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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, […]

Gardiner Grant supports Teen Mental Health First Aid across South Gippsland 

This year 750 young people across South Gippsland will benefit from Teen Mental Health First Aid training thanks to a grant from the Gardiner Foundation in support of Live4Life South Gippsland.  Live4Life South Gippsland is a community embedded initiative that takes a whole of community approach to addressing youth mental health challenges and reducing youth suicide.  Mental Health at a local level Live4Life operates effectively at a local level due […]

Make a Difference as part of the Community Foundation 

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The Mirboo North and District Community Foundation helps strengthen our local area through giving, facilitating and investing.  We are long-term community led organisation, both through our Board of Directors and our valued member base.  We are seeking local people who want to make a difference in our district through Board membership. If this resonates with you and you live in Boolarra, Yinnar, Thorpdale, Mirboo North, […]

Kindness Tree donations support Back to School Vouchers 

In November, Wholelife Pharmacy and Healthfoods set up a Kindness Tree allowing everyone in the community to buy a bauble for $2, $5 or $10 in support of local families experiencing financial hardship.  By Christmas it was filled to the brim.  Each bauble was a simple act of generosity, and together our community raised an incredible $619.  A small bauble, a big impact for local families It […]

Vital Signs Report Offers fresh insight into our Communities 

Four towns, four reports — one shared picture of community life The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation and Community Bank, Mirboo North & District has just completed the second Mirboo North & District Vital Signs Report.  Based on publicly available data, this collaboratively developed report provides an update from the original 2020 report.   It offers a fresh snapshot of how our local communities are tracking […]

Recovery Grant in Action: A Community Lunch to Remember

Four women stand inside a kitchen wearing aprons, posing for a photo with their hands in front of their bodies with plates of food spread out in front of them.

Last Monday the Mirboo North CWA Night Owls hosted a lively home-cooked and free Community Lunch at the Baromi Centre thanks to a grant from the Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund. Taking the place of the usual monthly community lunch, run by the Friends of Aged Care, the Mirboo North Night Owls offered their well […]

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 […]

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 […]