Tag: website
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Maroondah Rugby Club AGM
After the opening of the Westpac Business Centre I attended the Annual General Meeting of the Maroondah Rugby Club which is located at the Griff Hunt Reserve in North Croydon. The Maroondah Rugby Club has faced a number of challenges, particularly in regard to the condition of the Griff Hunt Reserve. Fortunately Councillor Jo-anne Taylor…
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2008 Eastland Women in Business Lunch with Sigrid Thornton
Maroondah Business Week is an annual event designed to assist Maroondah based businesses through providing information and networking opportunities. The women in business lunch returned in 2008 with actress Sigrid Thornton who spoke about her experiences in acting, business and community work. Sigrid spoke about the need to remain focused while maintaining a sense of…
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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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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…
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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…
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Rotary Club of Ringwood – presentation on ROMAC
The Rotary Club of Ringwood, is part of Rotary International and one of the many clubs that forms Rotary’s presence in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. While each Rotary club is largely autonomous, they do operate cooperatively at a district and national level to assist many worthwhile programs. ROMAC, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid…
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Media Release: Maroondah kids can give Golf a Go!
Attention kids aged 8 to 16! Get in fast and register for the Give Golf a Go! Open Day at Ringwood Golf Course on Sunday 26 October and you could learn to play like Tiger Woods! Councillor Alex Makin said the Give Golf a Go! Day is a non-competitive, alternate shot, 9-hole golf event aimed…