GIVIT seeks grocery vouchers
GIVIT is working with a not-for-profit organisation that provides assistance and support for migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants in the ACT. They are requesting grocery items for a refugee family with five children after both parents were injured in a serious car accident. The father has sadly sustained long-term health issues as a result of this accident, leaving the mother and her 16-year-old daughter to support the rest of the family which includes five children aged 3-16. They are struggling to put food on the table so the donation of grocery vouchers will assist them greatly. Generous Canberrans can fund this request with 100% of the funds received by GIVIT used to purchase grocery vouchers for this family. To fund this request, visit GIVIT.org.au/what’s-needed, search Category: ‘grocery items’; 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.
Menslink Big Night seeks auction items
Menlink’s famous Big Night Out on 15 March is officially sold out. We’ll have 450 of Canberra’s finest citizens dressed in their best ’80s & ’90s kit, having a great time and raising much needed funds to support young men in our city. Menslink is calling on any businesses or individuals who have items that can be donated for our ALLBIDS charity auction. Items can include physical goods or vouchers for goods and services. To cover the administrative effort of processing items, we need any items to be valued at a minimum of $200. If you have something you’re willing to donate, please get in touch with Ben or Fiona by Thursday 29 February.
VIEW Club
Gungahlin Day: Our next lunch meeting is on Wednesday 28 February 11.45 am at Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club, Nicholls. Raffle tickets will be available at the door. RSVP to Helen on 0413 923 933 by Sunday 25 February 9pm.
Weston Creek: Our next monthly meeting is on Tuesday 5 March 11.30am at Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden. Cost: $38 includes a two-course meal. Entertainment by the Canberra Ukulele Band performing popular songs. RSVP to Barbara on 0408 864 616 by Thursday 29 February.
Flea Market
Good Goodies Community Flea Market (monthly) at Gang Gang Café, 2 Frencham Place, Downer Shops on Saturday 24 February 3-6pm. Free entry. Handmade art, crafts, jewellery, vintage clothing, plants, pottery, cakes, charities, books, retro music vinyl records. Undercover event. Enquiries: 6230 4070 or [email protected]
Artsound FM trivia night
Leap into the year with Artsound FM’s night of music trivia from the 1950s to the 1990s! Thursday 29 February is the date for master mic-blaster Brian Leonard and his 50-year quiz at Eastlake Football Club in Kingston. Quizzing begins at 7pm. Tickets: $25 each, $20 for members, with a discount for tables of 8 (plus booking fee).
Red Dove preloved
Red Dove monthly preloved clothing at Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Comrie St, Wanniassa from Thursday 29 February to Saturday 2 March 9am-1pm, then 4-6 April 9am-1pm. Lots of great summer bargains with many new arrivals for women, men, children, linen, jewellery, bric-a-brac, books, DVDs. Spacious auditorium with easy parking, coffee and cake.
More info: Jenny 0409 306 031.
Friends of ANBG Thursday Talks
On 29 February 12.30pm, ANBG Thursday Talks topic is ‘Art in the Bark: The Indigenous carved boab trees of northwest Australia’ by Professor Sue O’Connor of the ANU College of Asia Pacific. At Australian National Botanic Gardens Theatrette opposite Visitor Centre.
Book via trybooking.com/CGTIR.
Anglicare Retail summer sale
Anglicare Retail is having 50% off all summer clothing on 1-2 March. We are located at 170 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan; 41-43 Colbee Court, Phillip; and 34 Grattan Court, Wanniassa. To stay updated, head to the Anglicare Retail Facebook page.
Canberra Jung Society
At our next meeting on Friday 1 March 7.30pm, Dr Craig San Roque will be giving a presentation on ‘The Lemon Tree, Stillness, Turbulence and Pressure, a personal story from Central Australia’. We meet at McKillop House, 50 Archibald Street, Lyneham ACT (and via zoom). Members free, guests $15, seniors/concession $10. Details: 0406 375 670 or CanberraJungSociety.org.au
Bold Bandannas Charity Stall
Relay for Life Team, the Bold Bandannas will hold a stall at the Capital Food Market in Belconnen on Saturday 2 March 8am-5pm to raise funds for Cancer Council ACT. There will be homemade preserves, pickles, chutney, lemon butter, sugar-reduced preserves; handmade items, including knitted baby items, children’s dress-ups, doll’s clothes, covered coat hangers, crocheted hand towels; plants and worm juice for your plants. We are the sole seller of a children’s book called Who Took the Egg? More info: call Jan on 6231 0761.
Growing Friends Autumn plant sale
Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens will hold their Growing Friends Autumn 2024 native plant sale on Saturday 2 March 9-11.30am (unless sold out earlier) in the Banksia Centre Car Park. There are around 1400 plants and over 90 species to choose from at only $6 a pot. Sales are by card only. Plants are all sourced from within the Gardens and the proceeds of the sale help support the Gardens. List of plants will be available at friendsanbg.org.au
PAWS Day 2024
Pets And Wildlife Safety (PAWS) Day 2024 brings together organisations from across the Canberra region to educate the community on what to do to help an animal in need. Sponsored by Icon Water, a PAWS Day 2024 event will be held on Saturday 2 March 10am-3pm at Old Bus Depot, Kingston. Participating organisations include ACT Snake Removals, RSPCA, ACT Pet Crisis Support, Wombat Rescue, Mulligan’s Flat Sanctuary, Animal Defenders Office, and Canberra Mobile Vets, plus food and drinks, a kids’ game corner, face painting and a Canberra Reptile Zoo exhibit. Entry by gold coin donation, with a free tote bag (until stocks run out).
Family History ACT
Interested in researching your family history? Family History ACT is conducting its annual ‘Beginning Family History’ course across three Saturday afternoons starting 2 March. You can attend in person or via Zoom. More info and bookings: familyhistoryact.org.au
C is for Cure – Dementia trivia night
Dementia Demolition Squad is hosting a ‘C is for Cure’ Trivia Night fundraiser on Saturday 2 March 6.30pm at Canberra Deakin Football Club. Get your crowd together and come along for a great night with lots of prizes and surprises. As authorised fundraisers, our goal this year is to raise $12,000 to sponsor PhD scientists at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), who are researching Dementia and Parkinson’s. Tickets: $40 pp, $350 table of 10; trybooking.com/CLYCN
Marymead CatholicCare IWD event
Join the Marymead CatholicCare Auxiliary at our International Women’s Day dinner on Wednesday 6 March 6.30pm at Statesman Hotel, Curtin. Our special guest Tess Graham will be discussing the importance of proper breathing with ‘Just Breathe … Better’. To raise funds for Marymead CatholicCare, a charge of $100 will apply; includes welcome drink and two-course dinner. Purchase via: revenue-aus.keela.co/auxiliary-iwd-dinner
Boorowa Rotary Market
Boorowa Rotary Makers and Growers Market is on Saturday 24 February 9am-1pm at the Old Courthouse Park, corner Queen and Marsden Streets, Boorowa NSW. Enjoy a BBQ by Burrowa House Committee, plus live music, arts & crafts, herbs & spices, pastries, preserves, jewellery, bric-a-brac, food and drinks.
Clean Up Australia Day
In 2023, over 760,000 Australians pulled on their gloves and gathered for the iconic Clean Up Australia Day. This year, Clean Up Australia is hoping for an even better response, as generations come together to help tidy our local communities while seeing first-hand why we need to work together to prevent litter from entering our environment in the first place. Clean Up Australia Day is on Sunday 3 March, Business Clean Up Day on Tuesday 27 February, and Schools Clean Up Day on Friday 1 March. Register now at cleanup.org.au
Paddlesport Extravaganza
Burley Griffin Canoe Club is hosting the 2024 ACT/NSW State Marathon Championships on the Molonglo River from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 March. Racing covers a variety of formats including the exciting Short Course on Friday starting at 7.15pm at Molonglo Reach. Racing on Saturday starts at 8am and 1pm and on Sunday at 8am and 12 noon. Several national and world champions will be in action over the weekend. There are many viewing points along the bike path from Dairy Flat Bridge to the Hospice with the Event Headquarters at Molonglo Reach. More info: visit bgcc.org.au/joom4/, find us on Facebook or email [email protected]
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.
