SPECIAL EDITION • clubCREATE Mag • Edition 4 • August 2016
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Hi clubCREATE-ers!
It’s been a chilly winter so far and the CREATE folks have been out organising lots
of activities for our clubCREATE members.
We’ve had a new state coordinator for Canberra join the CREATE team. Susan Pellegrino
joins us and is super excited to be meeting all of our ACT young people! Be sure to give
her a warm welcome.
This edition, we are re-launching our Paint It Purple campaign! We will be painting our
nails purple during Child Protection Week, which runs from the 4th to 10th September.
There will be plenty of activities where everyone can get involved.
It’s a super fun fundraising campaign and we encourage all of you to get in the spirit and
paint your nails purple, and to help make a difference to the lives of children and young
people in care. You can even get your school and community involved by hosting purple
themed fundraising events! To organise a special fundraising event, let us know and we
can help you out with ideas. Remember to share a photo of your purple nails on social
media using the #CREATEpaintitpurple hashtag.
Lastly, for those of you that love reading, we have 10 books to give away along with this
editions competitions, so make sure you get your entries in by 29th August. You could
win a voucher AND a book. How exciting!
So check out what’s in this special edition and don’t forget to give the recipe a go.
We’ve got a super yummy passionfruit slice recipe that we are sure you are going to love.
Jacqui Reed
Head Honcho,
CREATE Foundation
2 AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2016
In this
issue:
4
Sharna’s story
5Child Protection
Week
6Paint it Purple!
8Claudine’s
5 years at
CREATE
9Book review
10Passionfruit
Slice recipe
11LOL Mania
& Joke Comp
12Match the
pictures
13Join the dots
14Comps
16You Rock Spot
CLUBCREATE’S EDITORIAL POLICY EDITION 4, 2016
clubCREATE Magazine is
produced by CREATE Foundation
for children and young people
in care. This magazine contains
information about CREATE
programs that create a better
life for kids in care and also
has articles and artworks by
clubCREATE members.
The views expressed by
these young people are not
necessarily the views of CREATE sometimes we can’t show
Foundation.
faces in our pictures.
It’s really important to us that
children and young people in
care are safe and protected and
we do our utmost to ensure
their privacy. For safety reasons
state laws don’t allow the faces
of kids in care to be published
without proper permission,
so please understand if
All contributions to be
considered for the magazine
can be submitted by email:
[email protected] or
post: Reply Paid 87740,
Sydney NSW 2000.
information from CREATE
Foundation please email
[email protected] or
phone CREATE on 02 9267 1999
or 1800 655 105 to have your
address removed from
our mailing list.
If you do not want to receive
newsletter and program
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4 Paint it Purple! Help CREATE to make a difference!
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Some fundraising
ideas include:
• a purple themed
morning tea
• painting activities
at your school
• a fun manicure /
pamper day with
your friends
or family
• purple colouring
in competitions
Last year CREATE launched our
#CREATEpaintitpurple fundraising campaign
encouraging everyone to donate, paint their nails
purple and post snaps of their wonderful creations
on social media to show their support for all the
children and young people in care. We even
had the Minister of Western Australia and a few
celebrities join in the fun!
This year, we want YOU to join our fundraising
campaign during Child Protection Week from 4th to
10th September. Just paint your nails purple, and
post a picture of it on social media with the hashtag
#CREATEpaintitpurple!
You can also get your school, sport club or community
involved by hosting a Paint It Purple event! This is
your chance to get creative and educate other
people about what it’s like to be in the care
system and to help fundraise for kids in care.
For support on how to get your school or
community involved, contact Sabrina
via email [email protected]
or call 02 9267 1999.
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Cessnock West Public School
organised a super fun Paint
It Purple fundraising event for
the whole school (K-6).
Everyone got to come to school dressed
in purple, they had a purple morning tea
with cupcakes, biscuits, jellies and purple
lolly bags. There were also fun activities
like making purple glitter calming bottles,
creating finger knitting crafts and
of course purple nail painting.
There was also a special invitation
only event for the children with a care
experience, where they each received
a CREATE goody bag and were made
to feel super special.
The fundraising event was very successful
raising over $500 from the students
donating a gold coin for the purple
goodies that were available on the day.
Every child in the school then painted
their hands purple and used their
handprints to make a “wall of support”
for the children in out of home care.
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Claudine Scalzi is our SA State
Coordinator and has been with
CREATE for 5 years! We are super
thankful for her work at CREATE
and for children and young people in
South Australia . We caught up with
her to find out her most memorable
moments working here.
What’s the best part of
working at CREATE?
The best part about working at CREATE
are the supportive people I work with,
and working with young people that
inspire me each day.
What has been your
best memory?
There have been so many memories
but the one that stands out is our last
National ‘Youth 4 Change’ conference
in Brisbane. I loved being involved in the
song writing workshop with CREATE
young people. It was so amazing to see
young people coming together, stepping
out of their comfort zones and making
new connections. WOW! I came away
so inspired and incredibly proud of the
young people and the work we do as
an organisation.
What’s a great piece
of advice you can give
young people starting
at clubCREATE?
My advice would be to get involved
with as much as you can, you never
know what other door will open up
for you. You also get to come
along and hang out with other
young people and the
CREATE crew.
8 Paint it Purple! Help CREATE to make a difference!
Dymocks Children’s Charities aims to
change kids’ lives, one book at a time!
We give books to kids and to schools
all over Australia that need them. Find out
more at dymockschildrenscharities.org.au!
Charlie and the War against the
Grannies by Alan Brough
Meet Charlie Ian Duncan. This is the history of
his war with the grannies – which he wrote
because he needs everyone to know that he
really didn’t mean to blow up Mrs Cyclopolos,
he just wanted a paper round. This is the war
he waged alongside his friends Hils, Rashid,
Peter the Iraqi, Warren and his magical bike
TwelveSpeed, and those crazy people he meets
underground.
At first Charlie and his friends weren’t sure
if they should have gone to war against the
grannies, but then they discovered that they
could pinch bricks in half and turn hankies
into deadly throwing weapons. If you think
about it, the grannies really shouldn’t have
sprayed Charlie in the face with rooster
brand chilli sauce.
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Passionfruit Slice
A little crumbly and creamy and packed full of passionfruit zing!
Try this yummy no bake slice as an after school treat.
Just mix, press it in, ice it and you’re done!
Ingredients
Icing
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 cup icing mixture
125g unsalted butter (melted)
(sifted)
250g packet of biscuits (crushed)
2 passionfruit pulp. (You can
1 tsp lemon zest (grated skin
use fresh pulp or from a can)
of the lemon)
15g unsalted butter (softened)
1 cup shredded coconut
Method:
1.Stir the condensed milk and melted butter
in a medium bowl until mixed together well.
In a separate large bowl, use a big wooden
spoon to mix the crushed biscuits, lemon
zest and coconut. Carefully pour in the butter
and condensed milk, and stir well until everything is mixed together.
2.Line a 28x18cm tin (or close enough) with baking paper, and then use your
hands to press the mixture into the tin. Transfer into the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
3.To make the passionfruit icing, use a wooden spoon to mix the icing sugar, passion
fruit and butter in a medium bowl. Mix well until smooth and creamy. Pour the icing
over the chilled slice and return to the fridge for another 30 minutes.
4.While you wait for the slice to set, lick any icing that is left on the spoon! So
yummy! Once set, cut the slice into squares.
Thanks to www.kidspot.com.au for this awesome idea!
We would LOVE to see some photos of your recipe creations! SMS your photo
to 0434 259 790 or email it to [email protected] with your name
and membership number and you could feature in the next mag!
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PREVIOUS
WINNER
WHAT DID THE
DUCK SAY WHEN HE
BOUGHT LIPSTICK?
Just put it on my bill!
Here are s
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Hahaha thanks Jenika from WA, that
is so funny! Your prize is on it’s way!
Ha! Ha! Ha! Do you know any funny jokes?
Share them with us and win a gift card!
Send your entry to:
Reply Paid 87740 (means you don’t need a stamp)
CREATE Foundation, SYDNEY NSW 2000
Your Name: ______________________________________________________
Age: ________________ Membership Number: ________________________
You can also email your entry to [email protected] with your name,
age and membership number. Entries close Monday 29th August
so get your entry in quick. GOOD LUCK!
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Just send it to:
Reply Paid 87740
(means you don’t
need a stamp)
CREATE Foundation,
SYDNEY NSW 2000
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Your Name:
__________________________
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Age:
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Membership Number:
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You can also scan
and email your entry to
[email protected] with
your name and membership
number. Entries close
Monday 29th August.
WE CAN’T WAIT!
JOIN THE DOTS
Go in the draw to win a gift card!
Send your entry to: Reply Paid 87740 (means you don’t need a stamp)
CREATE Foundation, SYDNEY NSW 2000
Your Name: ______________________________________________________
Age: ________________ Membership Number: ________________________
You can also email your entry to [email protected] or text it to 0434 259 790 with your name
and membership number. Entries close Monday 29th August,
so get your entry in quick. GOOD LUCK!
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Thanks everyone for sending
your entries in! Your gift
cards are on their way.
For this edition, we are giving away gift cards
and a copy of the book, “Charlie and the war against
the grannies” (pg 9). Enter for your chance to win!
Entries close Monday 29th August.
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you are a clubCREATE member so you can automatically receive
invitations and information.
Other ways to contact CREATE:
1. Become a clubCREATE member and join up at
www.create.org.au
2. Call your local CREATE office on 1800 655 105 and talk
to one of the team about what’s coming up.
3. If you are already a clubCREATE member - make sure your clubCREATE membership details are up-to-date.
4. Visit www.create.org.au to find out more about how we
can support you.