Tag: Maroondah
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Meeting the Skylarkers
This afternoon I met the Skylarkers, a group of older residents who bring music, song and laughter to elderly citizens. The Skylarkers are a voluntary entertainment group that performs at retirement villages, nursing homes and senior citizen centres. The Skylarkers received a Maroondah community grants to fund costumes to assist the group’s performances. The group…
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The Ringwood Spiders are Making a Difference
The Ringwood Spiders, a football club for people with disabilities, has written a letter to officially support my re-election onto Maroondah City Council. The letter acknowledges the contribution I have made to the Ringwood Spiders, which includes sponsoring one of their players and regularly attending their functions. I have also offered to develop a website…
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Maroondah Business Week 2008 – Sustain and Grow your Business
Maroondah Business Week will run from from October 27-31 with the theme of Grow and Sustain Your Business. Highlights include presentations from Sigrid Thornton at the Eastland Women in Business Lunch to be held on Monday the 27th of October, David Parkin at the NAB Business Breakfast on Wednesday the 29th of October and Jen…
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Maroondah Writers and Readers Festival – final meeting for 2008
This morning I attended the final meeting of the Maroondah Writers and Readers Festival for 2008. The meeting discussed the feedback and community response to the inaugural Maroondah Writers and Readers Festival and to decide on the future of the event. It was encouraging to see a strong community response to the festival demonstrating community…
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Rotary Club of Ringwood – planning a website
The Rotary Club of Ringwood, meets each Wednesday evening at Club Ringwood on the corners of Oban Road and Maroondah Highway. I have volunteered to develop a website for Ringwood Rotary to assist in the raising awareness of the club and the activities it undertakes. At tonight’s meeting I discussed the requirements for the website…
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Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation Meeting
This evening, after a meeting at Maroondah Council, Cr. Jo-anne Taylor and I attended a Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation (MMR) meeting. Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation is one of two local groups that aim to raise awareness about Indigenous communities and culture. Tonight’s meeting included a presentation from the Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place to discuss…
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Ringwood East Heritage Weekend
The Ringwood and District Historical Society has organised a Ringwood East Heritage Weekend to commemorate the oldest township within the Maroondah area. Ringwood East with its large and prosperous mining industry was already well established from the late 1860s while other parts of Maroondah were still sparsely populated. Events include a guided bus tour of…