CHELSEA’S Mary Daly said the recent VIEW Club lunch at Settlers Run Golf and Country Club celebrated the work the club was doing, and helped raise funds for its Learning for Life Program. A highlight for the 141 club members was listening to student Kelly Cairns speak about her family and how the club – through The Smith Family – had sponsored and supported her education. Kelly is one of 1140 students assisted by VIEW clubs nationally. As all sponsorships are strictly anonymous, her appearance “completed the circle” and laid bare some of the raw facts associated with disadvantaged children,…
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AN axe-wielding bandit held up the IGA supermarket in Follett Rd, Cheltenham, 4.20pm, Friday, and escaped with a quantity of cash. The man, dressed in dark clothing and wearing a black balaclava, was driven to the store in a silver Mitsubishi Lancer hatch which parked out front. He walked up to the cash register, waved the axe and gestured to customers to leave the store. He gave a black shopping bag to the sales assistance and demanded she fill it with cash. When the assistant ran to the rear of the store the man swung the axe into the counter…
ABOUT 30 local artists have been selected to take part in the annual Kingston Interfaith Network Art Exhibition to help celebrate the many faiths and cultures in the community. This year’s exhibition: Reclaiming the Heart of Humanity, will be shown at Mordialloc’s St Nicholas Gallery, 9 Bear Street, 4-26 August. Mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the exhibition featured a broad range of work from professional artists through to amateur enthusiasts. “It aims to celebrate harmony in our community and recognise our shared humanity,” Cr Gledhill said. The annual event is a chance for people of all ages and backgrounds to…
POLICE youth resource officers (YROS) were frustrated by poor attendances at programs to help disadvantaged youth reconnect with the community. Then they discovered that young people faced problems getting to programs because of a lack of transport or Myki card credit. “Our experience, which is backed by Census results, identifies transport as a major limiting factor,” said Frankston YRO Andrea Kardos. So, the officers working in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region asked Menzies Caring for Kids for help. The Frankston-based organisation that has a history of childcare going back to 1851 has agreed to provide a 12-seater van and…
THE Langwarrin Men’s Shed has unveiled its shiny new $575,000 home last Friday, capping five years of work from community members. “The idea of a men’s shed in Langwarrin was first raised in 2010 when the community met with Council to develop their Local Area Plan,” mayor Cr Sandra Mayer said. “Today’s opening is a credit to the people who have done so much work since that time to secure funding from all levels of government, along with the fundraising they have done within the Langwarrin community itself.” The Federal Government provided $225,000, Langwarrin Community Centre $160,000 for the construction,…