Food and Fans article
The following article was published in The Post community newspaper on 17 December 2021.
Category: Projects
School Awards: Mt Claremont Caring
On 14th December 2021, a representative of our club presented Jack Gladman with the “Caring Award” at Mount Claremont Primary’s final assembly for the year.
Moort Care: Food & Fans
340 Hampers for Moort Care from Foodbank were delivered for distribution to needy families by our members Bev Lowe and Pastor Loren Pratt (not pictured). Along with hampers, this is the third year that our club has provided pedestal fans to families, mainly aboriginal, who have no way of cooling…
Christmas Hampers: Canning Vale
On Tuesday 7th December, Loren Pratt and Simone Collins visited Canning Vale Primary School to collect all the food collected by the CVPS community plus Yarralinka Primary School. The quantity of food will enable Moort Care to provide hampers to over 100 families.
Christmas Hampers: Yarralinka
We are delighted to learn that Yarralinka Primary School in Southern River assisted the Christmas Food Hamper Appeal that Canning Vale Primary School runs for us every year. We are very grateful to the Yarralinka community for their kind donations.
Microscopes in Schools: Canning Vale
It was wonderful to see an update from Canning Vale Primary School posted on their facebook page with the Microscopes we gifted them many years ago in use by Year 6 during their science class.
Care Bags Donation
With the combined contributions from our Rotary Club and colleagues of our care bags donation drive co-ordinator Stephanie Rainey-Smith, she was able to deliver 12 gifts and 48 chocolate stockings which will hopefully bring a much needed smile to some children’s faces this Christmas. At $30 per gift and $5…
Microscopes on the STAR portal
Our Microscopes in Schools project has been featured on the Chief Scientist of Australia’s STAR portal since its inception.
Christmas Hampers: Bottle Rescue
Canning Vale Primary School students are again collecting non perishable items for Moort Care to provide Christmas hampers. Former CVPS & CVPS Ed Support students Amber, Kenneth, and Joshua, who form bottle_rescue, have generously used the proceeds of Containers for Change deposits to purchase 3 boxes full of food which they…
Filming the work of Bev & John Lowe
Our club has been one of many partners that Bev and John Lowe have amassed to assist with their work with the underprivileged, first through Manna Industries and more recently Moort Care, which Bev has now passed over to Loren Pratt. One of our earliest club projects was working with the…