Q bear reporting
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Lions-Quest Australia - Q Bear - the Story
The typed
letter shown on this page was the Christmas wish of five year Victoria
from Melbourne. Victoria and her classmates worked with Q - Bear last
year in their first year of school, as he helped them settle in to
school life and learn about helping, caring, sharing and good manners.
Dear
Santa
Could I
please have my own Q bear for christmas?
Q bear is my friend at school and I have been a good girl
Love
Victoria
Q-Bear and
Lions-Quest Skills for Growing also helped older children learn
about respect, responsibility, good judgement and getting along with
others. Teachers at the Primary School have been enthusiastically
teaching the Lions-Quest Skills for Growing programme since the
school staff was trained in a three day Lions-Quest workshop in March
1993.Trudi Gleeson was one of the teachers trained in 1993.
"
Skills for Growing has had a definite impact on the school, " Trudi
said.
" We regularly
receive compliments about how positive and well behaved the children
are."
" Attitudes and behaviour in the playground have certainly improved -
the children really care about each other."
There is
a Q-Bear in the principal's office, and one in the sick bay. Q-Bear has
a very high profile in the school - he goes home regularly with the
children and often returns to school proudly wearing new clothes. He
even has a school uniform!
Q-Bear
travels far and wide throughout the Multiple District spreading the
Lions-Quest messages about respect, responsibility - important skills
for all young Australians. This year alone he has helped the Lions-Quest
trainers run workshops in Rockhampton, Brisbane, Devonport, Hobart,
Melbourne, Geraldton, Kadina, Mornington Island and Port Moresby.
Q-Bear is
also the mascot for the Australian Lions-Quest Youth Foundation and
helps raise funds for this important Multiple District youth project.
Over 2000
schools and over 10,000 teachers have found the Lions Quest programs
invaluable since their introduction to Australia in 1988
