Tag: volunteers
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Ringwood Spiders Sponsors Gala Day
This morning the Ringwood Spiders, a football club for people with disabilities, played Parkside from Alphington on the Spiders’ home ground at Jubilee Park in Ringwood. While Parkside may have won the game, the match was extremely close and the Spiders played some great football. Today’s match also included a Gala Day for sponsors of…
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Mitcham Rotary Reconciliation Week Concert
This afternoon I attended the Mitcham Rotary Club’s Reconciliation Week concert featuring singer and songwriter Archie Roach. Mitcham Rotary hosted the concert to fund Rotary Scholarships to train Indigenous medical professionals and also to raise money towards providing solar power for community centres in East Timor. Archie Roach sang a number of his songs, including…
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Delegates' Report: Recognising our natural environment, volunteers, accessibility and the strength of partnerships
On the 27th of April I attended the launch of the Mullum Mullum festival, which is now entering its tenth year. The Mullum Mullum Festival is a community led project, which is supported by Whitehorse, Manningham and Maroondah Councils and encourages conservation and appreciation of our natural environment. The significance of the Mullum Valley has…
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2008 Maroondah Youth Volunteer Recognition Evening
This evening Maroondah hosted its Youth Volunteer Recognition Evening to acknowledge the valuable contribution that younger people make to our society. Nominations for these volunteers are able to be made through schools, community groups and sporting with each participant receiving an award in recognition of their service to the community. The volunteer recognition evening is…
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2008 Eastern Volunteers recognition function
This afternoon Eastern Volunteers, as part of National Volunteer Week held its Volunteer Recognition Function to acknowledge the commitment and dedication of their many volunteers. Eastern Volunteers, which covers the areas of Maroondah, Whitehorse and the Shire of Yarra Ranges, provides transport services or for the frail aged and people with disabilities as well as…
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The 11th Mullum Mullum Festival
The Mullum Mullum Festival is a community event, supported by Maroondah, Manningham and Whitehorse Councils, which celebrates the ecological and cultural value of the Mullum Mullum Creek Valley and surrounding remnant bushland areas. The uniqueness of the Mullum Mullum Valley has been recognised since the 1920s and we are fortunate to have such unique flora…
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Media Release: Create a limestone sculpture
Limestone has been used by sculptors around the world for thousands of years to create artwork that is famous for its beauty and longevity. Councillor Alex Makin said Wyreena Community Arts Centre has two workshops coming up which will introduce participants to the art of limestone sculpture. “Limestone is a light, even textured stone that…
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Sustainable Living Space Working Group meeting 2008
The Sustainable Living Space Working Group is a partnership between North Ringwood Community House, Park Orchards Learning Centre, Eastern Volunteers Resource Centre and Maroondah and Manningham Councils. The project involves the assessment of support for a CERES type sustainability project within Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs. A project manager has recently been appointed by the working…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce: Easy steps to becoming sustainable
Tonight marked the return of the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce’s meeting schedule and included Matthew Wright of Climate Positive as the guest speaker. Climate Positive is a not-for-profit organisation with a focus on creating partnerships with businesses to improve their environmental sustainability and mitigate the effects of climate change. Climate Positive utilises a three scope…
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Maroondah Citizens' Advice Bureau 40th AGM
The Maroondah Citizens’ Advice Bureau provides assistance and referral advice for people who are experiencing hardship. The organisation has offices located in Ringwood and Croydon and is staffed primarily through volunteers through a voluntary committee of management. Today’s AGM elected the committee of management for the following twelve months and I am pleased to announce…