Grants for Students going to Uni or TAFE in 2025
Students of any age who are taking up tertiary level studies in early 2025 can apply to the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation for an Education Support Award to assist with the financial costs. Applications are now open through our website and close on 20th November. “The costs faced by local students seeking to […]
Plants for Rebuilding Gardens
Last Sunday the Mirboo North Shire Hall was not only filled with hundreds of donated plants: natives, herbs, succulents, flowering shrubs, orchids, but with local community members who wanted help with rebuilding gardens. A Day of Community and Greenery If you had a small or large gap in your garden, there was ground cover, middle […]
Rebuild and Refresh our Gardens: Plants and Planting Day
On Sunday 23rd June the Community Foundation is hosting a Plants and Planting Day at the Mirboo North Shire Hall thanks to the generosity of locals and neighbouring communities who are donating plants as well as their time to help the planting in gardens that have been impacted by February’s Storm event. This event has […]
Donations and Community Recovery Fund supporting Storm Cell Volunteers
Thanks to a donation of $30,000 from Esso Australia to the Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund, a grant of almost $20,000 has gone to the Storm Cell Volunteers (auspiced by the MN Community Shed) to assist in completing the work on the jobs they have logged post storm.
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 […]
Mirboo North Recovery Fund continues to support Community
The Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund in the Community Foundation continues to make small grants to support the community in recovery. This fund was set up post-storm and has been generously supported by local donors and those further afield. Thanks to these donors we have given out a range of small grants. Most recently […]
The Annemieke Mein exhibition at the Gippsland Gallery, Sale
A group of Mirboo North women enjoyed an opportunity to view the Annemieke Mein retrospective exhibition titled “A Life’s Work”. This exhibition is currently being held at the Gippsland Gallery in Sale to celebrate the artists 80th birthday. Exploring Annemieke Mein’s Retrospective Exhibition The group travelled to the exhibition for free in the Mirboo North […]
Refresh and Regrow Gardens of Mirboo North
The generosity and support for Mirboo North post the storm event continues to flow. One beautiful example is the community of Inverloch, through the Inverloch Community House, who have decided to support their Mirboo North ‘neighbours’ through their love of gardening and plants. Community Support Blossoms They have called this project Rebuild and Regrow Residential […]
Beginning Recovery…. Plant Hope
After the storm event each of us will take our own path to recovery in our own time, but the Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund has started to make some small grants to support this important process. Sowing Seeds of Community Resilience Recognising that connecting as a community brings us enjoyment, relaxation and the ability […]
Community Foundation History Book commended at Victorian Community History Awards
The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation is delighted that ‘From Rural Health to Community Strengthening’ was recognised with commendation at the 2023 Victorian Community History Awards from a field of 168 nominations. Celebrating a Milestone At an awards ceremony at the Melbourne Arts Centre last Friday, February 2nd, the 148pp history book, which […]