Community Service - Leisure Options

Tuesday, 16th March 2010

Today, Wardlis 4 and 5 took the bus to Minlaton where we met some members of the Leisure Options group which provides activities for people with mental disabilities. We split up in our respective Wardlis, Wardli 5 went and helped the men out with some woodwork and my Wardli helped out the ladies with some craft. We spread ourselves around the table and each helped different people. I ended up helping an old lady called Elanor. She was very quiet but nice and helping her made me feel good because she seemed to like it when I helped her and she was always smiling. Every now and then she would tell other people around the table that I was helping her and it made me feel good to know that I was helping and she liked having me help her.

Elanor (left) and her friend Lucy

Another person I got along and spent a bit of time with was a friendly guy called Anthony. When I was helping Elanor he approached me and asked for help writing a letter to who I think were his family. After that he began to socialise with the rest of us and he turned out to be a really funny, talkative guy. We talked to him for ages and he is really looking forward to seeing us next week at a BBQ we will be having with them. All day he was always saying to all the other buys that I was a "nice guy" and that I had cheeky smile which was pretty funny.

Left to Right: Hayden, Anthony, Jimmy

Friday, 28th March 2010

Today some members of Leisure Options came over to Wambana for a Barbeque. Once they had all arrived, we went for a walk along the beach and I spent most of my time talking with Anthony. When we got back we had some sausages and rissoles and then everyone started to play cards. The first card game we plaayed was called StripJack and it was pretty good. The Leisure Options people certainly enjoyed it. Eventually we stopped playing StripJack and played Uno which I enjoyed much more. Once again it was good because we were having a good time and so were the Leisure Options people and that was what was important. eventually we ran out of time and they all said goodbye and left in the bus.