a go at the bungalow garden in the half term 03? if your up for it give me a call.
To help us keep you up to date
We need your email address,
I know that lots of you have given them to me, and you get info via the net but there are a lot of you out there that have not.
So please email me, so that I can add your address to my list.I reply to all my mail every day, so it's a great way to keep you informed, and sort any thing out that you need.
email
simonmillvol@yahoo.com
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New Web site
Millennium Volunteers Queen Mary's have a brand new website created by MV Michael Constable, it will be constantly updated with new information on projects and any important info we think you need to know. As well as a message board, latest pics from events and you can e-mail the team direct from the site! You can also be guaranteed of some very embarrassing photos! Ihttp://millenniumvolunteers.20m.com and there is no www in the address in case you were wondering!
Chris Tarrant
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Mike & Chris' Week @ the Bungalow
Hi everyone, Me (Chris Tarrant) and Mike Constable have been volunteering at the office all week long and we thought we would just add a bit in of what we've been doing and what we have discovered! First of all I am very disappointed that out of the whole week only a couple of volunteers came to say hi! We've been here all week long preparing bits and pieces for Mill Vol in general and for the health awareness in primary schools project we are launching shortly! Everything from posters to questionnaires. We even went to the Ellenor Foundation in Dartford because it had been petrol bombed and we had to lift tables into a church while they were praying and I tripped over a massive plinth thing!! Then on Thursday Mike came up with a really good idea of starting up a website! We looked around to see what other MV sites were like and decided that we could do better so go and see for yourself! Also I have noticed that there are so many different things we could do but just not enough response to do them! So if there is anything you were thinking of doing but wasn't sure, do it! Fortunately me and Mike will be around a lot more because we really had an excellent week doing all sorts of different things, we even learned Health and Safety training! So we are going to really get our hours quickly but once we've done that were gonna stay anyway! For all you volunteers that don't know us we are from Cleeve Park School and I (Chris) went to the most recent health conference, which was excellent by the way! We just wanted to say also in the newsletter a big thanks to (I've got a nice voice) Simon, (I love Ribena) Tanya and (Evil) Lynn for letting us volunteer all week long it was brill! Thanx for reading this, hope to see you all very soon,
Bye!!!
Chris Tarrant and Mike Constable
Chris Tarrant
A BIG THANKS TO CHRIS AND MIKE FOR ALL THEIR HELP THEY PUT IN THE WHOLE WEEK.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON THE NEWSLETTER, HEALTH QUIZ, THE CLEAR UP AT THE ELLEANOR AND WEB SITE (to name just some of what they did)
ALL THE STAFF ENJOYED HAVING YOU ON BOARD.(Simon)
Link to the message board
Link to guest book
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