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Enjoying Planned Retirement Annual General Meeting

Nov 20, 2008

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Enjoying Planned Retirement (EPR) is one of three groups based at Norwood Hall in Warrandyte Road, Ringwood North. This evening EPR held its annual general meeting to appoint officebearers for the next twelve months. EPR prides itself on being an active, unique and progressive activities club for seniors and this is reflected in its constitution,…

EPR's Spotlighters return for 2008

Nov 14, 2008

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alex

in Community Engagement

Spotlighters, which consists of over thirty-performers in a musical production, is one of the many activities provided by Enjoying Planned Retirement, based at the North Ringwood Senior Citizens Centre on Warrandyte Road. The members of Spotlighters undertake approximately a year of rehearsals to provide an annual musical production in November of each year. This year’s…

Meeting the Skylarkers

Oct 23, 2008

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alex

in Maroondah City Council, Urban Sustainability

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…

Delegates' Report: celebrating our history, supporting our sporting clubs, cultural events, volunteers and community houses

Oct 20, 2008

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alex

in Libraries, Maroondah City Council

On the 23rd of September I attended the Ringwood Historical Society’s AGM. The Society meets each month at Federation Estate with the aim of preserving our heritage for the future. The society has developed extensive archives over its 50 year history and is one of the oldest historical society’s within the eastern suburbs. In fact…

Joulle Calisthenic Academy 2008 Concert

Oct 19, 2008

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Sports and Leisure

This afternoon I attended Joulle Calisthenic’s sxith annual concert, held at the George Wood Performing Arts Centre. Joulle was established in 2002 and was derived from “joule” to reflect the work, energy and strength required to perform calisthenics. Joulle has a number of divisions with participants ranging in ages from three to over 26 and…

2008 Enjoying Planned Retirement Art and Craft Exhibition – Saturday

Oct 11, 2008

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alex

in Arts and Culture, Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council

Today I returned to Enjoying Planned Retirement’s Art and Craft Exhibition to purchase some plants and greeting cards. It was great to see the popularity of the festival continue and to see the involvement of other groups, such as the Ringwood Arts Society, which were painting portraits for participants. Enjoying Planned Retirement must be congratulated…

2008 Enjoying Planned Retirement Art and Craft Exhibition

Oct 10, 2008

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alex

in Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council

Enjoying Planned Retirement’s Art and Craft Exhibition has returned for its third year as part of the Maroondah Seniors Festival. Enjoying Planned Retirement, with over 400 members, is one of three seniors groups based in Norwood Hall in Warrandyte Road, Ringwood North. EPR provides a diverse range of events for Maroondah’s seniors, such as social…

Launch of Seniors Festival 2008

Oct 6, 2008

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Urban Sustainability

Maroondah Seniors Week is held between 5th and 12th of October and is designed to showcase the range of community groups and activities that are available for seniors within Maroondah. The official launch of the 2008 Seniors Festival was held at Maroondah Federation Estate to highlight the many events, such as courses, tours and craft…

EPR debuts its Hidden Talents

Jul 12, 2008

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alex

in Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council

Enjoying Planned Retirement (EPR), based at the North Ringwood Senior Citizens Centre on Warrandyte Road, is one of Maroondah’s largest seniors groups and provides a range of diverse activities for its members. Today EPR’s Hidden Talents group made its debut, showcasing the many comedic, theatrical and singing talents of its members. The result was an…

Ringwood Rotary – discussing the Maroondah Police Seniors Register

Jul 9, 2008

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alex

in Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Rotary

This evening I attended a Ringwood Rotary meeting held at Club Ringwood on the corner of Oban Road and Maroondah Highway. Ringwood Rotary is one of the 50 clubs that form District 9810, which covers eastern and southeastern Melbourne. Rotary’s motto “service above self” epitomises the work undertaken by the organisation with the club being…

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