Au Revoir, Au Revoir

Yesterday William's reference kit came in the mail and we immediately went to the police station to get fingerprinted. We went out to Fitzroy because the one in the CBD requires that you make an appointment and they didn't have anything available until the end of the month. I miscaluculated where the station was on the map and we ended up walking for quite a while. The actual process of getting fingerprinted was quite messy and long! It was quite boring...the fun part was sealing our reference kits and dropping them in the post! He should be calling or emailing us any day now to set up an interview!

Au revoir reference kit!!!!!

In response to only having pre-qualified for TEFL, which is fine because I want to teach English, I've looked into additional volunteer activities so that William and I have have a better chance at qualifying for more programs. William pre-qualified for Environmental Education, Community Services and Youth Development. If I can qualify for Community Sercies and Health, that'll just about cover all of the programs we're interested in:

1. ESL tutoring at SAIL (2 hours every Saturday)
2. Youth Bus Worker for Open Australia working with street kids (4 hours a night, fortnight)--interviewing soon
3. Red Cross Breakfast Club helper teaching young kids about nutrition (1 hour one morning per week)---just applied
4. YMCA Holiday Youth Camp Leader (time commitment varies)---application in process
5. Positive Living Centre, a community centre for those living with AIDS/HIV---informaiton session tomorrow
6. After-school program/Tutor for disadvantaged kids at St. Vinnies --- just inquired about volunteer position