Tag: volunteers
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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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Rotary Club of Ringwood – supporting regional Victoria
Rotary is an international organisation with over 1.2 million members world-wide. While each local Rotary club operates on an autonomous basis there is tremendous potential for different clubs to work in partnership to advance the principles of Rotary. Tonight’s meeting included a presentation by Rotarian and Boroondara Councillor Phillip Healy who discussed Boroondara Cares, a…
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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 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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Joulle Calisthenic Academy 2008 Concert
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…
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Glen Park Community Centre – Celebration for the cafe
Glen Park Community Centre, based in Bayswater North, has been operating a volunteer run cafe to encourage community participation and development. The cafe provides a welcoming atmosphere and volunteer opportunities, particularly for people with disabilities or people who are socially isolated or experience mental illnesses. While community houses receive State Government funding to assist in…
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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…