Motorcycle Awareness Week
Motorcycle Riders’ Association ACT is supporting the annual Motorcycle Awareness Week, Monday 9 to Sunday 15 October. During the week, road users are invited to spot riders wearing ‘Joe Rider’ vests and report their sightings for a fuel voucher prize to [email protected] by COB 15 October. A Riders Forum will be held at EPIC on 15 October 10am-1pm, including a riding demonstration by AFP riders and presentations by police, leading retailers and road safety experts. Free tickets: trybooking.com/CLTMB
GIVIT seeks sensory swing frames
GIVIT is working with a not-for-profit organisation in the ACT that provides high quality, family support services to children, young people and their families. They are requesting the donation sensory swing frames for two young boys, aged four and six, who have been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD. These two boys entered care with traumatic backgrounds and require special care and attention. Meeting their unique sensory needs often requires extra resources for care and therapy. A sensory swing frame or swing set is designed to allow them to feel calm and improve balance, coordination, and body awareness. Your generous donation will greatly impact the lives of these boys, helping to unlock their potential and provide them with a brighter future. Generous Canberrans can donate sensory swing frames/sets or fund the purchase with 100% of money received by GIVIT used to purchase them. To donate or fund, visit givit.org.au/whats-needed, search Category: ‘sensory swing frames’; Location: ‘ACT’. GIVIT supports more than 400 charities and community groups across the Capital Region by matching your items with people who need them most.
St John’s Community Fair
The St John’s Community Fair is on Saturday 14 October 9am-2pm at 45 Constitution Avenue, Reid. Things to buy: books, plants, clothes, craft, trinkets, treasures, second-hand goods, and food and drinks. Check out the kids’ zone, classic cars, medieval tournaments and village, fire trucks, military precision drill team, army display, heritage tours, music and more; stjohnscanberra.org/fair
Book Sale @ St Ninian’s
Second-hand books for all occasions at St Ninian’s Uniting Church, Lyneham on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 October 9am-1pm. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cookery, gardening, manuals, children, magazines and more. Freshly baked scones, morning tea and lunch will be available.
Friends of ANBG Thursday Talks
At the Don Beer Memorial lecture on 19 October 12.30pm, Jo White’s discussion will be ‘From Little Things, Big Things Grow’ in the Theatrette opposite ANBG Visitor Centre. Gold coin donation appreciated to support specific Friends projects in the Gardens.
Dragons Abreast Canberra
Our Come and Try dragon boating event is on Saturday 21 October 9-11am at Grevillea Park, Menindee Drive, Barton – just look for the pink marquee. It will begin with a short welcome and some on land instruction on paddling technique, then around 30 minutes of easy paddling, followed by morning tea where participants can chat with other women who have experienced breast cancer. More info: email [email protected]
Friends of Ukraine Pop-up Exhibition
Friends of Ukraine Canberra-Queanbeyan, together with the Ukrainian and Lithuanian communities will be holding a pop-up exhibition on Wednesday 25 October at the International Flag Display, Commonwealth Place, Parkes, from 12.30pm. It will feature Ukrainian Commemorative Plaques, which poignantly and respectfully detail the illegal invasion of and full-scale war on Ukraine by Russia on 24 February 2022. The plaques are the work of talented Lithuanian-Australian artist Peter Kabaila.
Annual fundraising dinner
Raising funds for Mary MacKillop House, Catholic Women’s Taskforce invites you to the Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden on 27 October for a two-course dinner, charity auctions and special guest speaker Genevieve Jacobs AM, who will talk about the role of faith in her professional and personal life. Early bird tickets $70 until 16 October, then reverting to $80. Tables of 10 for $700. Visit www.cgwomen.com.au to buy tickets through Humanitix. More info: email [email protected]
VIEW Club
Yerrabi: The next meeting will be on Thursday 19 October 11.30am at Eastlake Club, Gungahlin, followed by optional lunch at the Club Bistro. RSVP to Dorothy on 0419 698 091 or email [email protected] by 16 October.
Queanbeyan Evening: Our next dinner meeting is on Thursday 19 October 6pm at the Tourist Hotel, Monaro Street, Queanbeyan. Cost: $35 for a two-course dinner, with raffle tickets and a guest speaker. RSVP to Sue on [email protected] or 0448 427 237 by Sunday 15 October.
Woden: The next meeting will be on Tuesday 24 October 11.30am at Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden. Cost: $34 for a two-course lunch. Guest speaker: from ACT Policing to discuss scams. Guests welcome. RSVP to Monica on 0412 664 195 by 17 October.
Gungahlin Day: Our next meeting is on Wednesday 25 October 11.45am at Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club, Nicholls.Cost: $35 for a two-course lunch. Guest speaker: Andrew who will tell the story of his Spine Tingling Ride 6,820 km across Australia. RSVP to Suzanne on 0413 550 894 by 9pm Sunday 22 October.
HYH submissions
Submissions to our free Have You Heard community noticeboard are reserved for charity, not-for-profit and community organisations. Deadline for submissions is 10 days prior to the Thursday edition date. Email your submission with essential details – who, what, where, when, cost, contact details – to [email protected] with ‘HYH’ in the subject heading. Flyers and attachments not accepted. Due to space restrictions, please keep it brief. Please note: publication in print is not guaranteed.
