Rushworth will host a mini-festival at the end of October to mark the Friends of the Children Open Garden Day organized by St. Mary’s School, and the RCH Community Garden is a featured venue on the program.

 

Member for Rodney, Noel Maughan MP, presents a certificate acknowledging the securing of a $5000 Women’s Leadership Grant to some of the team who contributed to the winning submission. With Mr. Maughan are (L-R) Gillian Schoenborn, Jane Ezard, Sandy Ashton, Anne McEvoy and Tracee Spiby-Jones.

The Leading Waranga Women program was one of  forty-three successful grant recipients selected from more than two hundred submissions, and was a collaborative effort by the Community House, Waranga Campus of Goulburn Valley Health,  Waranga Aged Care Hostel, the Waranga News, Rushworth P-12 College, our local Community Bank and Rushworth Traders Association.

Funds from the grant will be allocated to women whose participation in Waranga communities can grow to enhance their local social fabric in fields as diverse as rural women activities, community health, identification and development of business opportunities and personal networking .

Speaking at the recent presentation ceremony at the Rushworth Community House, local MP Noel Maughan congratulated everyone who contributed to the grant submission, describing it as being “quite outstanding”.

Starting at 10am on Sunday, October 29th, the Open Day will run for six hours, allowing plenty of time for participants to visit each of the six gardens which will be open on the day.

Registration starts at the Imperial B&B Garden in High Street, Rushworth, (opposite the Community House) after which garden lovers are free to visit any or all of the other five botanical masterpieces on show within the town or at nearby rural locations.

Statewide Walk of Hearts reaches Melbourne

Last Thursday, Rushworth Community House representatives  joined colleagues from around Victoria at “The Heart of the Community” celebration at the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne. Hearts were ‘planted’ from 380 Houses statewide.

The assembly was convened to raise the profile of Community and Neighbourhood Houses throughout Victoria, and to garner support from across the political spectrum for a realistic statewide funding increase .

Under current funding arrangements, the limited number of paid personnel hours imposes a heavy reliance on volunteers, forcing many Community Houses to close their doors for an unacceptably high number of hours during the week. Wherever this occurs, residents are denied access to the important functions and services which are provided by Community and Neighbourhood Houses.

 

Candy Broad, Minister for Local Government (centre), and other Members of Parliament receive their symbolic hearts during “The Walk of Hearts” at Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens.

HOUSE Gallery features new artist

Coinciding with the Open Garden Day, Rushworth Community House will be introducing the works of a mystery artist into the Gallery.

With so much happening on October 29, mark the day in your diary or calendar, and come along and join in the activities.

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL