Darlington Review - December 2017
Darlington Family Playgroup The festive season is in full swing at DFPG as our little ones look forward to The Christmas Party with some fun from the entertainer! This time of year lends itself to amazing crafts, going wild with the glitter and generally having a jolly good time! If you’re simply looking forward to the summer time for some R&R, or time out from the school run if you have older children too, then playgroup also offers a fun, friendly relaxing sanctuary where you can simply catch up with other like-minded friends. The coffee is always fresh, the friends always there to chat to and the kids are just delighted to visit their much loved familiar space. Wandering around our nature based playground in the coming weeks, you’ll see strawberries, cherry tomatoes, capsicums and sugar snap peas. The peas are usually served up at morning tea time – if there are any left after the kids have finished snapping them off as they scoot past! We all enjoy a delicious morning tea together at the outside seating area, mid-morning followed by more play and exploration.
If you’re local with a little one who isn’t yet at school, why not come along and have a quick tour of the playgroup and find out a bit more. Guests can enjoy two complimentary sessions. It’s great to get out and have a different safe environment in which to play and chat. They run every weekday mornings 9:30-11.30am and some afternoons.
For current session availability please call 9299 6396 or email info@darlingtonfamilyplaygroup.org.au. We’re on facebook too: darlingtonfamilyplaygroup.
Darlington Theatre Players Inc. The Darlington Theatre Players would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. This year would not have been so successful without the dedication of not only our actors and support crew but also our wonderful patrons. Thank you for joining us as we shared our talent and amazing productions with you. With the year drawing to a close and a new year just around the corner we endeavour to bring you enjoyable entertainment for the years to come. Stay tuned for our exciting 2018 season.
Ken Wyatt
Minister for Aged Care, Minister for Indigenous Health - Federal Member for Hasluck I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all Darlington Review readers and their families a merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous 2018. During this season I would like to encourage you to look out for those around you and to go out of your way to show some kindness to members of our community who may be lonely. Most of us are fortunate enough to spend Christmas with our loved ones, but there are some in our community that will be alone this festive season. Sadly, many of those will be elderly people in aged care. As the Minister for Aged Care I visit many aged care facilities not only in Hasluck, but across the nation, and the stories I hear about loneliness are very similar. I have heard that up to 40 per cent of people in residential aged care have no visitors 365 days of the year. It’s a confronting and sad fact. With this in mind I encourage you to make
sure you visit elderly relatives this festive season, hold their hands and spend some quality time listening and talking to them. I want us to remember that when we are born we are held and we are loved unconditionally and we feel connected with those around us. As we grow we fall in love and we hold each other and we feel the power of touch. With our partners we give our hands to each other and we feel the intensity of the love that we share. The need for holding, love and touch remains a strong reminder of the people in our lives and we keep that love - but what dismays me is that when we become old and life is busy we neglect each other too often and are left on our own without family contact. Our love should not be conditional on a point in age, or because we drift away from those who once gave of themselves to care for us. For those of you reading this, I want you to cast your mind to the last time you told your mother, father, husband, wife or partner that you still love them and gave them a hug. The essence of who we are is shaped by our culture, our heritage and our family.
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