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Charity grants to needy The annual recipients of the Frankston Charitable Fund grants have been announced and eight local community groups have been selected to share in a pool of $27,000. According to Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley, the recipients all give back to the community in their own unique way. “From healthy eating programs for the disadvantaged, to concerts celebrating community members of all mobilities and a monthly free veterinary clinic for the pets of the homeless, the programs selected as recipients, all give something significant back to our wider community,” Cr Dooley said. The Frankston Charitable Fund is a sub-fund of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and annual grants come from interest and dividends earned from the invested capital.
The eight recipients selected to receive 2015-16 Frankston Charitable Fund grants are: Allstar All Abilities Bam Allstars 2016 Concert ($2000) Ardoch Youth Foundation early years resources and learning experiences in Frankston ($2500) Australia Schools Plus The future of Frankston is STEM ($2500) Beyond Disability Connecting people with the wider community ($2500) City Life healthy eating for the disadvantaged ($10,000) OzChild end of year celebrations for kinship families ($1000) Pets in the Park Inc Frankston pet care for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness ($1500) SecondBite fresh food program for people in need in Frankston ($5000)
A Harmony Day at the movies the Balloon factory battle it out for an apple. What transpires is a final showdown with the big boss, where a piece of gaffa can be more dangerous than it appears. A hilarious action packed film from Western Sydney and The Alien Boy (2012) by Miles Szanto, Miki is a young Hungarian boy who cannot quite understand why he is always the target of nasty bully-attacks at school. Is it because his mum speaks a different language or because of the weird lunch she packs him? Determined to find out why, Miki embarks on a journey which leads him to discover who he really is. Two screening sessions at 1pm-3pm and 7pm-9pm at Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, 37 Davey St, Frankston.
Footy legends’ wall of fame A CAFE owner in Frankston South has decided to kick off the footy season by exhibiting several paintings of AFL and VFL club legends. Rosie’s Cafe owner Rosie Major said her long-time artist friend Jenny Roe, based in Panton Hill, painted the football players to mark a new season of AFL football. The self-described “mad Carlton girl” says she wanted unique paintings to be hung on the walls of the coffee and food shop. “My idea of the cafe is not to look at Ikea and Kmart prints because everyone has seen those. Jenny is the artist among us and it’s her art that’s up on the wall.” Ms Roe is a multi-media artist trained in ceramics who runs her own creative art school, the Second Avenue Art
School and Studio in Box Hill, teaching art to children and adults aged “from four to 74”. She said the football legends portraits series is “a way to get a lot of guys interested in art”. “As soon as I started working on a series of footballers they were all really interested and we had discussions about who they thought the legends of each club are,” Ms Roe said. “There was a lot of discussion.” Visit Rosie’s Cafe, 6 Culcairn Dr, Frankston South to see the football legends paintings. The paintings can be bought for $300 each. See redbubble.com/people/jennyroe for other examples of Jenny Roe’s art. Neil Walker
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FRANKSTON Council will air a series of short films in support of Harmony Day on Wednesday 30 March. The diverse short films explore the success, challenges and nuances of migrant communities in Australia. The films focus on social inclusion and identity, and are designed for a family audience. Films include Father (2015) by Tresa Ponnor, a short documentary about two fathers; one physical, one spiritual. It follows the story of a young Vietnamese-Australian man as he explores his spiritual and religious commitments, and his relationship with his father; Gaffa (2013) by Adrian Castro & Craig Anderson, two sweatshop workers at
Timeless: Cafe owner Rosie Major with several paintings of football legends painted by artist friend Jenny Roe. Picture: Yanni
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