The Community Foundation’s story on display at Mirboo North Library
This time last year the Community Foundation launched a book telling its origin story, called ‘From Rural Health to Community Strengthening’. This book was written by Dr. Julie Fenley after much research and takes the reader from the Bush Nursing Hospital set up in 1932 through to the Aged Care facility set up in the […]
Community Foundation’s Annual General Meeting and Grant Awards
It was a busy evening at the Walter J Tuck Rec rooms last Monday night with the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Community Foundation taking place alongside the award of various grants and first aid kits. Guests included the members, Cr. Clare Williams, recently appointed Mayor of SGSC and the grant recipients. The meeting […]
Celebrate Seniors Month with a Lunch (or two!)
The Community Foundation is delighted to be hosting a lunch to celebrate Seniors month again. The first of these lunches was held last year and it proved to be a sell-out event. “Not only did the guests enjoy the fantastic food at the Mirboo North Hotel, there was much enthusiasm for catching up with friends […]
From Rural Health to Community Strengthening – the story of the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation
On Sunday 2nd April, the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation launched a book, telling the story of its origins to an audience of almost one hundred locals. “It was important to the Board of the Community Foundation to tell this story because our organisation would not be here today, with $8 Million in assets, […]
Mirboo North Medical Centre facility celebrates 1st Birthday
It seems hard to believe that a year has passed already. The team at the Community Foundation caught up with Mirboo North Medical Centre team last Thursday to mark the occasion of the first birthday of the spacious medical and allied health facility, built by the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation in 2021. This […]
Community Foundation awards Grants to eleven local groups
On Wednesday 23rd November the community groups who were successful in this year’s Community Grants program were announced to a room full of people at the Walter J Tuck Reserve. Diana Mueller, convenor of the Community Engagement and Grants Committee outlined the importance of this program in supporting community volunteers to do great things […]