Stage Piano for The Buevskies

Earlier this calendar year, we provided funding for a stage piano for The Buevskies, a group of Ukrainian and Australian performers, performing a blend of traditional and modern songs, sung in Ukrainian. The group was formed by husband and wife team, Irina Buevska-Cowell and Rob Cowell. Irina is a Ukrainian-born…

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Cuddle Bed Unveiled

Bethesda Health Care’s first Cuddle Bed, made possible thanks to generous donations in memory of PRID Ken Collins AO, was officially unveiled on Monday 3rd July 2023. The bed cost $32,000 including GST. Freshwater Bay Rotarians Di Collins and Ronniet Orlando attended the unveiling (unfortunately Simone Collins had come down…

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Roses for Mother’s Day

Our Singaporean member Sheila Cheng has been making roses with different materials for many years during her volunteering sessions. At this time of the year, red roses are the most popular craft item. Sheila has made some red ribbon roses (with LAU Eng Seng providing the materials) as samples for…

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Cookies for End of Ramadan

22nd April 2023 marked the end of the Ramadan fasting period of our Muslim friends. In support of the festive season, Sheila baked crunchy oatmeal cookies at a centre which is for the intellectually disabled, with LAU purchasing the ingredients. The cookies were baked without lard as respect to the Muslim…

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Bloomhouse Projects Launch

With Bloomhouse Projects holding their official launch and fundraising soiree at the same time as our regular meeting, we cancelled our weekly meeting on 19th April 2023 to attend the Bloomhouse launch instead. Our club supports Bloomhouse Projects by sponsoring an award for 2 up and coming artists. Four of…

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