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We’re all smiles at TCBCAMS Carole Lehmann
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ELL, WE’VE BEEN having some fun lately at the Tin Can Bay Community & Men’s Shed with a surprise birthday party for our lovely Marie Briggs who is one of the regular Friday morning card playing group. Husband Basil turned up to add some colour and romance to the morning and everyone enjoyed the wonderful ‘88’ double, double sponge cake organised by friend and fellow game player, Yvonne Santos. Smiles also with our very talented Jessa Huckle who has been giving new life to some tired old kitchen chairs. Jessa has been sanding, priming and painting the chairs and they’re looking fabulous. Well done Jessa!! The finished chairs will be for sale at our next Shed Shop Sale Day on Saturday, 20 August if not sold prior. And the workshop members are all smiles too with the arrival of our brand new, heavy duty bandsaw which has taken pride of place in the workshop. So if your face is missing its smile – you might find it at the Tin Can Bay Community & Men’s Shed, Amity Place (behind City Farm) in Tin Can Bay. We’re open 9am – 12 noon weekdays with Tuesdays and Thursdays being dedicated to ‘Men Only’ days. Call us on 0491 175 038 for more information.
Above: Jessa has been turning out three two-piece sets of vivid white, sea green, and pumpkin orange chairs for your dining enjoyment! Left: Marie Briggs celebrating her birthday at The Shed
Rainbow Beach Drought Runners Report Tony Stewart - 0408 767 930
rainbowfishing@southernphone.com.au
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UR WORK THIS month has really been a carbon copy of the last. We have continued to help those impacted by the recent floods. Again for the last month we have sent $1000 into the Foodworks at Goomeri to help Blaze-Aid feed their volunteer workers that are repairing and replacing
fencing on farms in the Wide Bay area. Another $1000 has gone into Gympie to feed those left homeless after the flooding. Really we don’t know how lucky we are on the Cooloola Coast to have a roof over our head after you see the plight of our neighbours in and around Gympie queueing up for a meal. A lot of us have seen tough times during
the 70s and again in the 90s but just tighten the belt for the ride ahead as it may not be pretty! Thank yous this month to our donors Greg Jones, Big 4 at Rainbow Beach, and Wayne Kerle as we continue the bottle and can collections. Thank you to all that donated to our house bins (10 Tingira Close) and the continued help at Bay Auto Tin Can Bay. Thanks
to all that donated to our tins at Tin Can Bay Bakery for another $120, Goomboorian store, and Mitchells Fruit & Veg. We are not taking food donations at present, but many thanks to those that offered. For now we are just doing cash donations. Our details are BSB 124047 A/C 22599186 Bank of Queensland (RB DroughtRunners).
SHINING A LIGHT ON THE COOLOOLA COAST
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