Week 8 Summary of Events

Hi everyone! This is Nicole, the new IT Officer of Cast On Charity. Congratulations to the all the enthusiastic and talented ladies who are now the new members of our committee.
Executive
President: Danrong Xie
Vice President: Sharon Tay
Treasurer: Betsy Lam
Secretary: Claire Brown

The other new committee members Althea De Las Alas (Advertising Officer), Lotus Leaf (Events Organiser) and finally Nicole ;) Tay (IT Officer).

Here's a timeline summarizing key events since the 2015 AGM.

1. Easter Break Picnic
2. Official Handover (W6)
3. First workshop back (W7, Joe Napolitano A)
4. Discussing future projects - super soft animals made from socks! (W8, Graham Cornish B)
5. First official sale event of 2015 - the Night Market! (W8, Concrete Lawn, northern side)

All future sessions will be held from 11am - 2pm *unless otherwise specified. There will be a Facebook reminder every week as well as an email sent to members and those who are interested in joining our club.
The meeting for week 9, Tuesday May 5th is at Mary Cooke A, 1pm - 3pm. There will be cordial, and hopefully a greater variety of biscuits and snacks.

I hope to see you all at the Night Market and our next workshop! :D

Oh, and these are the items which will be put on sale on Thursday, April 30th for the Night Market stall! Be proud of your work! 

Week 5 - AGM (Annual General Meeting) + PIZZA

Hey everyone, just a reminder that the AGM is THIS upcoming Tuesday.

When: Tuesday 31 March 

Time: 12-2pm 

Where: Joe Napolitano A, Level 2, Union House

We are required by the student union to have an annual general meeting in order to discuss the club's activities for the year and to elect new committee members.

All committee positions are open! Being part of a university club committee is a great experience of uni life, and it'll look really good on your resume because you learn so many useful skills from it. There are only so many clubs in each university, and only so many committee positions, so it'll really make you stand out from the crowd in the future!

There'll be FREE PIZZA AND LOLLIES, so come along and bring friends! Please click attending on the event page for the AGM so that we know how many pizzas to get :)

Link to event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1565507790364832/

Hope to see you all there!

Week 2

Hi all,

Thanks again for all those who came last week. We had a massive turnout! Sorry if I was too busy and didn't get round to meeting you all properly, but I hope to in the next few weeks :) 

This week, we'll be continuing on with the felt keyrings that we did last week. I bought more ribbons and you can continue finishing off what you started if it was left uncompleted at the end of the meeting, or make something different! :) Details are below: 

When: Tuesday 10 March 

Time: 12-2pm 

Where: Joe Napolitano A, Level 2, Union House (same place as last time!) 

There will be lollies! XD Also, if you haven't signed up yet and wish to do so, you can sign up during the meeting :) 

Hope to see you there

Week 1: Welcome Back Workshop and Pizza!

Hi everyone!

To both old and new members, welcome to Cast On Charity Group! Thank you to all those who signed up at the Clubs Expo on Friday, it was wonderful meeting you all :) 

We will be holding our first meeting on Tuesday of Week 1 and we hope to see you all there!

Here are the details:

Date: Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Time: 12-2pm

Place: Joe Napolitano A, Level 2, Union House

We are a very relaxed club so you are free to come and go as you like! Also, don't worry if you're not experienced with craft as there will be many friendly club members there to teach you!

We'll be making cute little felt keyrings of elephants, clouds and teddy bears like these: 

We will be providing all the materials needed to make these cute little creations. All you need to bring is yourself! At the end of the meeting we will collect what everyone has made so we can sell them for charity at one of our club sales throughout the year!

There’ll be free pizza, lollies and drinks! Membership sign up will be open too for those who haven't signed up yet. If you're coming, please reply by email or by clicking 'going' on the Facebook event that I've created, just so that I have an idea of how many pizzas to get, thanks! 

Here is a link to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/castoncharitygroup/ 

WEEK 12: CHARITY SALE, LAST CHANCE TO ENTER THE RAFFLE

Hi all!

Thanks to everyone who came down and supported us in our sale last week, it was a great success!
But don't worry if you missed out or are keen to buy more goodies - we are running the sale again in week 12! There are still some plushies available as well as plenty of loom bands. This is also a good time to enter the raffle before it is drawn. Don't miss out on your chance to win one of our two awesome chain link scarves, hand made by our members.

All proceeds from the sale and the raffle will be going to the Royal Children's Hospital.

Please come along and support our club! It would also be great if we could have a few helpers - please let Phoebe know via our Facebook page if you're available.

Here are the details:
Dates: Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd of October
Time: 12-2 pm on BOTH days
Location: Union House, ground floor, near the Unistore and hairdressers

Hope to see you all there! Tell your friends too!

WEEK 11: CHARITY SALE & RAFFLE

Hi everyone!

There will be no meeting this week because we have having a sale and raffle of the things we've made this semester! We will be raffling off the two chain link scarves we have made this semester (pink and brown) and will be selling some felt key rings, loom band bracelets and charms as well as some other little goodies. ALL proceeds will be going to the Royal Children's Hospital. Please come down and support our club in this great cause!

Here are the details!
Dates: Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of October
Time: 12-2 pm on BOTH days
Location: Union House, ground floor

Hope to see you all there! Tell all your friends :P

Also, if anyone is available to help out please send a message to Phoebe via our Facebook page

The pink chain link scarf

The brown chain link scarf

Felt key rings, phone cases and more

Felt creations - closeup

Felt creations - closeup

Loom band charms and bracelets

WEEK 10: Welcome Back! Group Project, Sale, Grill'd Local Matters

Hi everyone!

We hope you all had a great mid semester break (or at least managed to catch up on some work)!

The meeting for this week will be on:
Tuesday the 7th of October
at 12-2 pm
in Mary Cooke A

This will be our last meeting before we start selling the things we've made so this is the last opportunity for us to finish off any keyrings as well as the brown scarf for the group project

More details for the sale are coming soon.

Exciting News!!!
Cast On Charity Group has been selected to be part of the Grill'd Local Matters donation program at Grill'd Little Bourke Street this month. Every month, Grill’d donates $500 to local groups and asks their customers to decide who the money goes to.
When customers buy a burger, they’ll receive a token to put into one of 3 jars representing different groups. Whoever has the most tokens at the end of the month receives $300. The other two groups receive $100 each.
To do your bit to help our cause, spread the word and head on down to Grill'd Little Bourke Street located at:
369-371 Little Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 

Hope to see you all on Tuesday!

MEETING THIS WEEK: Wednesday 6th August

Thanks to all those who came to the meeting last week, we had a great turnout!

Details for this week's meeting:
When: Wednesday 6th August
Time: 12.15-2pm 
Where: Mary Cooke B, Level 2, Union House
What: Loom bands, felting and also knitting on the group project who those who started on it last semester/over the holidays. See the email I just sent out for details 

See you there!

WELCOME BACK MEETING FOR SEMESTER 2 

Hope you've all had a great holiday and are all fresh and ready for a new semester :) I particularly would like to welcome all those new members who signed up today at the Clubs Expo - welcome to the club! 

Our first meeting for Semester 2: 

When: Tuesday the 29th of July

Time: 11.30am to 2pm 

Where: Joe Napolitano A, Level 2 of Union House. 

What: Loom bands and felting. Free pizza and soft drinks will be provided, so drop in whenever you're free between that time for some creativity and fun :) 

Also, for those members who worked on the knitted group project over the holidays and have completed some knitted chains, please bring them to the meeting so I can store them in our club's locker. Meanwhile, keep knitting! 

AGM

What: AGM

When: Tuesdy 25^th March, 2014

Where: Mary Cooke A, Level 2 Union House

To be eligible to be nominated or stand for a position you will need to be a current member. However, we encourage all current members to bring their friends along as sign ups on the day will be accepted.

Positions available are:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Events Officer

Advertising Officer

IT Officer

A voting system will take place if multiple people are standing for the same position. Becoming a part of the Cast On Charity Group committee is extremely rewarding and will look great on your resume!