Chappy Jenny's Report
Frontline Dinner Appeal Dinner
On Monday night, a group from YSS attended a fundraising dinner for Chaplaincy. Dylan Alcott OAM was the guest speaker, and gave an inspiring message encouraging us to think differently about disability, and to embrace our own life challenges that could limit our thinking and expectations in life. Dylan, in his address said that if there was a magic pill that he could take to give him back use of his legs, he wouldn’t want it. He loves his life, and all the great things that he has happening, despite having a disability. He decided as a 14 year old, after a year of sitting on the couch and being miserable, that he was never going to let his disability get in the way of the things he wanted to do. He decided to not be scared of his disability but to embrace it in everything he did.
Since then, Dylan has won gold for Australia in wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Paralympics and a gold in tennis in the 2016 Paralympics. In July he won Wimbledon’s first ever men’s quad wheelchair singles title, and now hold four Grand Slam singles titles. This is as well as being named 2016 Australian Paralympian of the Year, and receiving a Logie Award earlier this year. What an inspirational person who knows about overcoming diversity!
Donations please
As you clean out this year’s school supplies, please consider donating to my “giving cupboard”. I have supplies of used uniforms and shoes in good condition, as well as unused books and stationery. I regularly access these supplies to help students that are in need or turn up to school unprepared. At the moment, swimming supplies are particularly low, including swimmers, towels, caps, and goggles. As part of providing this kind of support across the school, I’ve just restocked the office’s supply of underwear, which is accessed mostly when there is a toileting accident or when undies get lost during swimming lessons. By the way, once they are used, I don’t want them back!
Donations can be brought over to my room, or dropped off at the school office. Financial donations would also be gratefully accepted towards the growing welfare needs of the community.
Coming Up
Pop-up Christmas Gift Market Stall is coming
19/11 Sub and Drink Deal lunch
Blessings,
Jennifer Bennett