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Planting Seeds for our Rural Kids’ Futures   Last week, Yarram, Mirboo North and Wonthaggi received a visit from the Dream Seeds team, a group of rural young adults who have received scholarships to University or completed leadership training with the Macpherson Smith Rural Foundation. Dream Seeds® is a fun,…

Boolarra Folk Festival 2018 The Boolarra Folk Festival is going strong, reaching its 16th year as one of Gippsland’s most anticipated free music events. This year the family friendly free event is taking place on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the beautiful shady setting of Boolarra.   Those attending will have…

Grants   How can we build strong and resilient communities across our district?  One way is to empower the people in our communities to find solutions for issues impacting them; to find better ways of doing things or simply to provide opportunities for everyone to connect, learn and live.  Often…

Paula Calafiore – South Gippsland Citizen of the Year for 2018 For most teachers, summer holidays are a time to kick back a little, but not for Paula Calafiore, Prep and Italian teacher at Mirboo North Primary School.  While she does have more time to spend with family and friends,…

Viv Williams – Media & Operations Co-ordinator   Viv Williams, our Media and Operations Co-ordinator, joined the team of two employees in April 2017.   Originally from South Africa, Viv’s background is in marketing, event management, media and visual communication sales.   She and her husband moved to Australia in 2007 with…

Dumbalk & District Progress Association The Dumbalk & District Progress Association (DDPA) was formed in 1980 with Ed Hanley as its inaugural President.   Current President, Toine Bovill explained that “the initial idea was to give a voice to this area of South Gippsland, particularly for farmers going through tough…

MNSC VCAL Awards 2017   The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation is one of the many organisations who support and sponsor the annual awards to the students of the Mirboo North Secondary College as they finish their school year.  In our case, the funds for this support come from…

Italian Festa 2018 With only days until the Mirboo North Italian Festa, the hard working Festa committee has everything prepared for an amazing day of fun, food and free entertainment.  Italian FOOD will be the hero in 2018.  Over 40 food stalls, as well as all the great food venues…

Yinnar Community Garden     The Yinnar Community Garden (YCG) was established in 2011 and is a unique community organisation delivering on this community’s vision for a sustainable and creative garden. The garden’s central feature is a beautiful cosmic mosaic that is surrounded by brick paved paths that define lushly planted…

Take 2 Pledge At the core of the Community Foundation is an investment for the future of our community:  Through the investment of the proceeds of the sale of the Mirboo North community aged care facility, the maintenance of this investment in our ‘future fund’ and the distribution of the…

Community Grant Recipients 2017   The Awards evening for our 2017 Community Grants also took place on the 20th November this year, immediately after the AGM, and we were delighted announce the 15 recipients of this year’s Community Grants round, and the distribution of a total of $51,025. Diana Mueller,…

Annual Report 2017   On Monday 20th November the members of the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation gathered for the Annual General Meeting at the Walter J Tuck Recreation Reserve Rooms to hear the Annual Report by the Board.  Paul Pratt, as Chair of the Community Foundation, was first…