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BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 20th July 2018

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  • When:Friday 20th July 2018
  • Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
  • Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
  • Cost: $7/person
  • Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:
• BBQ — Our Chef de Shed Mark Hardidge is back. Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. 

• New Shed Extension — The Draft Plans will be displayed and discussed on the ‘Big Screen’ following the meal. As a member it will be an opportunity to have your say.

Note the early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations
and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed.
Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

  • Football/Netball Gate volunteers — One more home game to go — Saturday August 4th at Dederang. We need more members to collect entry money and sell raffle tickets  (a major Shed fundraiser for our NEW extensions). Please contact the co-ordinator Dick Puttyfoot if you can assist: Mob: 0417 836 841‬ or Email: <richardputtyfoot@gmail.com>. Please consider volunteering.
  • Metal Storage Rack — An old tobacco rack donated by Ezio Minitello has been restored/altered and located on the west side of the Shed to store all our metal. Thanks to welders Reg Hollonds, Dick Puttyfoot and Warwick Mitchell.
  • Tree Removal — The two large trees between the Shed and NH Centre have been removed because of their poor health and the danger of falling branches. Thanks Alpine Shire.

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at ~12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

Tree removal courtesy of the Alpine Shire

New Metal Storage Rack

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 18th May 2018

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  • When:Friday 18th May 2018
  • Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
  • Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
  • Cost: $7/person (note that the cost has gone up by $2.00)
  • Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program: Mark Hardidge is currently on holidays so Dick Puttyfoot will be the Chef de Shed for Friday. Thanks Dick for filling in. Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. 

Note the early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

  • Football/Netball Gate volunteers — We need more members to collect entry money and sell raffle tickets at Dederang-Mt Beauty Home games (a major Shed fundraiser for our NEW extensions). Please contact the co-ordinator Dick Puttyfoot if you can assist: Mob: 0417 836 841‬ or Email: <richardputtyfoot@gmail.com>. We need MORE help with this project so please consider offering.
  • Alpine Health Survey: Help improve Health Services In the Alpine Shire by taking the time to fill in the Alpine Health Community Priorities Health Survey 2018. Click [HERE] to have your say.
  • Half Marathon Drink Station volunteers needed. The Shed has again offered to assist the Half Marathon Committee to conduct their event and will man two drink stations on Saturday 19th May. You will be needed from 10 am to 12 noon. Please contact Dick Puttyfoot (see above) if you can help.

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at 12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 20th April 2018

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  • When:Friday 20th April 2018
  • Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
  • Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
  • Cost: $7/person (note that the cost has gone up by $2.00)
  • Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program: Mark Hardidge, our own Chef de Shed, will again be providing us with many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. 

Note the early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

  • Football/Netball Gate volunteers — We need more members to collect entry money and sell raffle tickets at Dederang-Mt Beauty Home games (a major Shed fundraiser for our NEW extensions). Please contact the co-ordinator Dick Puttyfoot if you can assist: Mob: 0417 836 841‬ or Email: <richardputtyfoot@gmail.com>. The first four home games are at Mount Beauty. We need MORE help with this project so please consider offering.
  • Excursions planned for later in the year: (1) Vintage Car Museum (Tawonga) and Henty Field Day – Henty NSW (September).

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at 12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 16th March 2018

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  • When:Friday 16th March 2018
  • Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
  • Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
  • Cost: $7/person (note that the cost has gone up by $2.00)
  • Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program: Mark Hardidge, our own Chef de Shed, will again be providing us with many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. 

Note the early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

  • Men’s Health Sessions Program continues — Topic for the March BBQ is ‘Wills & Power of Attorneys’. This will be presented by Rebecca Carne a Solicitor from ‘Nevin, Lenne & Gross’. The talk starts at 12:30 pm following the lunch. These are topics we all should be knowledgable about. Don’t miss Rebecca’s talk. She knows her stuff.
  • AMSA ‘Spanner in the Works’ men’s health initiative —  Click [HERE] to view the services offered.
  • Easter Saturday Market Shed Stall — Rotary are no longer conducting their Easter Garage Sale so the Shed has booked a site at the Easter Saturday Community Market as it has many items for sale. We will be set up in the SK Pearce Gardens near Beauty Ave. Market opens about 9 am. If you have small saleable items that you wish to donate to the Shed please drop them in to the Shed.
  • Football/Netball Gate volunteers — We need more members to collect entry money and sell raffle tickets at Dederang-Mt Beauty Home games (a major Shed fundraiser for our NEW extensions). Please contact the co-ordinator Dick Puttyfoot if you can assist: Mob: 0417 836 841‬ or Email: <richardputtyfoot@gmail.com>. The first four home games are at Mount Beauty. First game is on Saturday 7th April 2018. We need MORE help with this project so please consider offering.
  • Excursions planned for later in the year: (1) Vintage Car Museum (Tawonga) and Henty Field Day – Henty NSW (September).
  • New Members — Welcome to Roi Rigoni (Tawonga) and Peter Zumpe (Mt Beauty).

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at 12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 16th February 2018

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From left: Graeme Caulfield & John Driver

  • When: Friday 16th February 2018
  • Start Time: 11:00 am (Lathe demonstration) for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
  • Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
  • Cost: $7/person (note that the cost has gone up by $2.00)
  • Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program: Mark Hardidge, our own Chef de Shed, will again be providing us with many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. For this meeting there will be a demonstration on the use of the Wood Lathe from 11 am.

Note the early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

  • Men’s Health Sessions Program — Next guest speaker will be for the March BBQ. Topic — Wills and Power of Attorneys.
  • Mt Beauty Neighbourhood Centre — become a member. Only $10.00. Click [HERE] to view the services offered.
  • Australian Day Honour — Congratulations to member David Wood (Tawonga) on being honoured at the 2018 Australian Day Awards with an AM (member in the General Division of the Order of Australia). Read David’s citation by clicking [HERE].
  • The Shedder — newsletter of the Australian Men’s Shed Association (Nov ’17). Click [HERE] to view . 
  • Australian Physical Activity & Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines — Click [HERE] to view.
  • Finding Health & Happiness in the Shed — Click [HERE] to read the short article.

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at 12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

Tawonga Red Cross appeal for Myanmar Crisis

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The plight of the Rohingan people in Myanmar is horrible. More than 600,000 persecuted Rohingan muslims have fled over the Bangladesh border. The Australian Red Cross has volunteer staff attending the refugee centre, providing safe drinking water, food and toilets.

Tawonga Red Cross branch is raising funds for the Red Cross Myanmar Crisis Appeal. The Australian Government will match dollar-for-dollar all money donated by December 9th (next Saturday). Tawonga Branch will forward every dollar we receive to the Australian Red Cross appeal on Thursday.

If you are able to make a donation to this appeal, please do one of the following, as soon as possible:

1. Go into the Mt Beauty Community Bank in Hollonds St and make a donation into the Tawonga Red Cross account. Ask the teller to record a reference of ‘Myanmar’.

2. Do an online transfer into the Tawonga Red Cross account BSB 633 000, account 156 761 835, with the reference ‘Myanmar’

3. Go directly to the Red Cross appeal: https://www.redcross.org.au/myanmar-crisis-appeal and donate by credit card.

Thank-you to the very generous people who gave me donations at yesterday’s U3A lunch. I have your official receipts which I will give you soon.

Helen L’Huillier
Publicity Officer,
Tawonga Branch of the Australian Red Cross

Email: helenlhu@bigpond.com
Tel: (03) 5754 4606
Mob: 0421 273 699

A Reminder — Shed Christmas Luncheon Wednesday 6th December starting at 12 noon. Please RSVP to our Chef de Shed Mark Hardidge by Sunday 3rd December if you plan to attend ($12.00/head). Mark’s contact details are: mobile: 0407 549 651 or email: maurk01@bigpond.com