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Shout out to the club

Rod Grinter Riot Squad
in Melbourne Demons

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I am working with disadvantaged indigenous youth here in Alice Springs and had sent an invite to the club to see if any players could come and chat with them. It was a late invite, yet the club found the time to spend just over an hour with these kids.

Angus Brayshaw and Liam Hullet came out, sat down and talked with these kids about a range of issues. Despite them probably not seeing it, it was a great thrill for these kids. Liam and Angus were very well spoken and generous with their time.

As I will write to the club, I can't thank them enough. They gave these kids a real thrill and by sharing their stories they have helped to reinforce a lot of the work that has been and will continue to be done to help these disengaged youth.

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    1 hour ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    I am working with disadvantaged indigenous youth here in Alice Springs and had sent an invite to the club to see if any players could come and chat with them. It was a late invite, yet the club found the time to spend just over an hour with these kids.

    Angus Brayshaw and Liam Hullet came out, sat down and talked with these kids about a range of issues. Despite them probably not seeing it, it was a great thrill for these kids. Liam and Angus were very well spoken and generous with their time.

    As I will write to the club, I can't thank them enough. They gave these kids a real thrill and by sharing their stories they have helped to reinforce a lot of the work that has been and will continue to be done to help these disengaged youth.

    Particularly good of the Club as neither player were emergencies and they would have funded their trip! Well done MFC!

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    More strength to your arm

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    petracca and trengove did a similar thing last year didn't they?.. awesome initiative by the club. the least they could do. glad that the dees have such good ties with NT. 

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    4 minutes ago, Rocky said:

    petracca and trengove did a similar thing last year didn't they?.. awesome initiative by the club. the least they could do. glad that the dees have such good ties with NT. 

    Most likely, Angus talked about the social work that they do.

     

    they do it well.

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    as a social worker myself, mixing SW values and footy can only be a good thing. glad to hear it was so well received by the community.

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    Very well done by the Club, and to you too Rodney for taking the initiative.

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    21 minutes ago, alias275 said:

    Thought I'd post the pic up from the clubs Facebook page. 

    So great to hear the story from RGRS.

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    That was probably before meeting with us, I work with 15-21 year olds

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    Shout out to you to Riot for doing this important and I am sure challenging and rewarding work. 

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    41 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    That was probably before meeting with us, I work with 15-21 year olds

    Is this your young group RGRS ?  Taken form the club website, twitter feed. CjXtOSeUoAAzVqr.jpg

    Hope you and the youth you work with get to see the game on Saturday and hope you all see us win. 

    I echo previous thoughts and a shout out to you and folks like you that help underprivileged kids around the country.

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    1 hour ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    Yeah, me at the back right there.

     

    normally we work with anything from 5 to 20, those in this photo are a good bunch.

    Great pic Stakka.

    How many of those kids follow the Dees?

     

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    Such a great initiative, especially with neither player an emergency. So great that they flew both up just to connect with great causes like this.

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    Well done RGRS and well done MFC.

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    Great work on all fronts RGRS. Well done.

    ...and off topic, have a go at the size of Hulett. Bloody hell.

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    6 hours ago, faultydet said:

    Great pic Stakka.

    How many of those kids follow the Dees?

     

     

    Stakka is curry and beer here.

     

    i was Korean Demon

     

    none were Dee's before, hopefully some may. We have a Dee in the course, but he never makes it through to the afternoon 

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    1 hour ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

     

    Stakka is curry and beer here.

     

    i was Korean Demon

     

    none were Dee's before, hopefully some may. We have a Dee in the course, but he never makes it through to the afternoon 

    Ah, apologies K.D

    Keep up the good work, and convert as many as you can. 

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    Great to see so many positive responses to this, mine is one too.  Well done MFC.

    The sad part is that if we stop "selling" our games to the NT, then communities/groups like the above would be starved of these opportunities.  I'm sure RGRS would echo how much this means to the kids/teens/young adults when AFL "stars" have time for them, especially being so remote and often isolated.

    Disclaimer; I fully support the idea of playing a home game or two in the NT, providing common sense controls the scheduling of them.

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    That's sensational, great work RGRS. And well done to the club, it must have been a real thrill for the young guys.

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    We can also tend to forget that Braysh and Hullet are basically kids themselves; similar age to the young people RGRS works with.  Good on e'm for getting out there.

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    Seeing I gave a big shout out to the Dee's, I should do the same for Port. Attended a wonderful clinic they put on for schools from the rural community. Would be one of the highlights of these kids year, if not life. They, like our guys yesterday were just brilliant.

     

    Byron Pickett was there, let him know he looked much better in red and blue

     

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