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  On the evening of the 8th February, the Community Foundation were delighted to celebrate the transition of a group of young people from our district into the next stage of their education. As part of this, awards totalling more than $20,000 were given to twenty recipients. Four students were…

      The Mardan Mirboo North Landcare group Inc. have completed the works for a 2017 community grant supplied by the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation.  The MMN Landcare Group in a recent article to the Mirboo North Times thanked the Community Foundation for their generous support to their…

The Mirboo Recreation reserve held their Mirboo Community Christmas recently, on Friday 30th November. The local families came together to celebrate the festive season and the installation of the new BBQ in the Pavilion.  The BBQ is a vision in stainless steel and replaces the old coin-operated BBQ with one that is now free…

The Awards evening for our 2018 Community Grants took place on the 26th November, immediately after the AGM, and we were delighted announce the 10 recipients of this year’s Community Grants round, and the distribution of just under $52,000. The ten successful recipients are a diverse range of community organisations…

  On Monday 26th November our AGM was held at the Rec Rooms at the Walter J Tuck Reserve at Mirboo North. The Annual Report was available in printed form on the night (and is now at our office if you would like one) but the electronic copy is attached…

Mirboo North & District’s Vital Signs Tell us what you LOVE about where you LIVE Mirboo North & District’s Vital Signs is a collaboration between the Community Foundation and the MN&D Community Bank.  The project, which launched in June, is based on the Vital Signs framework developed by the Community…

  Have you Picked your Projects? Pick My Project is a state government initiative to give $30M through an online community grants program that gives us all the chance to suggest project ideas and then vote to decide which ones are funded. It is the first program of its kind…

  Educational Support Fund As Spring arrives, the Year 12 students in our district are in sight of the end of their secondary education.  It is the point at which they are finalising choices for future study, whether at TAFE, University or Online courses.   It is also the time of…

Vital Signs in other Communities   As our Vital Signs project kicks off, it was interesting to see another Vital Signs project featured in the media recently.  A Community Foundation and a private family foundation up in Canberra have partnered to auspice ‘Canberra’s Vital Signs’.  ‘Hands Across Canberra’ and the…

  Choo Choo Market 2018   The seventh annual Choo Choo Market is already on the horizon and will take place this year on Saturday 25th August at Mirboo North Shire Hall between 9am and 2pm. For those of you who haven’t been, the Choo Choo Market is a vibrant…

  New Members Morning Tea We know that our members are keen to have a better understanding of the Community Foundation and what is happening operationally.  For new members this is even more important, as they also learn about the concept and activities of a Community Foundation.  The informal morning…

     Communities have the Power, they’ve just got to learn to use it!   Lindsay Oates, Member of the Community Foundation, recently attended the Communities in Control Conference and brings us his highlights from the stimulating two day event.   A thousand delegates from across the country attended ‘Communities…