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Get involved by joining our Board of Directors

The Mirboo North and District Community Foundation is seeking two new Directors to complement its current Board. We are seeking local people who want to help us build stronger communities across our district, including Boolarra, Mirboo North, Dumbalk, Thorpdale, Yinnar. Applications & Enquiries To express interest in the role, please submit a written application by […]

Timber Reclamation Project: Free Firewood for eligible local households

Timber Reclamation Project: Free Firewood for eligible local households Following through on its commitment post the 2024 storm, the Mirboo North Timber Reclamation Project is now making a cubic metre of free firewood available to eligible households who are resident in the 3871 postcode. In order to access this offer, local residents with a concession […]

Community Foundation shares Annual Report and announces Grants

It’s the time of year when local organisations reflect on their achievements and update the community on their work. For the Mirboo North & District Community Foundation, this took place on Wednesday 26th November, alongside the presentation of this year’s Community and Recovery Grants. Chair Rob Kiddell reflected that fifteen years ago the Community Foundation started […]

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 […]

The Power of a Gift in your Will: the Zadnik Pathology Room

“A community grows great when old men and women plant trees, whose shade they know they will never sit under” says an old Greek proverb.   The gift left by Joe Zadnik to the Community Foundation in his will is a good example of that: some six years after his death the earnings from his invested […]

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 […]

Community Foundation’s Annual Report and Grant Awards

It is that time of year when community organisations take stock of the year that was and give an update to members and the broader community.  For the Community Foundation that took place on Wednesday 20th alongside the award of community and recovery grants.  Guests included the members of the Community Foundation, two of our […]

Make a difference as a Director

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

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 […]