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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…

Friends of the Mirboo North Aged Care and Community Services At the heart of the Mirboo North community lies Strzelecki House Aged Care Facility, which is the home away from home for many elderly members of our community.  The facility is owned and operated by ACSAG, but the Friends of…

Demystifying Social Media Workshop   Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all popular ways for us to keep in touch and communicate.   Terms such as likes, hashtag, following are now part of our everyday language and conversations about connecting on social media are becoming the norm.   Whether we use social…

Wendy Major: Board Director of our Community Foundation   Wendy moved to Mirboo North a few years ago from Bairnsdale, and has become actively involved in the Mirboo North & District community.  She carried out a volunteer role for the Community Foundation leading to her joining the Board in 2013.…

Proposed Boolarra BMX Track Rainer O’Brien researching track design. Boolarra has long been associated with first rate recreational opportunities for families and young people, including the structured activities of football, netball and horse-riding, but also with unstructured dynamic sports like skating and bike riding (sitting as it does at one…

  U3A Mirboo North &District Enrolment Day Only a few months ago a team of enthusiastic locals held a public meeting to engage the community in setting up a new group:  ‘U3A Mirboo North & District’.  As most of you will know, U3A stands for University of the Third Age,…