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Derrick Ehmke  – Community Foundation Practitioner Award 2017 Each year at the annual forum for Australian Community Foundations, known as NCFF, the Community Foundation awards are announced in celebration of the achievements of Community Foundations, their staff and volunteers. The Community Foundation Practitioner Award recognises individuals who have made a…

Executive Officer – Ruth Rogan     Our Executive Officer (EO), Ruth Rogan joined the Mirboo North and District Community Foundation in October 2016. Ruth, who originally hails from Ireland, moved to Mirboo North with her Australian husband  and family in 2012.  She qualified as a lawyer in 1999 and…

Boolarra and District Art Show   Last weekend Boolarra hosted the fourth Boolarra and District Art Show.  This community event was an initiative of local artist Abbas Mehran, who wanted to make art achievable for everyone.  He explained that it is not only artists who are creative.  He invited anyone…

A Fantastic Fort for All The official opening of the Boolarra Preschool’s Fantastic Fort for All was held on the 12th October and Darryl White, Latrobe City Councillor and Ruth Rogan, Executive Officer of the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation did the honours.  Ruth thanked the Boolarra Preschool and…

‘Inspire. Empower. Grow’ came from the idea that the women in our community should celebrate the unique inspiring and capable individuals we all are.  As rural women we love our environment, our communities, families, neighbours and friends; but we know from experience the challenges that arise from our (relative) remoteness.  …

Educational Support Fund 2018   The Educational Support Fund was set up by the Community Foundation in 2013 with the support of the Mirboo North & District Community Bank, who committed to a generous on-going annual contribution.   This Fund is reserved with the specific objective of helping to address the…

Mirboo North Youth Forum   On Wednesday the 6th September the young people of Mirboo North were asked to gather and have their say.  On this windy, howling day, a collection of people arrived late afternoon at the Baromi centre, driven by a desire to get involved. This alluring event…

Robert Kiddell: Board Director of our Community Foundation.   Robert is a local certified financial planner (CFP®), lawyer, notary and company director who has wide community and professional interests. He is a former shire councillor; a Life Member of Apex; he was the inaugural president of the Mirboo Community Association; a…

National Communities Foundation Forum 2017   Network. Learn. Think. Do. Community foundation staff, trustees and directors, representatives from the broader for-purpose sector, government and philanthropy will be converging at Melbourne’s iconic State Library from 17th to 19th October for the National Communities Foundation Forum (NCFF) 2017.  This Forum is the…

Mirboo North Times You may have noticed a couple of months ago, if you enjoy a read of the Mirboo North Times, that our local community newspaper reached an auspicious milestone on 16th July 2017: its 20th anniversary of being written, produced and published entirely by volunteers.  The Mirboo North…