Embrace has payed for students to attend Yr 12 end of year revision lectures with TSSM! Thanks to Embrace and TSSM, 24 students were given the opportunity to attend a total of 56 lectures usually valued at $87 each. We are very excited to be able to provide this service for free, as many students desperately wanted to attend, yet would not otherwise have been able to afford the cost. This would not have been possible without the generous discount offered to us by TSSM, so please recommend them to everyone you know who is undertaking VCE.

AMES is providing two days of free tutor training for volunteers. This will be held over two Saturdays, Saturday the 11th of October and Saturday the 18th of October. They will run from 10am until 3pm, with a free lunch provided. The location will be AMES City Campus, 255 William Street Melbourne. If you are interested please email us at admin[at]embrace-education.org before the deadline of the 8th of October.

This semester Embrace has received 8 computers that were repaired by Engineers Without Borders. We have also received pre-loved computers from other generous members of the community. Embrace is extremely grateful for these amazing donations; having a home computer for study can make such a difference to a student. If you have a used computer that you'd like to donate please contact us at donations[at]embrace-education.org

Embrace donates $1100 worth of textbooks and studyguides to Springvale Secondary College. Springvale is the most disadvantaged school in Victoria on a number of levels such as socio-economic status and non-English speaking background. Indeed over 90% of Springvale's students come from a non-English speaking background. We are very happy to be able to assist Springvale in this way, as well as with the Homework Club, In-School, and Individual tutoring programs.

Embrace sister organisation STEW held a successful Inaugural Fundraiser Movie Night on 18 August 2008! It featured a documentary highlighting the struggles and hurdles refugees face when settling into Australia. Thank-you to everyone who came along to support STEW!

A warm welcome back to Uni for the start of semester 2. This is set to be a big semester for Embrace with a number of things in the pipeline including...
- looking into making Embrace a Monash Club in 2009
- rearranging the Embrace Committee
- extending our services to more schools, such as Carwatha College

Embrace has received a generous grant of $7000 from the Fouress Foundation, who have been a fantastic supporter of Embrace.

Two new Tutor Managers, Paul & Michael, have been drafted into Embrace Management. Check under the Volunteer page for their profiles, which are soon to be uploaded.

Embrace has received a generous donation of leftover Daffodil Day pens from the Cancer Council. These pens will be used and distributed to our students and schools.

Gavin Jennings, (Minister for the Environment & Climate Change,
Innovation & Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region), has kindly provided Embrace with office space at his office in Mt Waverley. We are very grateful to Gavin as this will greatly enhance Embrace's efficiency at delivering services to our clients.