Firewood Update from Mirboo North Timber Reclamation Group
The Mirboo North Timber Reclamation Project continues to demonstrate the lasting benefits of the community’s response to the February 2024 storm, with free firewood now allocated to almost 110 local households. Originally established as part of the Mirboo North Storm Cell Volunteers’ community-led recovery effort, the Timber Reclamation Project focused on salvaging windblown timber and […]
People making an Impact
Update from the Community Foundation Over the last few months we have had a number of important ‘people’ changes within the Community Foundation: the retirement of Director Walter Aich at the end of 2025, the appointment of Lorraine Sainsbury to the Board and the retirement of Joy Koh, member of the Investment and Finance Committee, […]
Giving to support local need: the Kindness Tree at Mirboo North WholeLife Pharmacy
The festive season has arrived in Mirboo North, and with it a wonderful opportunity for locals to spread a little kindness where it’s needed most. Continuing its tradition of supporting the local community, the Mirboo North WholeLife Pharmacy and Health Foods has set up a Kindness Tree – a simple but powerful way for community […]
Cultural Awareness Evening with Gunai Kurnai Elders Inspires Deep Reflection
Members of the Community Foundation and the Mirboo North and District Reconciliation Network gathered recently for a powerful evening of cultural awareness and storytelling led by Aunty Sandra Patten and Aunty Marianne Atkinson, respected Elders of the Gunaikurnai people and members of the Elders Council of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC). Smoking […]
The Power of a Gift in your Will: the Zadnik Pathology Room
“A community grows great when old men and women plant trees, whose shade they know they will never sit under” says an old Greek proverb. The gift left by Joe Zadnik to the Community Foundation in his will is a good example of that: some six years after his death the earnings from his invested […]
Wellbeing begins with a Listening Heart
Over morning tea at Co-space last week a large group of people gathered to hear about Mirboo North Schools Chaplaincy. As Rachel O’Connor and Kym Tutty, the Co-Chairs of this organisation outlined, it was an opportunity to say thank you to all of their donors and supporters, as well as bringing people up to date […]
Mirboo North Community Garden Update
The Mirboo North Community Garden Committee are excited to share the news that the work to construct the first phase of the Community Garden in Baromi Park will be starting next month! This project has been in the pipeline for some years, but agreement with South Gippsland Shire on the location in Baromi Park, detailed […]
Give to the Community Foundation & Support Local families
Mirboo North Financial Hardship Fund supports local families who are struggling with the rising cost of living, food insecurity, and the challenges of education expenses. We know from both public and anecdotal data that many families in our community face weekly pressures. For example, 2021 ABS Census data shows that if Mirboo North were a […]
Give Local – See the Impact
One third of the individual tax-payers in our postcode make tax deductible donations each year, according to statistics from the ATO. In the 2020/21 financial year (the most recent data we have) that amounted to a total of $230,000 of tax-deductible donations across the 3871 postcode. No matter what you are giving, your time or […]
Back to School Vouchers for local Schools
Last month the Community Foundation distributed ninety ‘back to school’ vouchers worth $50 each across the six primary schools and the secondary college in our district. Each school passes these Kmart vouchers on to local families for the purchase of clothes and materials needed by the students to start school. These vouchers, worth a total […]