Community Groups Glass Housing 55 is a new initiative in Glasshouse Country focusing on housing homeless women aged over 55, who are a growing demographic in our community. This group of women are almost invisible. They don’t self-identify as homeless or in housing stress but they tend to move frequently, couch surf, house sit, sleep in their vehicles or go into unstable share situations. Women over 55 become homeless due to a range of reasons including spousal death, Jeanie Hore, Natasha Odgers and Viki Blaik separation or divorce, domestic violence, mental ill health or family breakdown. Glass Housing 55 aims to develop a pilot model for a collective of housing to provide long term stability and community inclusion. The new community group will meet on Friday, September 27 at 10am at the Celebrate Glasshouse Country office, which is downstairs in the Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall. People interested in being part of a local solution to this housing issue and those who may have knowledge and skills to offer, such as approaches to government, are encouraged to come along. Please contact Viki Blaik on vikblik@gmail.com.
Walking group - the Mooloolah Mob Contributed by Helen Weil Mooloolah’s Heart Foundation walking group is still walking each Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings starting at 6.30am now that it is spring. We meet at Martin Rungert Park in Mooloolah, right in the centre of town, and walk a variety of routes around the local area. Walking is for about an hour and it is a great way to start the day and to make new friends. This is a National Heart Foundation group activity with certificates and awards for number of walks and attaining certain goals. Most of all it is about staying active and healthy in a friendly social environment. You don’t have to walk every day or for the whole hour – just do as much as you feel you can. We have our speedy walkers who cover a greater distance and we have our more relaxed walkers who maintain an average steady pace but we all walk and that is what is important. Consider coming along to enjoy the social aspect of belonging to a friendly group as well as the health benefits of regular walking. New walkers always welcome. Hope to see you soon. For more details phone Annie on 5492 9359.
New Lions Club in the hinterland
Glasshouse Country & Maleny News
Maleny Rotary Club members have been busy preparing photographs entered in the club’s 2020 Calendar Photo Competition for public display at Maple 3 Café in Maple Street Maleny. All 65 entries, including 13 prize winners, are now displayed for public viewing until the end of the month for those interested in checking the talents of our local amateur photographers. Competition and calendar production organiser Lionel Tilley said he continued to be amazed by the quality of the photos received since the start of the project in 2008. “Images of the hinterland landscapes, local events and quirky accidental incidents captured in the winning photos and featured in each year’s calendar have all helped make the project a great success for the club,” he said. Lionel said many people who buy the calendar each year purchase multiple copies to send to friends around Australia and overseas, making it a wonderful way to showcase the area to the world. “This is not the only benefit of the calendar project because it also provides an opportunity for local photographers to highlight their talent to the wider world and it means the funds raised can be used by the club to help our local community,” he said. The price of the calendars remains at $5 and they will be available from midSeptember from various local businesses. Lionel urged anyone with innovative ideas for projects that could benefit the community to think about joining the Maleny Rotary Club. “We would welcome people with original ideas and, of course, anyone who wants to have an opportunity to give back to the community,” Lionel said. The club recognises that community-minded people, especially those raising families, might not have time to attend regular meetings so modern Rotary is all about being flexible and accommodating its members’ needs. For membership enquiries call Phillip Stark on 0434 998 381 or email the secretary at secretary.maleny@rotary9600.org. Phillip Stark and Melinda Martin looking over this year's award-winning calendar photographs
nd a e c i v r e s ’ s ear y 0 6 g n i t re a u t u f e Celebr h t r o ip f h s r e b m e m building • Are you interested in helping your local community? • Want to support local youth and organisations like the Maleny Hospital and Neighbourhood Centre? • Enjoy developing new friendships with like-minded people? • Need freedom to vary your commitment level and involvement in projects, meetings & social events?
Yes, then why not join the Rotary Club of Maleny? For more information call Phillip Stark on P 0434 998 381 or email the secretary AD I S ROUD at secretary.maleny@rotary9600.org.
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The hinterland’s newest Lions Club - Blackall Range Lions Club - with 33 members will hold its charter night at Flaxton Gardens on Saturday, November 2. Maleny Blackall Range Lions Club and district governor Donna Hedges will sponsor the club Maleny Blackall Range Lions president David Coffey said he was proud to welcome these men and women into the Lions family. “I am sure that the Montville, Flaxton and Mapleton communities will be proud to have such a fine group serving their communities,” he said. The club is already involved with the creation of the Blackall Range Lions Calendar, the running of the annual Welcome to the hinterland dinner, sponsoring of Montville State School’s most academically improved award for all grades, and several other worthy activities in their communities. The Blackall Range Lions Club’s business meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 6pm at the Montville Village Hall and dinner meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the month at Le Relais Bressan Café in Flaxton 6.30pm for 7pm start. For more information or to get involved with the Blackall Range Lions Club, email Marcia Jensen at brlions.info@bigpond.com.
Quality images in Rotary calendar
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Housing for women over 55
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