Tag: community events
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Media Release: Main Street mosaics add a splash of colour
A collection of unique mosaic pavers designed by local VCAL students from Swinburne TAFE were unveiled by Mayor of Maroondah, Councillor Alex Makin on Tuesday 22 June. Funded by a Maroondah Council Arts and Cultural Grant and a brainchild of Croydon Main St Traders Association, the mosaics will be placed at the northern end of…
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Red Cross Blood Service – Encouraging Generation Y to donate blood
This morning I visited the Red Cross Blood Service, located in Charter Street Ringwood to meet Jacob Fry, a blood donor recipient who was able to survive a serious car accident surgery due to blood donations. Jacob attended the Ringwood Red Cross Blood Service to encourage people, particularly younger community members, to donate blood through…
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Centenary of Guiding – Chain of Campfires
This year marks the Centenary of Guiding movement and to celebrate the Maroondah Region Girl Guides held a campfire and singing evening at Ainslie Park in Croydon. The evening included a variety of songs around the campfire, including several that have significance for the Guiding movement. Despite the cold weather, several hundred Guides were in attendance and…
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Refugee Week 2010 – Freedom From Fear
Maroondah is becoming an increasingly diverse community, with India, China, Burma, Sri Lanka and Sudan featuring in the top 10 most common countries of birth for recent immigrants into Maroondah. In recent years, Maroondah has also seen an increase in refugees who have left their former homes to start a new life within Australia and…
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Media Release: New sporting pavilion for Glen Park
Mayor of Maroondah, Councillor Alex Makin welcomed the opening of the Glen Park Sports Pavilion, as one of many projects that will complete Council’s Glen Park Future Directions Plan. Officially opened on Wednesday 9 June by the Mayor and Mr Mike Symon, Federal Member for Deakin, the new multi purpose pavilion will benefit sporting clubs…
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Maroondah Journal: photo contest put in focus
The Maroondah Photo Competition has returned for 2010, with junior, intermediate and open categories. In addition there is a Mayor’s Encouragement Award, which includes a prize of a $200 Eastland Shopping Centre voucher. Just a week remains before entries close for the competition and the Maroondah Journal has reported on this year’s competition: Maroondah Mayor…
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Media Release: Last days for local shutterbugs to get snapping!
Less than two weeks remain until entries close for the 2009-2010 Maroondah Photographic Competition. Charge your batteries, load your film or memory card and get snapping to be in the run for one of the fabulous prizes on offer. Mayor of Maroondah, Cr Alex Makin, invited the community to capture what Maroondah meant to them…